Archived News - Posted On Wednesday 26th May 2021
FROM THE METRO-LIB-ELITE DESK OF Stewart Lee – June 21
1) KING ROCKER + SHEFFIELD + SKY FRIDAY 28th!
2) ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION
3) NIGHTINGALES 7” SINGLE
4) LIVE DATES NEWS
5) DANIEL KITSON'S BANDCAMP
6) TO VAC OR NOT TO VAC
7) MEDIA GARAGE SALE
8) PODCASTS AND THAT
9) MINIATURES 40th
10) I Arrogantly Recommend
11) SOAPBOX TIME - WOKE CAUSES YOU CAN HELP
12) In Our Covid Lamentations
1) KING ROCKER NOW TV, SKY TV 28TH MAY, & SHEFFIELD SCREENING SAT 12th JUNE 2pm
If you don’t have NOW TV, Sky Arts, free to air to anyone w a set top box, are suddenly rescreening KING ROCKER this week, on Friday 28th May at 9pm.
Please tell your friends.
FREE ON TV THIS WEEK.
Our labour of love really landed. I arrogantly think it knocks most rockumentaries into a cocked hat and will cheer you up no end in the awful times.
“I loved every minute” – Ben Dowell, The Times
★★★★ Financial Times
★★★★ Chortle
“One of the best music documentaries of all time” – The Quietus
“The new gold standard for rockumentaries” – The Scotsman
You can also watch it, ad-free, on NOW TV if you have that;
NOW TV LINK
The film is also screening this month in the Sheffield Documentary Festival, Sat 12 June 14:00, in Showroom Cinema 4, with an intro and q&a with me and Brass Eye dir Michael Cumming.
SHEFFIELD DOC FEST LINK
2) ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION – COMIN’ OVER HERE 12”
An actual physical 12” EP of Asian Dub Foundation(feat. Stewart Lee)‘s Brexit day number 1 Comin’ Over Here came out on March 26th and can be ordered here…
Bandcamp | X Ray Production
The remixes are of other bits of the Paul Nuttalls routine and work great.
You can d/l them too I think. I can’t believe how well the ADF’s made this work. I was their mere tool.
3) TEN BOB / USE YOUR LOAF 7”
‘Ten Bob Each Way’ / ‘Use Your Loaf’ is a limited 7” single, featuring a brand-new Nightingales recording, their first since recording their ‘Four Against Fate’ album.
B-sided with Stewart Lee and Nick Pynn covering the band’s second single, ‘Use Your Loaf’, a track that was for a mooted Nightingales tribute album, which didn’t happen after something got spilt on the laptop that had all the tracks on it.
Fire Records/King Rocker Records.
Order 7” here: https://fire-records.lnk.to/TenBobUseYourLoaf
4) LIVE DATES NEWS
It looks like all the SNOWFLAKE/TORNADO tour dates outstanding from 2020 will be shifted into 2022, starting in Jan, and below are the ones we know about so far. Thanks for bearing through all this with patience.
Local venues will contact you if they haven’t already. All the warm-up club dates you may have bought tickets for have been slotted in to Nov and Dec, covid willing, and venues will contact ticket holders. Please do not hassle venues about all this. They will contact you. We will get there!
I am planning on re-writing the SNOWFLAKE half of SNOWFLAKE/TORNADO to reflect our drastically altered world and will make as good a recording as possible of the abandoned original SNOWFLAKE available at some point. It’s all bacon!
