Sex, blogs and rock 'n' roll...

Okay, maybe not so much sex on this post, although you are looking particularly hot today...hubba hubba. Nope, this is a blatent post to promote a trio of lovely people who deserve some of your time/admiration/money.

First up the lovely Jodi Anne Bickley and her One Million Lovely Letters project. Actually 'project's' too small a word for what she's doing...it's more of a lifelong commitment, a vocation...a calling...she's like the pope without all the smoke, dudes in dresses and Latin schnizzle. For the uninitiated Jodi was a rising star of the spoken word scene before a nasty little tick bit her at a festival and she contracted encephalitis which then led to a stroke. Here she is in full flow...



Confined to bed for long stretches at a time she decided to turn her talents to writing letters to people who needed a little pick me up, with the aim of completing ONE MILLION. That's a whole lotta writing my friends. Incredibly she's not charging anyone for this and is doing it just 'cos she's one of the loveliest people on planet earth...

Next up a new blog from a dude I met at a gig last week, David Malys. It seems he's been reading The Hearing Aid since it started in 1794 (hands up who else was at that amazing Beethoven / Haydn show...those muthas rocked), for which he frankly deserves a medal. Anyway, he's started a blog, Seven Inch Selections, a fascinating trawl through his record collection complete with the stories behind each purchase. There's something addictive about vinyl and Mr M captures this passion/madness better than most. Plus, if you're a nosy git like me it's the perfect chance to snoop around another man's record box without having to break into their house and get arrested.

Finally the legend that is Tom Peel has launched a brand new Subscription Service promising exclusive access to all his new songs plus all kinds of other goodies including (for a mere £35!) a personalised song too! Good grief. In a better world Tom would have his own TV Show, range of dolls and chain of tea shops but for now he remains one of the best kept secrets in outsider pop. As cool as a British summer and just as trouser moistening...

Here's the man himself with the big sell...how can you resist eh?



Plugs over, here's some music for you to play LOUD.



Gawd bless Primal Scream eh? Can't think of a song title, hell, what year is it? 2013? That'll do! Coming soon, Good Friday, May Day, The Seventh Sunday Before Advent and National Fish and Chip Week...