but while trudging up the hill towards the station "Fall on Me" came on by REM. I'd never heard it until Bob linked to it recently post the REM split. It proper cheered me up.

Cheers Bob, and cheers Shaun Keaveney!

On Absolute Radio when I put the keys in the ignition.

Not bad but a weaker track on his very decent album.

was this belter. Set up my day a treat so it has;

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Prompted by posts read on the blog last night, I've listened to the whole of Wasp Star over breakfast. Can't see why Andy Partridge deosn't rate it. Should be able to fit in both discs of Aerial before turning in to work. Lovely.

when I was making breakfasts I found myself singing Spanish Bombs by the Clash - no idea why, but our kitchen always puts the Clash on my internal jukebox.
Then whilst reading Dr Volume's blog about gig promoters in Salford I got Costello's You're Nobody in this Town.
Then I read this blog and thought I'd see what came up on shuffle. It was Atomic - sadly the Sleeper version. I'd turned it off by the third tish of the intro.

But the first song on my ipod was I Wanna Go To A Disco by Ricky Wilde.

"Birdhouse in your Soul". It made me very happy.

I Didn't See It Coming

Life is a Pigsty by Morrissey. Nice, uplifting start to the day.

from Brian Wilson's excellent "In the key of Disney" album.
Lovely old time Disney nostalgia, with a twist of Beach Boys, gotta love it! :)

exquisite slice of bangy minimalism. If Wlliam Carlos Williams had made techno, it would have sounded like this:

by Transvision Vamp (on the radio). Elbow would have got me out of bed quicker as I would have leapt up and out to switch the radio channel over - especially to turn off that particular track.

It happens to be the first track on a compilation I got given for christmas last year and which hadn't really bothered with until I realised that for all this talk of Pentangle, and of 'Needle of Death' recently it turns out I actually owned a couple of the songs I'd been reading about so avidly. The second track, incidentally, was 'Colours' by Donovan, which also handily answered the question asked about 'None more Dylan?' on another recent thread here. So, all in all, quite a productive morning.

singing in my head on Robin Trower's 'About To Begin.' Haven't played it for yonks but it sounded so good in my head whilst I got ready for work. Got in the car, found it on the ipod and spent the first few minutes of my long journey being soothed and massaged by Jimmy's gorgeous voice. It made me think about the great singers from that era, Jimmy, Frankie Miller, Paul Rodgers, Jess Roden...all came out of an R&B/Blues background and, to this day, nobody from these isles has ever sung better.

I'm on a bit of a Stone Roses kick at the moment (since getting a ticket!).

... and got the CD that was in the player: "Sky Is Falling" by Queens of the Stone Age.

Thus far the sky remains resolutely in place.

Which would have been rather apt if I hadn't already been out of bed nearly 3 hours.

Nice tune though.

At 5.20 this morning on 6 Music.

Isn't it a bit early for this sort of thing?

...Magical.

Ian Matthews 'So Sad'

Gloria.

Try waking up to anything else.

...and staying with family, who were "laying in", so listened to the Steve Mason 'Boys Outside' LP first thing in bed.

Had a Paul weller Cd on in the car, first song Empty Ring (22 Dreams), splendid stuff!

proper heavy post-rock. Have it as a promo to review and it's v good indeed.

to the sounds of Steely Dan's "Doctor Wu"

"Colder".

Playing all the albums in order as the soundtrack to the morning drive to work ahead of seeing them next Wednesday, and today was "House Tornado" day.

...so a different treat every morning. Today it was Sparks - Do Re Mi. Nice...

from the much maligned, Lodger, followed by the rest of the album. Listened to under headphones whilst walking the dog along a beautiful canal just before sunrise.

I've just finished Peter Doggett's book on Bowie in the 70s. It was OK but I was looking for more insights than I found. I thought his prose only really sparkled describing Low & 'Heroes'. He span the same line about Lodger not being any good. I think it's a lot better than he made out.

First up was "Frozen Beef (Come With Me)" - Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins.
Next was "Hola" - Xavier Saule.
After that "Black Sands" - Isotope.
Next the first actual song: "Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel.
After that "Ghost" - Neutral Milk Hotel.
Finally I heard "The Maid Of Coolmore" - The Bothy Band and then turned the music off

It's a new arrangement too!

.....Eddie Cochran.

I'm at work compiling a New Years Eve album. Every now and again my job is actually fun.