I’ve written another paper (hence the no blogging). No prizes for guessing which area this one’s in. Albertazzi, D. and McDonnell, D. (2009), “The parties of the centre right: many o… more →
The gaping silencewrote 6 months ago: I’ve written another paper (hence the no blogging). No prizes for guessing which area this one … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Those New Year music lists, in brief. TWENTY ALBUMS OF 2008 The What? Yeah, Right. Oh, That… I … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Answer me this: after receiving gifts on Christmas Day, what is it that children proverbially do wit … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The estimable Merrick declines to do the album-for-every-year-of-your-life thing, with some compelli … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Just recently, I’ve got heavily into traditional music – specifically, traditional Engli … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Another music meme: “Pick an album for every year of your life”. I guess anyone born muc … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Tagged by Rob: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Postdoctoral fellowship application, June 2006 12 months, to write and place two papers developing m … more →
wrote 1 year ago: It struck me the other day, after seeing Robyn Hitchcock on Later, that I don’t go out much th … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Or: my life as a biographer. Rob asked about my reference to writing a biography of Debord. It goes … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I think the real problem was that I’d finished the gin a couple of nights before. Obviously gi … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a new song. I was feeling particularly low the other day, and felt like getting a song … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Yes, this is a very fine song (and this is a very fine version of it, which I hadn’t seen in 2 … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I happened to watch Matt Weddle’s acoustic cover of “Hey ya” today, courtesy of wh … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I’ve been away for a week & come back to a letter from my MP, Tony Lloyd. Who writes: Whil … more →
wrote 2 years ago: If not his epitaph – that would be a bit harsh – it was his epithet; the film posters on … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I heard the news about 8.30 last night; my wife saw it on the BBC Web site. I spent some time lookin … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Welcome back* to Imprecise Song Lyrics Club. This evening our featured lyricist is Mr Paul Weller, o … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I used to buy a lot of singles as a way of checking out new bands, & hyped new bands in particul … more →