I’m a Local Government lifer, Musician and Linux dabbler. This is a large and sprawling disorganised mess - a bit like me really. I’m interested in lots of things at the same time but a LOT of music. I’m not really doing this for any particular purpose other than being an old-ish dog learning some new tricks
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I often think about writing and every now and again I will have tentative go at it. I’m very much enjoying “Closer To The Edge” on Substack as it’s clearly in the style of Hunter S. Thompson who is someone we really could do with to eviscerate the whole Shit-show of what is happening in the U.S. right now with the likes of Trump and Musk.
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Full disclosure that this is going to be part gig review and part love letter to the High Llamas.
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• 14 tracks new to CD. Fascinating insight into Lee Perry’s musical development. • A must for all committed Upsetter fans. Lee Perry had reached the top of the Jamaican music business as the 1970s dawned. His international chartbuster, ‘Return Of Django’ had not just confirmed his standing as one of reggae music’s leading music makers, it also provided the funds that facilitated a significant increase in studio time, so providing the luxury of further experimentations with sound.
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Diamond Jubilee is the seventh studio album by Canadian band Cindy Lee, the project of musician Patrick Flegel. A triple album (double CD), it was released on 29 March 2024 on Flegel’s own label Realistik Studios, available exclusively on YouTube or for purchase from a Web 1.0-style Realistik Studios website. On 23 October 2024, it was released on Bandcamp and physical pre-orders were made available.
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Legendary Only Ones front man at Islington Academy 19-2-2025 Take Me Home: Sometimes I go walkin’ in the dark I’m waiting for fate to jump out at me Feels like I’m walkin’ in the shoes of another man Someone who refused to ever follow the plan
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Let’s Go To The Dance: A 60-minute compilation of 20 rocksteady songs from 1967–68, including “Let’s Go To The Dance” and “All My Loving”
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