It's The Way I Tell Them!

When some people share their truth and perhaps pain they illicit sympathy and understanding. When yours truly tries it he is met with laughter and derision. When I admitted that i had not watched too many of my 2,000+ movies as I was hoping i would find someone to watch them with me my amigo Sean laughed and I can still here the inane giggles wafting down from the Edgware area. Admittedly it does smack of Pathos and from his position a welcome respite from the rigours of a relationship which between you and me may well involve being told when it would be appropriate for him to breath.

Now then to the real Comedy issue I may have [did] accidently [on purpose] let my beautiful ex Anna read what I wrote in February after we had met up and had a coffee. Obviously i am playing the Charity card a bit early in the game but my Self Esteem is struggling to get much above zero. Plus not much to offer in the way of Security as I am still AWOL [oh yes] from work. The one big thing in my favour is that she was definitely looking for me yesterday when we met up and she doesn't know my blog address. So this is between just you and me unless utter desperation sets in and i show her it sometime early next week I’d say!

sigue sigue sputnik - dress for excess [256]

The leader of this fine bunch of folks once said that he wanted a band which contained all the elements of Suicide, Eddie Cochran, Elvis, Donna Summer and a few others.....Mission accomplished as this is equally wonderful and down right strange!

1. Albinoni Vs. Star Wars, Pts. 1 & 2 
2. Boom Boom Satellite
3. Hey Jayne Mansfield Superstar!
4. Super Crook Blues
5. Rio Rocks!
6. Success
7. Dancerama
8. Orgasm
9. M*A*D (Mutal Assured Destruction)
10.Is This the Future!  

Super Crook Blues

nick heyward - from monday to sunday [192]

Forget for a while that Nick was the frontman for 80's warblers Haircut 100 as it will probably put you right of giving this a listen, but believe me this was one of the best albums of 1994!

   1. He Doesn't Love You Like I Do 2:47 

   2. Kite 3:05 

   3. Into Your Life 3:13 

   4. Caravan 3:41 

   5. Ordinary People 3:42 

   6. How Do You Live Without Sunshine? 5:14

   7. January Man 4:01  

   8. Mr Plain 4:26  

   9. These Words 3:15

  10. All I Want You To Know 2:50

  11. Diary 4:35  

  12. Everytime

Into Your Life

freddie and the dreamers - freddie and the dreamers A's B's and EP's [320]

This is exactly what it says it is with all the Singles and more importantly all the b sides and EP tracks all together on one album. Some quality stuff here starting off with my favourite "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody"!

1. If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
2. Feel So Blue
3. I'm Telling You Now
4. What Have I Done to You
5. You Were Made for Me
6. Send a Letter to Me
7. Money (That's What I Want)
8. Zip a Dee Doo Dah
9. Over You
10. Come Back When You're Ready
11. Kansas City
12. I'm a Hog for You
13. I Love You Baby
14. Don't Make Me Cry
15. Just For You
16. I Just Don't Understand
17. I Understand (Just How You Feel)
18. I Will
19. A Little You
20. Things I'd Like to Say
21. Silly Girl
22. In My Baby's Arms
23. I Wonder Who the Lucky Guy Will Be
24. A Love Like You

In My Baby's Arms

Let Me Through I Am An Alcoholic In Recovery!

Yesterday an Alcoholic misfit today gives advice to others on how to live. Don’t ring true does it? And by God it’s not! The problem is that the last thing to go in an Alkie is the Ego and it’s the first thing to return once sober, usually by express delivery. The posturing and opinions don’t bother me until their attention focuses on me and what they believe to be helpful advice begins. What I hear is best expressed as an equation.

1 Guru + Month x 6

Tells

 1 Unenlightened  + Month x 302

How they will be living when they are Month x 302 which can also be expressed as 26 years and a bit. Basically from what I have gleaned from their extensive knowledge on the subject is that I am misguided and do everything wrong and they will be on the ball by that stage and have transcended the Human condition.

It’s all Academic really as I already know where they’ll be in Month 302, 301, 300, 299 etc, etc, etc and that will be in a Pine Box or propping up a bar somewhere.

There is hope they could also have a complete Psychic change which will bring about an end to advice giving and maybe just maybe Month 302 can be spent with me in the Real World... of course by then I will be in month 598!

long john baldry - everything stops for tea [320]

1972 release by one of Britains best Blues singers. Rod Stewart and Elton John had a hand in the production and both perform on some of the tracks!