Currently, the following dates have been re-arranged;
January 2022
Saturday 15th January 2022 – Theatre Royal, Norwich – TICKETS
Tuesday 25th January 2022 – The Lowry, Salford – TICKETS
Wednesday 26th January 2022 – The Lowry, Salford – TICKETS
Thursday 27th January 2022 – The Lowry, Salford – TICKETS
Friday 28th January 2022 – The Lowry, Salford – TICKETS
Saturday 29th January 2022 – The Lowry, Salford – TICKETS
Sunday 30th January 2022 – Theatre Royal, Newcastle Upon Tyne – TICKETS
February 2022
Wednesday 2nd February 2022 – St. David’s Hall, Cardiff – TICKETS
Thursday 3rd February 2022 – Rose Theatre, Kingston – TICKETS
Friday 4th February 2022 – Westlands, Yeovil – TICKETS
Saturday 5th February 2022 – Westlands, Yeovil – TICKETS
Tuesday 8th February 2022 – Town Hall, Cheltenham – TICKETS
Wednesday 9th February 2022 – Town Hall, Cheltenham – TICKETS
Thursday 10th February 2022 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester – TICKETS
Friday 11th February 2022 – Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry – TICKETS
Saturday 12th February 2022 – Festival Theatre, Malvern – TICKETS
Sunday 13th February 2022 – Hippodrome, Birmingham – TICKETS
Friday 25th February 2022 – The Dome, Brighton – TICKETS
Saturday 26th February 2022 – The Dome, Brighton – TICKETS
Sunday 27th February 2022 – The Dome, Brighton – TICKETS
Monday 28th February 2022 – The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury – TICKETS
March 2022
Wednesday 2nd March 2022 – Northcott Theatre, Exeter – TICKETS
Thursday 3rd March 2022 – Northcott Theatre, Exeter – TICKETS
Friday 4th March 2022 – Lighthouse, Poole – TICKETS
Sunday 6th March 2022 – De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill On Sea – TICKETS
Wednesday 9th March 2022 – Theatre Royal, Wakefield – TICKETS
Thursday 10th March 2022 – Opera House, Buxton – TICKETS
Friday 11th March 2022 – The Courtyard, Hereford
Saturday 12th March 2022 – Grand Theatre, Swansea
Monday 14th March 2022 – King’s Theatre, Glasgow – TICKETS
Tuesday 15th March 2022 – King’s Theatre, Glasgow – TICKETS
Wednesday 16th March 2022 – The Sands Centre, Carlisle – TICKETS
Tuesday 22nd March 2022 – Churchill Theatre, Bromley – TICKETS
Wednesday 23rd March 2022 – Playhouse, Nottingham – TICKETS
Thursday 24th March 2022 – Playhouse, Nottingham – TICKETS
Friday 25th March 2022 – Playhouse, Nottingham – TICKETS
Saturday 26th March 2022 – Playhouse, Nottingham – TICKETS
Sunday 27th March 2022 – Royal & Derngate, Northampton – TICKETS
Tuesday 29th March 2022 – City Hall, Sheffield – TICKETS
Wednesday 30th March 2022 – Playhouse, Leeds – TICKETS
Thursday 31st March 2022 – Playhouse, Leeds – TICKETS
April 2022
Friday 1st April 2022 – Playhouse, Leeds – TICKETS
Saturday 2nd April 2022 – Storyhouse, Chester – TICKETS
Tuesday 19th April 2022 – Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
Friday 22nd April 2022 – The Hexagon, Reading – TICKETS
Sunday 24th April 2022 – Mayflower Theatre, Southampton – TICKETS
Thursday 28th April 2022 – Derby Theatre, Derby – TICKETS
Friday 29th April 2022 – Lyceum Theatre, Crewe – TICKETS
Saturday 30th April 2022 – Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
May 2022
Tuesday 3rd May 2022 – Theatre Royal, York – TICKETS
Wednesday 4th May 2022 – Theatre Royal, York – TICKETS
Thursday 5th May 2022 – Theatre Royal, York – TICKETS
Friday 6th May 2022 – St. George’s Hall, Bradford – TICKETS
Saturday 7th May 2022 – Gala Theatre, Durham – TICKETS
Sunday 8th May 2022 – Theatre Royal, Newcastle Upon Tyne – TICKETS
Friday 13th May 2022 – The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford – TICKETS
Saturday 14th May 2022 – The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford – TICKETS
Tuesday 17th May 2022 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge – TICKETS
Wednesday 18th May 2022 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge – TICKETS
Thursday 19th May 2022 – The Baths Hall, Scunthorpe – TICKETS
Sunday 22nd May 2022 – The Grand, Wolverhampton – TICKETS
Monday 23rd May 2022 – Hippodrome, Bristol – TICKETS
Tuesday 24th May 2022 – Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury – TICKETS
Wednesday 25th May 2022 – The Forum, Bath – TICKETS
June 2022
Sunday 19th June 2022 – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Wednesday 29th June 2022 – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London – TICKETS
Thursday 30th June 2022 – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London – TICKETS
July 2022
Friday 1st July 2022 – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London – TICKETS
Saturday 2nd July 2022 – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London – TICKETS
Sunday 3rd July 2022 – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London – TICKETS
Sunday 3rd July 2022 – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London – TICKETS
All Covid rescheduled dates will be added to the Live Dates page of the website, here, as they are confirmed.
