Taxes - Geese

I meant to post this a few weeks ago but I forgot...probably all that worry about paying my tax bills. They say only two things in life are certain, death and taxes, but I'm not sure which is worse. Only joking...of course I am...it's taxes. Clearly Mr Geese feels the same way.  

The Beat(en) Generation - The The

Some 36 years after it was written this track from The The seems far more appropriate now than it was when I was a teenager. The world's undoubtedly far more divided and there's sooooooooooooo much more misinformation these days than there was then...and I'm talking both on the left and right of the political spectrum...so it's little wonder that this country and many others are in such a bloody mess. Still, it's the weekend and I'm having fish and chips and a bottle of wine for tea so screw it!

Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter - Ike and Tina Turner

Picked up an Ike and Tina Turner best of CD over the weekend and particularly enjoyed this version of the Nina Simone classic. Better than the original? Answers on a mosquito's tweeter...

Stephen Luscombe RIP

Sad to hear of the passing of Blancmange's Stephen Luscombe over the weekend. Adding a distinctive Indian flavour to 80s synth pop Blancmange's were one of that decade's more interesting bands with Living On The Ceiling even making it to the dizzy heights of number 7 in the UK charts back in 1982. 

If you're new to the band their cover of ABBA's deliciously dour The Day Before You Came is well worth a spin too. 

Porcupine - Sparks

The world may be continuing it's rapid descent into the great dustbin of existence but as long as there's new music from Sparks there's still a little hope eh? Almost unbelievably Ron Mael turned 80 last month... 

Just Two Girls - Wolf Alice

Good to see Wolf Alice make the Mercury Music Award nominations again, along with CMAT and Pulp. If I had to pick a winner though how great would it be if Martin Carthy won eh? A mere 68 years into his professional career... 

Rick Davies RIP

Who doesn't love a bit of Supertramp? So it's sad to hear that Rick Davies, one of the band's founder members has passed away, but 81's a pretty fair innings eh? And what a life, 60 million albums flogged by 2007 and a number one album in the US and Canada when such things mattered. 

Plus they wrote the unofficial West Country anthem...It's Raining Again. Ahem.