big star city rollers

a gerard love composition. now you see it, now you don’t… Sounds vaguely familiar ? It ought to. The sound of Memphis filtered through the dirty grey lense of the River Clyde; a perfect sound east coast pretenders, the Bay City Rollers, never quite got down on tape. Before Teenage Fanclub (and the arrival of

track 4 probe

WAP 5. ab•scess |ˌabsɪs| |-sɛs| noun a swollen area within body tissue, containing an accumulation of pus. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin abscessus ‘a going away,’ from the verb abscedere, from ab- ‘away from’ + cedere ‘go,’ referring to the elimination of infected matter via the pus. Hmmm. I seem to have developed an

goo 1990 (v2.0.0.5)

1990’s “Goo” is a somewhat patchy affair, but it does contain one of my favourite ever Sonic Youth tracks – “Tunic (Song for Karen)” – so I was slightly bemused on listening to the remastered 2005 release to find “Disappearer“, with backing vocals by Don Fleming, vying for my attention. It was released as a

the billy ghosts gruff

We are brittle. We are boned. First cut is the deepest.You are invited. ian begg: vocals; gus macdonald: guitar; fiona macdonald: bass; ken warner: guitar; jimmy johnstone: drums. ▼ GHOSTS: GOLDILOCKS from “The Lost Album” TEAC demos (Maryjane) 1992 (UK)

kiss all the fannies you can

it might never last….(image ‘lifted’ from matt @ perceptions. delusions.) In British parlance, “fanny” = pussy, so the very act involves a good deal less bending over backwards. Per se. PAPER 003. Written by Norman Blake. With love from Glasgow; nearly. Bellshill is close enough. A kiss away and home to Sheena Easton. ▼ TEENAGE

warts and all

drew friedman and josh alan friedman. penguin books. Featuring reprints from: “Bad News“; “Blab“; “Heavy Metal“; “Magick Theatre“; “National Lampoon“; “Prime Cuts“; “Raw“; “Snarf Comics“; “Spy“; “Twist“; “The Village Voice“; “Weirdo“. Introduction by Kurt Vonnegut. Embossed cover.PURCHASE WARTS AND ALLDREW FRIEDMAN: OFFICIAL SITE

what time is love ? (bunnymen mix)

INT 125.790. Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty of the K Foundation; who once burned £1,000,000 to ashes on a remote Scottish Isle in a misguided artistic statement. Featuring The Children Of The Revolution. Discuss. ▼ THE KLF: WHAT TIME IS LOVE ? (ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN MIX) from “What Time Is Love ? (Remodelled &

thin white rope: thirty pieces of silver

abandoned migrant worker camp; davis, california. guy kyser in stockholm. photograph by arvid krantz. Originally formed in Davis, California, Thin White Rope stretched to fraying point through the mid to late 80’s, finally unravelling to less fanfare than they deserved. Their final live performance at Ghent, Belgium on 28th June 1982 was recorded for posterity

missa luba: gloria in excelsis deo

gloria in excelsis deo. Well, the intention was to lead today with an extended celebration of Van’s “Gloria”, but following yesterday’s (very courteous, admittedly) visitation by the “web sheriff” it would seem that’s no longer on the agenda. Of all those covers of this wonderful song, my own favourite is perhaps Patti Smith‘s from 1975’s

happy mondays

step on. Two for monday from Tony Wilson’s Factory, and both produced by Paul Oakenfold & Steve Osborne. Shaun Ryder never sounded so good. A much brighter intellect than his media hyped “thug” status suggests, Ryder was once married to my fellow Glaswegian Donovan Phillips Leitch‘s daughter, Oriole. Robert Plant famously implored one and all

the fall

Written by Craig Scanlon and Mark E. Smith, with Brix Smith sadly no longer on board. Open the bedroom window and let the warm breath of morning wash the lingering ghost from your sheets. ▼ THE FALL: BILL IS DEAD from “Extricate” LP (Cog Sinister/Fontana) 1990 (UK) EXTRICATE