1."Intro: Come Back Again" - 4:05

2."Seventh Son"  - 3:07

3."Wild Mountain Thyme" (Traditional) - 3:49

4."Iko Iko" - 3:10

5."Jubilee Cloud"  - 4:16

6."Everything Stops for Tea" - 3:09

7."You Can't Judge a Book" - 4:21

8."Mother Ain't Dead" (Traditional) - 2:55

9."Hambone" - 3:48

10."Lord Remember Me" - 4:08

11."Armit's Trousers" - 1:45

Lord Remember Me

bluebells - sisters [256]

Scottish band the Bluebells had three Top 40 hit singles in the UK "I'm Falling", "Cath", and their biggest success "Young at Heart".All are on this album which also includes Domiunic Behans Irish Republican standard "The Patriot Game"so good value all round!

1."Everybody's Somebody's Fool" - 3:40

2."Young at Heart"  – 3:24

3."I'm Falling"  – 5:12

4."Will She Always Be Waiting" – 4:10

5."Cath" - 3:07

6."Red Guitars" – 3:14

7."Syracuse University" – 4:30

8."Learn to Love" – 3:35

9."The Patriot Game" – 4:00

10."South Atlantic Way" – 5:38

Young At Heart

chameleons - return of the roughnecks [160]

Not sure where trhis album originated from but it appears to be a com pilation as it has most of the bands best tracks on it!

1  Silence, Sea And Sky  2:01  

2  Swamp Thing  5:57  

3  In Shreds  4:02  

4  Home Is Where The Heart Is  4:53  

5  A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days  5:42  

6  Mad Jack  3:58  

7  Don't Fall  4:08  

8  Caution  7:52  

9  Second Skin  6:53  

10  Perfume Garden  4:38  

11  Tears (Original Version)  5:07  

12  Monkeyland  5:20  

13  Nostalgia  5:26  

14  View From A Hill 

Nostalgia

Fight The Power!

Was sharing at length up at a meeting last night and after was asked to do a chair at a notorious Big Book Steps in a day meeting and like a snivelling shit I agreed. Instantly regretted saying yes as I really don’t agree with what they do and know there’s no point in going there and expressing my disease as they’ll just think poor sick bastard. So maybe I could get out of it by changing my phone as they have my number or I could stop going to all meetings again, or if worst comes to the worst I could go back on the piss. All joking aside really should have said at the time in the Spirit of Fellowship “Go And Get Fucked”!

blue aeroplanes - friendloverplane [192]

1988 album by a really cool band and an incredible live band. I'm a bit vague here about the track listing as i think it has more tracks and as for content i'm pretty sure its a compilation album of b sides. thats my knowledge exhausted!

1  Veils Of Colour   

2  Who Built This Station In The Midwest   

3  King Of The Soap Box   

4  Tolerance   

5  Severn Beach   

6  Warhol's Fifteen   

7  Gunning The Works   

8  Le Petit Cadeau De Don Juan   

9  Old Men Sleeping On The Bowery   

10 Etiquette!   

11 Continually Torn Apart   

12 Stripped 

Etiquette

james carr - a man needs a woman [160]

Lesser known than some of the other 60's Soul singers but can hold his own with the best of them. I really like this album esp[ecially the title track "A Man Needs a Woman" and the final ditty "You've Got My Mind Messed Up" both are excellent!

1."A Man Needs a Woman" – 2:49

2."Stronger Than Love" – 2:31

3."More Love" – 1:59

4."You Didn't Know It But You Had Me " – 1:59

5."A Woman Is a Man's Best Friend" – 3:33

6."I'm a Fool for You" – 2:00

7."Life Turned Her That Way " – 2:38

8."Gonna Send You Back to Georgia" – 2:17

9."The Dark End of the Street"  – 2:34

10."I Sowed Love and Reaped a Heartache"  – 2:27

11."You've Got My Mind Messed Up" – 2:27

Music Is A Man's Best Friend

keith moon - two sides of the moon [192]

Worthy because he was a god and an excentric of the highest order this is the only solo album from Keith Moon. Rather than using the album as a chance to showcase his legendary drumming ski he sings on all the songs, and play drums only on "Crazy Like a Fox", "The Kids Are Alright" and "Move Over Ms. L". The album features contributions from Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, Joe Walsh, John Sebastian, Flo & Eddie, The Turtles, Spencer Davis, Dick Dale, and Patti Quatro.