5) DANIEL KITSON’S BANDCAMP
Daniel Kitson, the best comedian, warns that his bandcamp has been hacked, so he is advising no-one to use it until further notice as of 26/5/21.
6) TO VAC OR NOT TO VAC
The gvt may not impose vaccine passporting, as their will be questions about who is responsible if you can’t get into your local pub/club/theatre/brothel.
I would be delighted if, if you are coming to see me, you could do your best to get vaccinated, irrespective of what the gvt or the venue insist upon.
I doubt that my snowflake audience will contain many people who deny the existence of Covid or believe the vaccine is George Soros or Bill Gates trying to put tiny Transformer robots into your blood.
But I and my team will be interacting with over 150 000 people on the next leg of the tour, and I would like to minimise our risk, and the risk to my audience, so meet me half way.
I will be selling and signing stuff as usual, I hope, but I won’t be shaking hands to thank you all this time around, and will probably be positioned behind some kind of screen like William Shatner in Airplane 2. Sad.
7) MEDIA GARAGE SALE
My trusted sales partner Media Garage has compacted all my available stand-up dvds into one convenient on-line marketplace, with most available to d/load too.
Remember, if you buy here we will pay tax on these purchases, and help with British schools and hospitals, whereas many major physical media suppliers and streaming services have found ways to avoid declaring their profits, as have NETFLIX, the utter bastards.
AMERICANS – stop moaning about not being able to see me and visit MEDIA GARAGE!
MEDIA GARAGE | MORE INFO ON THE MERCH PAGE
8) Podcasts
To try and promote King Rocker I have been pimping myself about like Priss Fotheringham on every Podcast going, alone or with dir M Cumming (Brass Eye, Toast), saying the same things in the same room in the same clothes to all different people, all of whom were very kind.
I don’t know what a podcast is really but I think you go on the internet and click on something.
As my grandfather once said, in 1983, “Do you know, in America, there are shops that only sell Kentucky Fried Chicken?” I enjoyed being on the internet with all these people enormously, but will put some blue water between me and the next wedge.
David Baddiel told me it was good to be on the internet, though. These are available..
SOHO RADIO 1981-1991 LIVE MUSIC MEMORIES SHOW
Some of the music I saw live in my 1st ten years of gig going
SPIT OR SWALLOW
Comedians Sally-Anne Hayward and Lou Conran, and me, on alcoholic drinks
Bristol Festival of Slapstick Comedy
Ince-chaired choice of my favourite moments of Slapstick comedy. May cost money.
ALEXEI SAYLE’S UNFIT FOR PURPOSE
A rambling chat in which I fail to promote King Rocker at the expense of a Marxist analysis of culture and history from the inventor of Alternative Comedy ™ ®
KERMODE ON FILM
Dir Michael Cumming and I discuss King Rocker with Britain’s top film guru and skiffle enthusiast, who has been very supportive of the no-budget project.
BACKLISTED
Andy Miller and John Michinson’s long running and much loved books podcast. I discuss the waspish poet and novelist Rosemary Tonks with them, Nicky Birch and Jennifer Hodgson.
