The new solo album from Mostly Autumn’s keyboard player is a very strong release, containing all the strengths of his earlier work without repeating his past. Continue reading
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There is something about the very concept of single-payer healthcare that drives American free-market fundamentalists into apoplexy. It’s as much a hot button as gun control. The moment they start bloviating about taxation being “money extracted at gunpoint” I’m tempted to say I’d be quite happy to point a 2nd Amendment gun at them myself and demand they hand over their money to pay for other people’s healthcare.
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Chantel McGregor – Grenade
While Chantel McGregor has made a name for herself playing guitar-shredding electric blues-rock, there’s also an acoustic side to her music. Here’s her cover of Bruno Mars’ “Grenade”. Continue reading
Graham Farish Mk2a Coaches
Graham Farish’s new Mk2a coaches are possibly the best British-outline N-gauge passenger stock released to date, and I think they are on a par with state-of-the-art continental models. Continue reading
RIP Iain (M) Banks
Within a few days of losing Jack Vance, another of my all-time favourite authors, Iain Banks, has passed. While he had made it public that he was terminally ill back in March, his death still comes as a shock. He … Continue reading
Esoteric Showcase 2013
Following on from their very successful showcase event at The Underworld in 2012, Esoteric Recordings put on another event at The Borderline in London, again featuring Sanguine Hum and Tin Spirits, who’d played at that earlier show. Continue reading