1."Crazy Like A Fox"

2."Solid Gold"

3."Don't Worry Baby"

4."One Night Stand"

5."The Kids Are Alright"

6."Move Over Ms. L"

7."Teenage Idol"

8."Back Door Sally"

9."In My Life"

10."Together"

Crazy Like A Fox

Do You Come This Way often!

I was walking up on Totteridge Common yesterday and met a man out walking through the fields and may i say it’s not normal around London to talk to anyone you meet. We just keep our heads down and march on until the embarrassment passes at this uncivilised behaviour. Anyhow I said hello and so did he and I could tell instantly that he was also Irish after a banter about the weather we got into a heavy conversation about Politics, Changing Times and Loss. The Man has suffered and out of the blue he says “if you’re talking recovery I used to be a raging Alcoholic” we hadn't been but were now. Turns out he’s been sober 33 years but stopped going to meetings years ago but he said he still missed them. Invited him down to Mill Hill Thursday Lunch Time AA, he said what if he bored us all and I assured him that position has already been filled. As this Serendipitous encounter cannot have been an accident there’s a fair change he may turn up if not at Mill Hill then somewhere!

grifters - so happy together [192]

1992 debut by an Indie Rock band who wqere later picked up by the Legendary Sub Pop label and lets be serious if it's good enough for them its well good enough to thye likes of us!


1."Dry Bones" 1:36
2."Hate" 2:01
3."Tat" 4:58
4."Clot" 2:43
5."The Want" 3:01
6."Oar" 3:40
7."Wreck" 3:10
8.(untitled track) 1:32
9."Meanwhile" 4:18
10."10,000" 3:06
11.(untitled track) 1:23
12.(blank track) 0:28
13."Love Explosion" 4:49

Meanwhile

cud - elvis belt [256]

Elvis Belt is an album of early singles, EPs and Peel Sessions released by this Leeds-based indie band in 1990. it's a fair representation of their work. i hope you like it and have a bit more luck than i did when looking for their other albums!

1."Slack Time" - 2.55

2."Make No Bones" - 2.23

3."Treat Me Bad" - 4.44

4."Punishment-Reward Relationship" - 2.35

5."Under My Hat" - 2.45

6."Lola" - 3.37

7."Urban Spaceman" - 1.07

8."Art!" - 1.54

9."You're The Boss" - 3.05

10."Only (A Prawn In Whitby)" - 3.08

11."Hey!Wire (The Stratospheric Mix)  - 2.57

12."I've Had It With Blondes" - 3.31

Under My Hat

ry cooder - boomer's story [320]

Early album by a man whos been churning them out now for more than 40 years. I always see his music billed as Roots Rock and we all need Roots don't you think. anyway it appears to be a collection of covers and Traditional tunes!

1."Boomer's Story"  – 4:13

2."Cherry Ball Blues"  – 4:10

3."Crow Black Chicken" – 2:14

4."Ax Sweet Mama" – 4:23

5."Maria Elena"  – 4:30

6."The Dark End of the Street" – 3:25

7."Rally 'Round the Flag"  – 3:34

8."Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer" – 3:00

9."President Kennedy"  – 4:39

10."Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man" – 4:30

Cherry Ball Blues

Keep It To Yourself!

Would it be alright to say to a fellow human being who whinges a lot that he doesn’t have an Inferiority Complex he is actually Inferior? Guess not and mores the pity as it could serve him as Enlightenment. Thankfully I’ve reduced my overall whinging by about 95% which doesn’t leave a great deal to moan about. All that righteous indignation and justified anger at my shoddy treatment nearly put an end to me and I know for a fact never caused those it was aimed at to lose even a minutes sleep. If I could just remember the details of those grudges and vendettas which I held close to my heart for so long I guess maybe they could be reemployed....but not today as i will be out in glorious sunshine doin’ a bit of walking and xcompasionate meditation to keep those ever close resentments out of my consciousness !

rilo kiley - initial friend [160]

First release by the band it is touted as an EP and if it is one its the bloody longest i've heard. This band only got more popular not necessarily better after this release. it's good in an Indie/Rock sort of way and all of their output is very satisfing to the likes of me!

