... is about all I know of Kilburn, yet I'll be moving there in the next few days to start a new job in London. For a chap who spent his formative years in Devon (albeit with a staunchly northern heritage) with recent sojourns in Belfast (4 years) and Manchester (the last 2) this is a daunting move. I'd always associated myself with those who viewed London with a sort of haughty disdain mixed with a sense that it wasn't for us (the Peter Kay "has tha nowt moist" gag rings so true for me!).

But, never the less, here I am, packing up too many CDs and books and readying myself for something new.

And so, I ask this of you, good sailors on this ship of Word, what the flip is there to do in Kilburn? Good pubs, record shops, pubs, music venues, pubs (did I mention pubs?) - all suggestions appreciated and genre isn't a problem for me.

The last time I asked you all for help to suggest some routes into folk music and boy did you come up trumps there!

http://dradamsfilms.com/

I've always been cautious about delving too deeply into the personality of Ryan Adams (as opposed to his music) due to what I thought was an irrational feeling that he was a bit of a cock.

It may, of course, be the case that this blog is high satire that I have missed somewhere, but given that he's both an American and not Lenny Bruce, I have my suspicions.

I'd like, if I may, to draw upon the deep reservoir of knowledge and experience that make up the Word readership. My dilemma is this: I think I would like folk music (I know the genre is vast and characterised by great variety but let's stick with the sweeping label of "folk" for know), but I'm approaching immersing myself in to it with some trepidation.

I like a range of music, from Oasis to Billy Bragg to Dylan/The Band to pretty much anything released by Stax. Folk seems to be a glaring omission from my collection. I have a Seth Lakeman album (the one with Kitty jay on) but that's more due to him being a fellow Devonian. I also have a 5cd Richard Thompson box set (his version of Why Don't Women Like Me is superb by the way) and I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight. I'm not sure if It's Jo and Danny can be described as folk but it creates in me a sense of warmth and "community", and that's what I'm loking for.

So, suggestions please. Old stuff or new stuff, and if there's a must-have compilation from which I can can start, so much the better.

Thanking you in advance,

Gareth

This thread celebrates the talents of band members whose talent went far, far beyond their role in the group. The inaugural entrant in this club:

Mr Andy Bell. Erstwhile guitar hero of indie couldabeens Ride gets screwed over when Creation go all wobbly-kneed over the brothers Gallagher only to lay down the axe to play bass for Oasis. Sometimes the frustrated lead guitarist comes out and he moves away from the standard role of the Oasis bassist: staying close to the root note, but he always remains frustrated.