Put A Red Rose On Their Grave
Just press play: Poor quality vid, high quality glam Here’s an unfairly forgotten LP that nobody apart from me seems to have treasured down the years, Roxx Gang Things You’ve Never Done Before from...
View ArticleSerpens Albus Est Semi-Erectus
All of you women better lift up your skirts and run'Cause I aim to shoot my pistol and fire like a Gatling gun Hard rock sacrilege warning: I’m not much of a David Coverdale fan. There, said it. Hard...
View ArticleJimmy Black Beach
A few days after RSD 2017* I accidentally found myself in another record shop in Liverpool and on a whim picked up a smart little 10″ of Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes Live At Jones Beach, the fact...
View ArticleBun E. Boilers
Four oddballs make a brilliantly crafted, intricate and deceptively mean tour de fucking force in 30 days, from set up to delivery and then … have to sit on it for 8 months due to the runaway success...
View ArticleSummer Dreams Ripped At The Seams
Summer loving had me a blastSummer loving happened so fastWell-a, well-a, well-a, huhTell me more, tell me moreDid you get many LPs?Tell me more, tell me more I am sure it will shock you to learn that...
View ArticleThe Original Viagra Boys
Been dazed and confused for so long, it's not true After a bit of a fallow period here I thought it was important to come roaring back with a bang, how about my fave Led Zeppelin? You know, the one...
View ArticleI Wanna Ride On Your Reindeer
Time to get those ho, ho, ho’s out. Jingle bells, jingle bellsJingle all the dayI just can’t wait ’til ChristmastimeWhen I can grope you in the hay Yes, its the most wonderful time of the year* and if...
View Article1537 vs. 2025
So here we are once more, another entry in a diary self-penned. Thank you for attending these truly prestigious awards and doing your very best to stick to the ‘dress to impress’ dress code. Who knew...
View ArticleYou Lying So Low In The Weeds
Long before I ever heard the album I can remember a retrospective magazine review of Heart Little Queen, which basically ran along the lines of, ooh barracuda, phwoarrr! the Wilson sisters and they...
View ArticleWorkin’ Hard To Get My Fill
We are having a heatwave here, time to reach for some AOR in the hope that I will magically feel the Californian coastal breeze in my long, tousled locks as I cruise down 17-Mile Drive in a vintage...
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