1. "Frug"
2. "Papillon"
3. "Always"
4. "85"
5. "Glendora"
6. "Teenage Love Song"
7. "Sword"
8. "Asshole"
9. "Gravity"

Hidden Tracks: "Troubadors / Annoying Noise of Death"

Annoying Noise Of Death

sham 69 - who killed joe public [320]

I could name a few people who i think Killed You Public but as they let it happen to them without a fight i guess it was suicide. This is the sound of Sham 69 circa 2010 its angry and that will do for yours truly!

1. Shout (3:26)

2. The Verdict is Vengeance (3:36)

3. Skin And Bone (3:50)

4. Then There Were None (3:27)

5. Hall Of Fame (4:17)

6. Little Lady (2:49)

7. The Last Gang In London (6:40)

8. Who Killed Joe Public (4:05)

9. What You Gonna Do (2:40)

10. The Public Enemy (3:49)

11. Army Of Tomorrow (3:14)

The Verdict Is Vengeance

move - BBC sessions [1967-68] [256]

That Roy Wood really is a handsome guy its a wonder he bothered wearing all that make up and big hair. also he has a very big place in my heart full of his Wizzard Glam period and the shear joy i was having being a kid. Also the move are a bit under rated in my opinion!

01. You'd Better Believe Me 3.00

02. Night of Fear 2.23

03. Stop, Get a Hold of Myself 2.35

04. Kilroy Was Here 2.40

05. Walk Upon the Water 3.04

06. I Can Hear the Grass Grow 3.17

07. Morning Dew 2.42

08. Flowers in the Rain 2.20

09. So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star 2.55

10. Stephanie Knows Who 2.32

11. Cherry Blossom Clinic 2.26

12. Hey Grandma 3.04

13. Fire Brigade 2.17

14. Weekend 1.52

15. It'll Be Me 2.32

16. Useless Information 2.46

17. Kentucky Woman 2.28

18. Higher and Higher 3.09

19. Long Black Veil 2.53

20. Wild Tiger Woman 2.33

21. Piece of My Heart 3.03

22. Blackberry Way [Outtake] 3.08

23. Going Back 2.50

24. California Girls 3.08

25. Christian Life 2.02

Hey Grandma

Misery Is Optional!

The source of all man’s problems is his inability to sit quietly in a room by himself so someone may have once said or something like that at least. I did this for three years venturing out only to Starbucks or to take my Woes for a walk, oh yeah I also went to work. Sure I came away enlightened at least i gained the knowledge that I didn’t like my life. Enough discomfort was amassed to make even me become Willing to Change. Change what? The whole Fucking lot I’d say!

slade - nobody's fools [128]

First album by Slade to not be in the UK top ten and caused some of the Glam boys to accuse them of selling out, but not me! oh know i just seen a more mature sound coming from a more mature band!

1. "Nobody's Fool"   4:40

2. "Do The Dirty"   4:42

3. "Let's Call It Quits"  3:30

4. "Pack Up Your Troubles"   3:25

5. "In For a Penny"  3:35

6. "Get On Up" 3:26

7. "L.A. Jinx"   3:58

8. "Did Ya Mama Ever Tell Ya"  3:06

9. "Scratch My Back" 3:06

10."I'm a Talker" Lea 3:18

11."All The World Is a Stage"  

In For A Penny

black keys - rubber factory [192]

3rd album by a band from Akron Ohio the birth place of Alcoholics Anonymous no less. Hope they don't need these services but if they do they should be pretty local. Good tight Garage Rock here which you really should enjoy!

1. "When the Lights Go Out"   3:23

2. "10 A.M. Automatic"   2:59

3. "Just Couldn't Tie Me Down"   2:57

4. "All Hands Against His Own"   3:16

5. "The Desperate Man"   3:54

6. "Girl Is On My Mind"   3:28

7. "The Lengths"   4:54

8. "Grown So Ugly" (Robert Pete Williams) 2:27

9. "Stack Shot Billy"   3:21

10. "Act Nice and Gentle" (Ray Davies) 2:41

11. "Aeroplane Blues"   2:50

12. "Keep Me"   2:52

13. "'Till I Get My Way" 

Keep Me

ringo starr - ringo rama [192]

One of the Beatles and the only one i ever met and seen perform. he was playing with Gary Booker and Andy Fairweather-Lowe and did a blinding couple of sets to the amassed crowd of 800..It was really rather special!

