Excuses, excuses. This time it was chopping nearly half off the top of my middle finger in an unguarded moment chopping a carrot. Thankfully, there was not half as much damage as first appeared, and a couple of weeks on all I have to show is a rosy patch of shiny skin about a centimetre [...]
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What Else Could It Be?
Posted by loftandlost on November 30, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/11/30/what-else-could-it-be/
Don’t Make Me Blue
The last post’s subject title was, for those of you not paying attention, a reference to an old, old song by one of rock’n’roll’s finest voices. Scratch that. The finest voice. You can line up your Robert Plants, your Jeff or Tim Buckleys, your Feists, your Mark Lanegans all you like, none of them can [...]
Posted by loftandlost on November 15, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/11/15/dont-make-me-blue/
Lana, Oh Lana
Being horrendously behind the times does have some benefits. I’m not one of those people that foolishly went out and bought an iPad or an iPhone when a newer, shinier, better one was just around the corner. I never had a Minidisc player. Betamax? No, sirree. Having better things to do with my life than [...]
Posted by loftandlost on November 7, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/11/07/lana-oh-lana/
I’ll Be A Bachelor Boy
Minds being funny things and all, a recent period of having Cliff Richard’s “Bachelor Boy” in my head (which surely must rank as one of the most egregious earworms in history) has driven me toward Hank Williams’ “I’ll Be A Bachelor Till I Die”. Now if you’ve never listened to ol’ Hank, you really need [...]
Posted by loftandlost on October 22, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/10/22/ill-be-a-bachelor-boy/
The Work Keeps Working
So, I’ve been b….there’s not really any point in saying it, is there? Joining me in returning from The Land Of The Otherwise Engaged are Frightened Rabbit, who have returned from their 2 year long World Tour and have punted us, dear listeners, free EP. You have to sign up to the mailing list but [...]
Posted by loftandlost on October 19, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/10/19/the-work-keeps-working/
Up To The Stars
Sad news came today of the death of Bert Jansch. One of the finest guitarists of all time – and I’m not being hyperbolic here – he rose to prominence in the 60′s along with John Martyn and Davey Graham. Like them, he was astonishingly talented, and like them, he liked a drink or two. [...]
Posted by loftandlost on October 5, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/10/05/up-to-the-stars/
The Whole Love, Wilco – Review
Clattering, grinding. The sound of Garageband or ProTools or C-Lab being abused by a recalcitrant teenager. The sound of KidA refracted through ten years of crystalline experience. That’s the sound of “Art Of Almost”, opener of Wilco’s new album. And then, and then. Palliative strings relieve the ache, soothe the clatter, oil the grinding. And [...]
Posted by loftandlost on September 26, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/09/26/the-whole-love-wilco-review/
Ostatniego Polskiego Sniadanie
Until about a fortnight ago I’d never heard of Michael Chapman. Browsing a review of Glenn Jones’s The Wanting, and searching for the CD on Amazon, the recommendation engine did it’s usual “People who browsed for this also shopped for” and Michael Chapman’s “Trainsong” caught my eye. Don’t know about you, but I usually ignore [...]
Posted by loftandlost on September 25, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/09/25/ostatniego-polskiego-sniadanie/
It’s The Predictable Blog Post Title (And I Feel Fine)
So, R.E.M. That’s it, is it? We’ve finally reached the end of our road together? Yes, I know the magic has been gone a long, long time. I know we’ve gone our separate ways. Yes, you were so special, back in our younger days when you could throw out albums like Out Of Time and [...]
Posted by loftandlost on September 22, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/09/22/its-the-predictable-blog-post-title-and-i-feel-fine/
The Morning Kills Us All
Cheery miserablists The Twilight Sad have been one of the high points of the musical world in the last few years. Unlike friends and compatriots Frightened Rabbit they aren’t for everyone – in that, if someone tells you they don’t like Frightened Rabbit you know for a fact they are cloth-eared buffoons, whereas you can [...]
Posted by loftandlost on September 21, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/09/21/the-morning-kills-us-all/
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