This is a marvellous ongoing Podcast which is unashamedly civilised in an unenlightened era, and this episode is full of great writing, batshit radiophonic music and clever women.
OWEN JONES
North London echo chamber fun sure to irk people of all political persuasions with the forensically-minded folk devil for the far right and snowflake do-gooder Owen Jones, and me, talking about King Rocker and more general stuff. His current run of ‘casts has some great guests.
GINGERBREADMARK
Informed Wolverhampton-based comedy and music enthusiast of uncommon warmth and knowledge talks to me about KING ROCKER and what the Gray Pays ‘n’ Bacon are like at the Great Western pub.
ADAM BUXTON PODCAST
I asked Adam if I could go on this massively popular podcast and he said yes which was very kind of him. It was fun hearing his Mark E Smith story from the horse’s mouth and he asked me hard questions of the type I usually avoid.
A DRINK WITH THE IDLER
I answer questions from various utterly delightful members of the Idler’s thoughtful middle class readership from their wine and book filled homes.
They are the real stars here! You will emerge from watching this in love with at least one of them.
THE LAST LINE
In this episode of The Last Line, James talks to comedian Stewart Lee about his new film King Rocker, a documentary about Robert Lloyd, lead singer of 70’s post-punk band The Nightingales.
During their conversation they discuss the new film, its central protagonist Robert Lloyd, stand up comedy, Stewart’s propensity to defend stand up comedians against the views of the general public and his reluctance to participate in podcast interviews.
There’s an interview with Michael Cumming on this podcast too, link below.
OUT TO LUNCH WITH JAY RAYNER
Sometime in March you will be able to hear me eat a really lovely Sri Lankan mutton curry from the Kolama restaurant, Soho, with bon viveur jazz pianist Jay Rayner. (I see how this works now!)
This is the most showbiz thing I have ever done, and I am glad it was with jazzy Jay Rayner.
HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD
with post-mod post-man, old school Labour face, and former near pop-soul star, Alan Johnson.
THE C86 SHOW
KING ROCKER viewed through an astringent ‘80s rock filter, w me and dir Michael Cumming
ROBIN INCE’S COSMIC SHAMBLES
This is a new series of docu-chats on different esoteric subjects.
You have to pay for them because they are finished pieces of work not just some fuckers talking or wandering about.
I have appeared on three of them – on Hawkwind, Penda’s Fen and John Carpenter’s Apocalypse Trilogy.
THE MRS BARBARA NICE AND FRIENDS PODCAST
I am winsomely x-examined by the Midland comedy legend and former Everready singer
ADRIAN GOLDBERG ON BRUM RADIO
Dir Michael Cumming and I discuss King Rocker with the Nightingales’ contemporary Adrian Goldberg.
9) MINIATURES 40th
I appear on a 40th anniversary celebration of Morgan Fisher’s various artists album Miniatures (ask your dad, kids), available now.
https://www.barrylamb.com/miniatures-2020.html
10) I Arrogantly Recommend
LIVE EVENTS
Ben Moor/Jo Neary – The Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra of multi-layered serio-comic theatre-art are back! 27th/28th July at the Hen and Chickens, Islington, w national dates to follow
TICKETS
Faust 9th June, Union Chapel, London. Surely the last hurrah for the Krautrock pioneers and former Lee and Herring ‘90s chat show guests.
Ruts DC 10th June New Cross Inn, London Punky reggae pioneers back in action.
Gigbuddy Benefit 20th June Bristol Exchange. Ltd edition live event and on-line livestream benefit to provide access and assistance to gigs to punters w difficulties, w me, Sean Walsh, Josh Weller and some indie types. TICKETS
L7 26th June London Electric Ballroom, 27th June M’cr Academy 2. Distaff grunge pioneers still appear to be appearing.