1."Eye to Eye" – 3:19

2."Missouri Loves Company"– 3:33

3."Instant Amnesia"– 5:12

4."Memphis in Your Mind" – 3:13

5."Never Without You" – 5:24

6."Imagine Me There" (Starkey/Hudson/Burr) – 3:55

7."I Think Therefore I Rock and Roll" – 3:25

8."Trippin' on My Own Tears" – 3:31

9."Write One for Me" – 3:14

10."What Love Wants to Be" – 3:03

11."Love First, Ask Questions Later"  – 4:45

12."Elizabeth Reigns"  – 3:57

13."English Garden" – 3:17 

I Think Therefore I Rock & Roll

Less Is More!

Got no Money got no Relationship and if I have a say there won’t be  a job soon either. Counter balance all that with a level of Acceptance and Peace not felt in years by yours truly. There has to be a connection in all of this and as Bill Hicks once profoundly quipped “Kid’s aren’t stupid, you never see one with a Job or a Mortgage”... Well he said something like that!

showaddywaddy - step two [320]

I used to really like the old Glam Rock and these boys where a constant chart act throughout the 1970's until finally being put to death by Punk. This is dated now but i still like it it's got some fine tracks admittedly they are covers but there's a good original [i think] Christmas song and i do like my Christmas songs!

1. Three Steps To Heaven 

2. If You Know What I Mean 

3. Sing On Louise 

4. Big Big Star 

5. Chain Gang 

6. Blue Jean Baby 

7. Three Stars/Rave On 

8. The Latest Craze 

9. Smiling Eyes 

10.Rocker Boots 

11.Sweet Music 

12.Everybody On Your Feet 

13.Hey Mr. Christmas 

14.Rock N Roll Man 

Step Two

billy preston - music is my life [160]

A man credited with the honoury title of 5th Beatle and the only one credited on any of their tracks as being by The Beatles  & Billy Preston. That track was "Get Back" and he does a great cover here of another Beatles track "Blackbird" plus one of his most popular tracks "Will It Go Round in Circles"!

1."We're Gonna Make It" – 3:13

2."One Time or Another"  – 2:49

3."Blackbird"  – 2:48

4."I Wonder Why" – 5:43

5."Will It Go Round in Circles"– 4:28

6."Ain't That Nothin'"  – 3:47

7."God Loves You"  – 2:50

8."Make the Devil Mad – 5:22

9."Nigger Charlie"  – 6:31

10."Heart Full of Sorrow"  – 3:35

11."Music Is My Life" – 3:58

Music Is My Life

damned - music for pleasure [320]

1977 release of the Damned's 2nd album didn't exactly set the music world on fitre in fact i readf on wiki that this album didn't make the top 100 which is kinda strange as it's as Punk as the 1st and has some quality tracks like "Problem Child" and "Stretcher Case Baby"!

1."Problem Child"  – 2:13

2."Don't Cry Wolf" – 3:15

3."One Way Love" – 3:44

4."Politics" – 2:26

5."Stretcher Case Baby" – 1:52

6."Idiot Box" – 5:00

7."You Take My Money" – 2:04

8."Alone" – 3:37

9."Your Eyes" – 2:53

10."Creep (You Can't Fool Me)" – 2:12

11."You Know" – 5:05

Problem Child

Fellowship And Other Weapons!

Must say yesterday went splendidly on the Steps front. It was only later that i get to thinking about a couple of things my man said mostly in regards of his experience with the Big Book Study  people [find out what this is for yourself...google it maybe]. in a nutshell my man has been put through thee most revolutionary process known to humanity and has come out the other end having learned absolutely nothing about his disease. When i say thee most revolutionary process i mean the Big Book Programme not the above. The lad is intelegent and would have learned if the Teacher had something to teach unfortunately it's the blind leading the blind only with the added power to actually kill. What preempted this broadside was being told by a man desperate to get well [sic] that he knew it wasn't my job to listen to his problems. After getting home I thought about this and the outcome was I volunteered to support a man through a 12 Step Process which very much includes his problems. When he comes out the other end armed with the facts i will not be listening to his problems much other than to point out that he knows what to do. This info has been relayed to him with love with the added point that it might be best to forget what the Boyos told him as it appears to amount to nothing but abuse!

1910 fruitgum company - simon says [320]

Following on from my preamble another bunch of people trying to tell me what to do. Well Fuck 'em i won't put my hands on my head. Meanwhile back on Earth a bit of harmless 60's whimsy to brighten any day!

