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Comment on My top 7…albums by Patti Smith @ The Royal Festival Hall | Everything's Swirling

Patti Smith @ The Royal Festival Hall | Everything's Swirling — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:32:53 +0000

[...] in one of those Facebook memes when asked to name my top seven albums I put Patti Smith’s Horses on that list. Obviously lists like that change like the weather [...]

Comment on On reaching 40 by On reaching 45… | Everything's Swirling

On reaching 45… | Everything's Swirling — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:41:51 +0000

[...] I wrote when I reached 40 still applies – I don’t feel older, maybe a bit more lethargic… or comfortable… [...]

Comment on NaNoWriMo 2006 by Just dug this one out #30: English Settlement by XTC | Everything's Swirling

Fri, 08 May 2009 13:43:45 +0000

[...] last time I gave English Settlement a listen was in 2006 when I took my first (and only) shot at NaNoWriMo. My awful (I mean really awful) novel, Plan 4, featured a chapter where the three protagonists [...]

Comment on Just dug this one out #29: Space Ritual by Hawkwind by Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:26:23 +0000

Lovely Barney Bubbles cover too, there is a great book of Bubbles work – Hawkwind, Stiff, Damned, Costello etc etc – out now. Genius.
I first saw Hawkwind live on the “Levitation” tour, that show wasn’t too bad except for the Ginger Baker contractual obligation drum solo, but is was very diminishing returns after that for the Sonic Attack / Masques tours, that was quite enough Hawkwind thank you.

Comment on Just dug this one out: #9 Nord Express by LD

LD — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:02:25 +0000

Good post. Great band. Thanks.

Comment on My Top 6…cover versions by Splotchy

Splotchy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:42:16 +0000

Fantastic selections, and fantastic descriptions of your selections, Andy! I’m so happy you participated in this mix.

Thanks again.

Comment on Where are they now #1 : Doleful Lions by Jonathan Scott

Jonathan Scott — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:55:52 +0000

What do you mean “where are they now” I am right here.

Comment on Buddy Holly by Andy

Andy — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:27:31 +0000

I may be wrong but I’m pretty certain the thugs chasing us round Woking weren’t Yes fans!

Comment on Buddy Holly by David Jennings

David Jennings — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:16:03 +0000

Hey Andy, I grew up in Woking! One day we saw some out-of-towners coming out of a dodgy film at the cinema. We chased them round the streets. Good sport, but they got away. Grrr…. p.s. RIP Buddy.

Comment on Just dug this one out #25 – Deep Purple In Rock by David Jennings

David Jennings — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:06:56 +0000

Aren’t Last.fm naughty? Treating different versions of Speed King as though they were interchangeable… their version sounds like it was done post-’80s reunion, and isn’t a patch on the original.

I think my 1980/81 self was more over to the right (!) on your diagram (I didn’t get Motorhead until I was much older, but now they’re probably favourite among all these bands). Curious that you put Gillan in the metal bracket, though. Maybe for Glory Road, but the Future Shock period seems like Deep Purple by another name: New Orleans is a remake of Speed King, and Mutually Assured Destruction is a (very loose!) remake of Child in Time… Not that it matters a toss, of course.

Sorry about the b*ggered up stylesheet and other bugs in Music Arcades at the moment. I’m in an ongoing tussle with Typepad about it, and I’m not winning.