Shirley Collins/Stewart Lee 7th July I am in conversation w the folk singer and writer Shirley Collins at the East Sussex bohemian hangout Charleston. The venue also features the first ever painting retrospective of the brilliantly bonkers Fitzrovian character, writer and micro-genius Nina Hamnett. TICKETS
Blue Orchids 23rd July Hebden Bridge Trades, 6th Aug Bristol Thunderbolt, 7th Aug Dublin Castle London, 8th Aug Brighton Prince Albert. Post-punk dishwater psychedelia.
MDC 14th Aug Edinburgh Sneaky Pete’s. Veteran angry American hardcore innovators
NEW FILMS
Ronnie’s, Ronnie Scott & His World Famous Jazz Club (Oliver Murray)
The Dig (Simon Stone) ★★★★★
Little Joe (Jessica Hausner) ★★★★
The News Of The World (Paul Greengrass) ★★★★
Nomadland (Chloe Zhao) ★★★★
OLD FILMS
Box Of Moonlight (Tom DeCillo, 1996) ★★★★★
Local Hero (Bill Forsyth, 1983) ★★★★★
Where Eagles Dare (Brian G Hutton, 1968) ★★★★★
The Big Gundown (Sergio Sollima, 1967) ★★★★★
The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973) ★★★★★
Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977) ★★★★★
The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)★★★★★
Good Vibrations (Lisa Barros D’sa/Glen Leyburn, 2013)★★★★★
Caliber 9 (Fernado di Leon, 1972) ★★★★★
‘71 (Yann Demange, 2014) ★★★★★
Big Night (Campbell Scott/Stanley Tucci, 1996) ★★★★★
Jason & The Argonauts (Don Chaffey, 1963) ★★★★★
Goldstone (Ivan Sen, 2016) ★★★★★
Witness (Peter Weir, 1985) ★★★★★
Avengers Infinity War (Russo Brothers, 2018) ★★★★
Avengers Endgame (Russo Brothers, 2019) ★★★★
In Order of Disappearance (Hans Peter Molland, 2014)★★★★★
Iron Man III (Shane Black, 2013)★★★★★
Pauline A La Plage (Eric Rohmer, 1983) ★★★★★
Gone To Earth (Powell/Pressburger, 1950) ★★★★
The Odd Couple (Neil Simon, 1968) ★★★★★
Excalibur (John Boorman, 1981) ★★★★
Samurai 1 : Mushashi Miyamoto (Hiroshi Inagaki, 1954) ★★★★
Cache / Hidden (Michaek Haneke, 2005) ★★★★★
OLD BOOKS
Rosemary Tonks – Emir (1963)★★★★★
Rosemary Tonks – The Bloater (1968) ★★★★★
John Berger/Jean Mohr – A Fortunate Man (1967) ★★★★★
Ann Quin – Berg (1964) ★★★★
Sir John Mandeville – The Travels of Sir John Mandeville (1357)★★★★
NEW BOOKS
Tessa Norton/Bob Stanley – Excavate!