1. "Pop Goes the Weasel"  1:58

2. "Keep Your Thoughts On the Bright Side" 2:20

3. "Magic Windmill"   2:19

4. "The Year 2001"  1:51

5. "Soul Struttin'"  2:38

6. "Simon Says"  2:14

7. "May I Take A Giant Step (Into Your Heart)" 2:24

8. "Bubblegum World"  2:19

9. "Happy Little Teardrops" 2:15

10. "The Story Of Flipper"  4:30

11. "(Poor Old) Mr. Jensen"  

I Won't Do It

melvins - maggot [192]

I like it i like it a lot this is about the 8th 9th possibly 10th album by the band.,.who cares which as its real good. Part of a Trilogy actually consisting of The Maggot, The Bootlicker and The Crybaby so you best get searching cause you'll be hooked!

1. "amazon"  1:00

2. "AMAZON"  5:00

3. "We All Love Judy"  2:28

4. "Manky"     7:22

5. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)" 6:54

6. "The Horn Bearer"  2:24

7. "Judy"  2:24

8. "See How Pretty, See How Smart" 

The Horn Bearer

kristin hersh - murder misery and then goodnight [320]

 

Fantastically named album from one of my most fantastic female singers and you may or may not know or care the stepsister of my # 1female singer Tanya Donelly. A word of Caution  contains solely Appalachian folk songs about murder and death. get out the slippers and chill it's quality so give it a whirl and then dig out her work with Throwing Muses etc etc!

 

 1."Down in the Willow Garden"

2."I Never Will Marry"

3."Sweet Roseanne"

4."Poor Ellen Smith"

5."Pretty Polly"

6."Little Birdy"

7."Mama’s Gonna Buy"

8."Fly Around My Blue Eyed Girl"

9."Banks Of The Ohio"

10."Three Nights Drunk"

11."What’ll We Do With The Baby-o"

12."Whole Heap Of Little Horses"

 

Pretty Polly

From Little Acorns!

Sponsor duty today with the task of getting a man to take Steps and Actions he has no Faith in, sounds a tough ask I hear you say. Not really as hopefully he knows he has no choice and although these 3 Steps today [that’s the aim] are theoretical and require very little action and if completed will show Willingness/Desperation to continue!

All has been stripped down by the 12 Step Heretic that I am to the essentials and to make it as easy as possible for my man with 1&2 relating to Step 1, 3 relating to Step 2 and 4&5 relating to Step 3

1.       Are You Powerless Over Alcohol /Drugs? Yes/No [explain what that means to you?].

2.       Is Your Life Unmanageable [by you]? Yes/No [explain what that means to you?].

3.       Do You Now Believe Or Are You Willing To Come To Believe That Taking These Steps Can Remove From Your Life The Insanity Of Picking Up? Yes/No [explain what that means to you?].

4.       Are You Ready To Make A Decision To Do Step 4 And The Rest Of The Programme?

5.       Formal Short Prayer To Seal The Deal.

If he’s Willing/A Desperado this can be completed in an hour. Sadly if he is Unwilling/Dishonest it could take several Lifetimes. If he is not going to give it a go he will not complete thee above at any cost and I guess I can go back to Starbucks and I’m pretty sure he will be able to find his own way back to the Pub!

bonnie prince billy and dawn mccarthy - wai notes [320]

Wai Notes is a collection of demo songs for The Letting Go album released in 2006. The album comprises recordings on tapes exchanged between Will Oldham and Dawn McCarthy through the mail prior to recording. It is now out of print, as only 10,000 copies were produced...enjoy it's sublime!

1."Then The Letting Go" – 4:28

2."Strange Form of Life" – 2:31

3."Lay & Love" – 3:38

4."God Is Love" – 4:15

5."The Signifying Wolf" – 2:45

6."The Seedling" – 2:56

7."I Called You Back" – 5:14

8."Wai" - 3:13

9."Cursed Sleep" – 4:31

10."God's Small Song" – 2:54

God's Small Song

paul hardcastle - hardcastle 4 [320]

Billed as a Smooth Jazz album and i guess that's just what it is!

 1 Serene 3:30

 2 Freefall 4:28

 3 Smooth Jazz Is Bumpin 4:12

 4 Keeping It Real 3:47

 5 Moments In Time 4:11 

 6 Was It Love 3:53 

 7 Midnight Moon 4:06

 8 Eastern Winds 4:14 

 9 Where Are You Now 4:12

 10 Straight Ahead 3:59

 11 Time To Reflect 4:16

 12 Journey of the Lost Tribes 3:49

 13 Bonus Track

Smooth Jazz Is Pumpin

rezillos - radio sessions [320]

Took all the info from a blog somewhere whilst the bootleg is my own. This is nice tuneful inoffensive Punk and tracks like "(My Baby Does) Good Sculptures", "Can't Stand My Baby.

