Music
Finished Reading: Mike Joyce - The Drums by Mike Joyce. A nice little memoir of Joyce’s time in The Smiths. He doesn’t dwell on court cases or royalty disputes or anything like that. Just the sheer joy of being in one of the greatest bands.📚
Read: In Another World - The Four Seasons Of Talk Talk by Graeme Thomson. A fantastic book that makes you listen to and hear the Talk Talk albums in a different light. The best kind of music book.📚
I seem to be getting into a habit of updating CrucialTracks. Picking a favourite song brings a nice little spark of joy every day. 🎵
I bought this portable FiiO CD player. It sounds really good. I have a bunch of CD-R discs that wouldn’t play on my older player. This plays them with no issues at all. Very pleased with the purchase.
I missed the news that Chip Taylor had died recently. We had him play a show at our local arts centre back in the 90s when I worked there. He sang all his hit songs and told some great stories. A memorable night.
Song of the day. This popped up on the radio this morniing. Still sounding weird and wonderful. Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio🎵
It appears that I’ve preordered an album on Bandcamp two times again. I need someone to keep track of these things for me.
Read: 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left by Robyn Hitchcock 📚
Can I count this as my first read of 2025 despite starting it a couple of days ago? Anyway this is a short and sweet memoir of how Robyn Hitchcock became a “groover” at school in 1967. A nice origin story of an original artist.
The Allander Record Fair was in town again today. I always feel obliged to buy something but I was happy to get these for a decent price. All seem in good condition.
A late entry to my favourite albums of the year. This is gorgeous. the innocence mission - Midwinter Swimmers 🎵
Big Big Train - Last Eleven. One of the highlight songs, amongst many, from Saturday’s show in Edinburgh. I love this band. The combination of music and lyrics here never fails to move me. 🎵