Alan Stafford – Wilson, Keppel & Betty, Too Naked For The Nazis
Peter Oborne – The Assault On Truth
Nesrine Malik – We Need New Stories ★★★★★
NEW BOOKS
Joe Sacco – Paying The Land (2020)
NEW TV
Ghosts S2 (BBC, 2020)
Ghosts – Xmas Special 2020 (BBC, 2020)
The Mandalorian S2 (Disney, 2020) ★★★★★
Call My Agent S3 (France 2, 2018)★★★★★
Call My Agent S4 (France 2, 2021) ★★★★★
The Trump Show (BBC, 2020-1)★★★★★
Lupin S1 (Netflix, 2021)★★★★★
Wandavision (Marvel, 2021)★★★★★
Stonehenge The Lost Circle Revealed (BBC, 2021) ★★★★★
Adam Curtis’ Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (BBC, 2021)★★★★★
Raiders Of The Lost Past With Janina Ramirez (BBC2, 2021) ★★★★
Mortimer & Whitehouse Gone Fishing S3 (BBC, 2020) ★★★★★
The Falcon & The Winter Soldier (Marvel, 2021) ★★★★★
Homeland s8 (Netflix, 2020)★★★★★
Into The Night S1 (Between a Dog & A Wolf, 2020) ★★★★
Unforgotten S4 (ITV, 2021) ★★★★
Inside No 9 S6 (BBC, 2021) ★★★★★
NEW RECORDS
Lady Leshurr – Quaranqueen
The Primevals – New Trip
Cult Figures – Deritend
Vapour Trails – Celestial Scuzz ★★★★★
Robert Pollard – Before Computers (demos)
Kevin March – Last Night
Doug Gillard – Douglas Scott Gillard II
Guided by Voices – Earth Man Blues
Gwenifer Raymond – Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain
Ustad Saami – Pakistan Is For The Peaceful ★★★★★
The Blue Orchids – Speed The Day
Dave Graney & The Mistly – Live At Byrds ★★★★★
Mainliner – Dual Myths ★★★★★
Hawkwind – 50th Anniversary Live
The Amorphous Androgynous w Peter Hammill – We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orcestrea – s/t
Major Murphy – Access
Eleventh Dream Day – Since Grazed
Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg
Guided By Voices – Earth Man Blues
Fixed Horizon – Grenouille
Lucinda Williams – Runnin’ Down A Dream
Krallice – Demonic Wealth
Catenary Wires – Birling Gap
Cub Scout Bowling Pins – Heaven Beats Iowa ★★★★
NEW OLD RECORDS
V/A – Rough Guide To Avant-Garde Japan
Guided by Voices – Live At Irving Plaza (1996)
Damo Suzuki & Echo Ensemble – Live @ Green Door (2013)
Heavenly – A Bout De Heavenly (1989-1996)
Martin Stone – Down But Not Out In Paris and London (1992-2013)
John Russell & Terry Day – Russell & Day (1979?)
Derek Bailey, Trevor Watts & Terry Day – At LTC (1972?)
Sonny Rollins – Rollins In Holland (1967) ★★★★★
Robert Pollard – I Sell The Circus (demos) (2015)
The Fall – St Helen’s Technical College (1981) ★★★★★
Charles Gayle, John Edwards, Mark Sanders – Seasons Changing (2017) ★★★★★
The Misunderstood – Children of The Sun(1965-66) ★★★★★
Dexter Gordon – Live In Chateauvallon (1978) ★★★★★
The Loft – Ghost Trains & Country Lanes (1984-2015)
And Also The Trees – s/t (1984)
Neil Young – Young Shakespeare (1971)
T2 – It’ll All Work Out In Boomland (1970)
The Outsiders – Count For Something (1976-78)
The Lipstick Killers – Strange Flash (1978-91)
The Selecter – Too Much Pressure box (1980)
Brown Acid 11 – v/a (1969-73)
Fleur de Lys – Circles (1964-1969)
J Jazz Deep Jazz From Modern Japan vol 3 – V/A (1962-1985)
The Black Keys Present Hill Country Blues – v/a
Brown Acid 12 – v/a (1968-80)
OLD RECORDS
Cocteau Twins – Treasure (1984) ★★★★
Billy Bragg – Life’s A Riot (1983) ★★★★★
Billy Bragg – Brewing Up with (1984) ★★★★★
The Triffids – Born Sandy Devotional (1986) ★★★★
Siouxsie & The Banshees – A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982) ★★★★
Bunny Striker Lee – The Bunny Striker Lee Story (1967-80) ★★★★
V/A – Dub, A Journey Into Bass Culture (1970s) ★★★★
V/A – Dub, Original Bass Culture (1970s) ★★★★