" "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Heads Kicked In Tonight" and "Top Of The Pops" are really easy on the ear!

BBC Radio - John Peel Session December 12, 1977.
1.(My Baby Does) Good Sculptures.
2.Fight among yourselves.
3.No
4.Top Of The Pops

BBC Radio - John Peel Session May 31, 1978.
5.Destination Venus
6.Somebody's Gonna Get Their Heads Kicked In Tonight
7.Cold Wars (Have Cooled Me Down)
8.I Can't Stand My Baby (Sould Version)

BBC Radio Session MArch 31, 2006.
9.No 1 Boy.
10.(My Baby Does) Good Sculptures.

WFMU Radio Session June 27, 2002.
11.Can't Stand My Baby.
12.(My Baby Does) Good Sculptures.
13.Pressure Cooker.
14.Flying Saucer Attack.

BBC Radio Mark Lamarr Session February 14, 2009.
15.Out Of This World.
16.Yesterdays Tormentor.
17.Ambulance.
18.No 1 Boy.
19.I Can't Stand My Baby.
20.River Deep Mountain High.

Top Of The Pops

Sound Of Silence!

Telling me to get back to work and me actually arriving behind the desk is not a foregone conclusion as far as i can tell as my focus is purely on recovery at the moment. Primarily i would rather be healthy than working regardless of the consequences. I'm off tonight to do a talk on the lofty subject of Meditation i ain't got nothing original to add to the mix. My new Sponsee thinks i am good at Meditation what came into my mind at the time wasn't that i am good at it but that I'm persistent and deeply deeply don't want to return to the Spiritual wasteland i was inhabiting until recently. Someday's Meditation is accompanied by chatter and a Brass Band in my head and other days i get the most profound insight. Should i tell him? Me thinks not let him find out for himself!

radiators from space - ghostown [320]

2nd album by this Irish Punk band who famously had Phil Chevron in its midst. He who went on to greatness as a member of that Celtic institution the Pogues. Ghostown is a concept album about the sense of social and cultural isolation felt by many Dubliners throughout the 1970s. A bit lofty for a Punk band but believe me its excellent especially "Song of the Faithful Departed"!

     "Million Dollar Hero" (3:06)
    "Let's Talk About the Weather" (4:19)
    "Johnny Jukebox" (2:46)
    "Confidential" (2:51)
    "They're Looting in the Town" (4:01)
    "Who are the Strangers?" (3:13)
    "Ballad of Kitty Ricketts" (3:55)
    "Song of the Faithful Departed" (4:44)
    "Walking Home Alone Again" (3:05)

    "Dead the Beast, Dead the Poison" (3:25)

Johnny Jukebox

longpigs - mobile home [320]

 

 Second and final album by a band i really liked especially their other album "The Sun Is Often Out" mores the pity some might say, but if they hadn't split would the magnificent Richard Hawley have gone on to record such great solo albums...who knows. Anyway dig out his album "Coles Corner" it's the Dogs!

    "The Frank Sonata" – 3:53

    "Blue Skies" – 4:01

    "Gangsters" – 4:56

    "Free Toy" – 4:43

    "Baby Blue" – 3:56

    "Dance Baby Dance" – 4:17

    "Miss Believer" – 4:22

    "I Lied I Love You" – 4:43

    "Keep The Light Alight" – 3:40

    "Speech Bubble" – 3:47

    "Dog Is Dead" – 4:02

    "Loud and Clear" – 3:10

    "In The Snow" – 4:30

 Loud And Clear

alexis korner's blues incorporated - at the cavern [192]

A band who at different times contained  Jack Bruce, Charlie Watts, Terry Cox, Ginger Baker and Long John Baldry, to name a few caught here live in 1964 at the famous Cavern venue. Quality all the way from start to finish!

1. Overdrive
2. Whoa Babe
3. Everyday I Have The Blues
4. Hoochie Coochie Man
5. Herbie's Tune (aka Dooji Wooji)
6. Little Bitty Gal Blues
7. Well All Right, OK, You Win
8. Kansas City

Everyday I Have The Blues

Cough!