V/A – Dub, More Bass Culture (1970s) ★★★★
Tomorrow’s Gift – Goodbye Future (1973) ★★★★
Jackson C Frank – s/t (1965) ★★★★
V/A – Down Home Blues, Chicago Fine Boogie (1947-1958)★★★★
Maggie Bjorklund – Shaken (2014)★★★★
June Tabor – Airs & Graces (1976) ★★★★★
John Martyn – The Very Best Of (1967-1996) ★★★★★
The Owl Service – The Garland Sessions (2007) ★★★★★
John Lee Hooker – Tantalising With The Blues (1965-70)★★★★★
Furry Lewis, Memphis Willie B, Memphis Slim – Bluesville 3 (1963?) ★★★★
Lightnin’ Hopkins – Prestige Profiles (1960-4) ★★★★★
Magic Slim – Live @ Ma Bea’s (1976) ★★★★
Jimmy Dawkins – Come Back Baby (1977) ★★★★
Allman Brothers – At Filmore East (1971) ★★★★
John Fahey – The Yellow Princess (1968) ★★★★★
Freedy Johnston – Can You Fly? (1992)★★★★
Julie Doiron – I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day (2009) ★★★★
Tragically Hip – Man Machine Poem (2016) ★★★★
Tragically Hip – We Are The Same (2009) ★★★★
Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996) ★★★★★
Grant Lee Buffalo – Storm Hymnal (1993-98) ★★★★
Shiva Burlesque – Mercury Blues (1990) ★★★★
Yo La Tengo – President (1989) ★★★★★
Yo La Tengo – Fakebook (1990) ★★★★★
Yo La Tengo – That Is You La Tengo (1991) ★★★★
Yo La Tengo – May I Sing With Me? (1992) ★★★★
Yo La Tengo – Painful (3 cds) (1993) ★★★★
Tim Buckley – Dream Letter (1968) ★★★★★
Those Bastard Souls – Debt & Departure (1999) ★★★★★
Wanderlust – Prize (1995) ★★★★
Chain – Towards The Blues (1971) ★★★★
The Schramms – Omnidirectional (2019) ★★★★
Cannonball Adderley – Soul Zodiac (1972)
Fred Anderson – Quintessential Birthday Trio Vol II (2015)
Greg Bendian’s Interzone – Requiem For Jack Kirby (2001)
Nels Cline & Greg Bendian – Interstellar Space Revisited (1999)
The Beat – Bounce (2016)
Nina Simone – To Be Free (1959-1993)
Swervedriver – 99th Dream (1998)
Road – s/t (1972)
Mudhoney – Morning In America (2019)
Necromandus – Orexis of Death (1973)
Julian Cope – Peggy Suicide (1991)
Ultravox – Rage In Eden (1981)
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Tinderbox (1986)
Blues Pills – Live In Paris (2017)
Gram Parsons – Alternate Takes (1973-4)
Mike Westbrook – Mama Chicago (1976)
The Fall – Grotesque (1980)
Truly – Fast Stories From Kid Coma (1995)
Echo & the Bunnymen – Evergreen (1997)
Echo & The Bunnymen – What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? (1999)
Blues Pills – Lady In Gold (2016)
Leo Bud Welch – The Angels In Heaven Done Signed My Name (2019)
The Black Keys – Chulahoma (2006)
Nanci Griffith – One Fair Summer Evening (1988)
11) SOAPBOX TIME – A NEW MONTHLY FEATURE WHERE I PLUG VARIOUS WOKE CAUSES – THIS MONTH, GOOD LAW PROJECT, GET OFF MY MED RECORDS, STONEHENGE
GOOD LAW PROJECT
LINK
It’s evident that the corrupt kleptocracy of Boris Johnson isn’t going to dislodged by Kier Starmer’s PMQ’s however forensic, or by the biased media, or by legal investigations in which the gvt essentially investigate themselves.
However, despite the threats to judiciary in the Queen’s speech, at present the gvt are required to obey the law.
Champagne socialist fox-whacking lawyer Jolyon Maugham’s donation funded Good Law Project seems to be better than the opposition currently at holding the gvt to account, and proving where they have broken the law, so if you can spare a pound crowd fund them, as they do seem to be making an impact.
MEDICAL RECORDS OPT OUT
LINK
Did you know that the gvt are about to sell all your medical records off to the highest bidder? Thought not. We weren’t consulted.