Quick Blog today as i have just been to see the company Doctor. I'd say it's lucky for her she wasn't practising medicine back in the day as i fear she would be burned as a witch. Anyhow it went OK as when i first went off work i was aiming at 3 months and I've had 4. That's that they want me back so i am opening a second front looking for redeployment. Short of actually being dead at today's consultation i had no chance from the start. Guess I'll just sit back and see whats on offer!

calexico - aerocalexico [320]

A nice slab of Americana here as far as i know this album was never on general release and was only available at the bands gigs during their 2001 tour!

1."All the Pretty Horses"
2."Blacktop"
3."'64 Ford Fairlane"
4."Transistorites"
5."Clothes of Sand"
6."Train of Thought"
7."Redwood"
8."Gift X-Change"
9."TV Room"
10."Inch by Inch"
11."Reverse Ranch"
12."Crooked Road and the Briar"
13."Impromptu for Piano and Contrabass"
14."6 White Horses"
15."Sequoia"
16."Crawlspace"
17."Humano (instrumental)"
18."At the Table He Sat Alone with a Glass and Bottle of Wine"
19."AZ Room"
20."Bees and the Flies"
21."Crystal Frontier
22."Hush A-Bye"
23."Singing Wind Ranch"


Crawlspace

brian jonestown massacre - bravery repetition and noise [192]

A legend to say the least this is Anton's 9th album and is like all the rest excellent. Please look out for the Documentary "Dig" about the band and one of the best i have ever seen!

1."Just for Today" – 4:18
2."Telegram" – 2:33
3."Stolen" – 1:30
4."Open Heart Surgery" – 4:19
5."Nevertheless" – 3:32
6."Sailor" – 3:43
7."You Have Been Disconnected" – 3:24
8."Leave Nothing for Sancho" – 2:56
9."Let Me Stand Next to Your Flower" – 4:55
10."If I Love You?" – 2:31
11."(I Love You) Always" – 3:29
12."If I Love You? – 6:19

Telegram

Lonely Hearts Pub Band!

Spent just over 4 years now on my own [pretty much] in a relationship sense and don’t see it coming to an end in the near future. Got quite lazy really and like the freedom to just do what I want when I want and not have to worry about someone else’s feelings or needs. What I lack at the moment is Female input to soften the edges of this often harsh existence. Women are not hard to come by so I’m told and I guess it’s true as I witness some desperate pairings in my travels. The Fellowships are about the worst place to observe the needy in action at times it quite funny and at other times extremely tragic.

One of the truest things i ever read about inappropriate and futile relationships [been there done that] and had a permanent impact on me was something along the lines of “The real issue is not that you spend time with the wrong person, it’s that you have successfully blocked out the right person”. Anyway that’s my main reason for waiting or is it just my fear masquerading as knowledge..... Think I need to find out!

herman's hermits - herman's hermits [320]

Debut album by a very succesful 60's act. additional info the band was managed by Mickie Most whom i was living a couple of hundred yards away from. In 1990 i took part in the now Legendary Poll Tax Riot in London on Saturday 31 March shortly before the tax was due to come into force in England and Wales. A great day out this is sometimes remembered as the Battle of Trafalgar and lead to the Poll Tax being abandoned. Why i here you ask was i there that day...simple i wasnt paying the same Tax as a man living in an £8,000,000 house...OK! 

1. "Heartbeat"

2. "Travellin' Light"

3. "I'll Never Dance Again"

4. "Walkin' with My Angel"

5. "Dream On"

6. "I Wonder"

7. "For Your Love"

8. "Don't Try to Hurt Me"

9. "Tell Me Baby"

10. "I'm Henery VIII, I Am"

11. "The End of the World"

12. "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"

Dream On

fear factory - digimortal [160]

Something to unblock those senses if you've been lulled into watching x factor [god may forgive you but i won't]. Considered a concept album and a sequel to Obsolete, their previous album which was itself a continuation to Demanufacture and the final part of a trilogy. So i guess you'll have to dig those out as well!

1. "What Will Become?"   3:24

2. "Damaged"   3:03

3. "Digimortal"   3:04

4. "No One"   3:37

5. "Linchpin"   3:25

6. "Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies)"   3:54

7. "Acres of Skin"   3:55

8. "Back the Fuck Up" (ft. B-Real) 3:10

9. "Byte Block"   5:21

10. "Hurt Conveyor"   3:42

11. "(Memory Imprints) Never End"

Back The Fuck Up