I don’t care about the privacy aspect, but I do object to my life being monetised to give leverage to some horrible massive info-tech company.
You can withdraw the gvt’s right to farm your medical history as if you were some kind of data-pig at the link above.
STONEHENGE – WHERE THE DEMONS DWELL, WHERE THE BANSHEES LIVE AND THEY DO LIVE WELL!
We are fast approaching our last chance to stop the massive and irreparable damage to the Stonehenge World Heritage Site have sent out a couple of quick updates. Remember – this is the gvt of pride in Britain etc trashing our most emotive national monument.
The first update is a video explaining what the scheme is about and where we currently are with it. WATCH it here (3.5min)
The second update is about a webinar on Thursday 3 June at 7pm to learn more about saving Britain’s most iconic World Heritage Site with distinguished opponents of the road scheme: Mike Parker Pearson, Professor of British Later Prehistory at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL, and Phil Goodwin, Emeritus Professor and Senior Fellow of Transport Policy at UCL and the University of the West of England.
The event will be chaired by Tom Holland, Stonehenge Alliance President and award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. So, save the date.
Details will follow shortly.
Thank you for helping us raise the profile of our campaign.
Best wishes,
The Stonehenge Alliance
PS Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site Ltd, the group that is bringing the legal challenge, is appealing for funds to go to court on 23rd to 25th June.
Substantial funds are still needed so please donate if you can.
This is the best chance of stopping the scheme.
12) IN OUR COVID ERA LAMENTATIONS
Adam Schlesinger (Fountain of Wayne) (1967)
John Prine (outlaw country singer) (1946)
Henry Grimes (jazz bassist) (1935)
Dave Mountfield (Ornate Johnson) (1970)
Hal Wilner (arranger) (1957)
Tim Brooke-Taylor (Goodie) (1940)
Lee Konitz (jazz saxophonist) (1927)
Matthew Seligman (Soft Boy) (1955)
Millie Small (ska singer) (1946)
Florian Schneider (Kraftwerk robot) (1947)
Bill Rieflin (drummer for hire) (1960)
Hugh McKenna (Tear Gas pianist) (1949)
Steve Weber (Holy Modal Rounder) (1942)
Astrid Kirchherr (photographer) (1938)
Danny Ray Thompson (Sun Ra saxophonist) (1947)
Aubrey Burl (archaeologist) (1926)
Phil May (Pretty Thing) (1944)
The Clacton Fin Whale (circa 2000)
Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (artist) (1930)
Doll Tor stone circle (3300 BC)
Kay Carroll (The Fall) (1948)
Bob the Cat (73 bus) (2006)
Alex Taylor (Shop Assistant, in 2005, and no-one knew)
Simon H Fell (jazz bassist) (1959)
Carl Reiner (director) (1922)
Ennio Morricone (architect of sonic dreams) (1928)
Keith Tippett (jazz pianist) (1947)
Jimmy Cobb (jazz drummer) (1929)
Barbara Smoker (Humanist) (1923)
The Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
Tony Elliot (Time Out) (1942)
Judy Dyble (folk singer) (1949)
Peter Green (blues guitarist) (1946)
Emitt Rhodes (power pop auteur) (1950)
Annie Ross (jazz bohemian) (1930)
Joe Ruby (Scooby-Doo) (1933)
Craig Weatherhill (folklorist) (1950)
Don Weller (jazz saxophonist) (1940)
Simeon Coxe (Silver Apple) (1938)
Diana Rigg (Avenger) (1938)
Toots Hibbert (reggae got soul) (1942)
Dele Fadele (carry bag man) (1962)
George Jeffrie (man’s-laughter maker) (1964)
Dave Kusworth (Brum punk Stone) (1960)
Gary Peacock (jazz bassist) (1935)
Doorkins (Southwark Cathedral Cat) (2005?)
Spencer Davis (Brumbeat pioneer) (1939)
Bunny Lee (dubmaster) (1940)
The Cubbington Pear Tree (1770)
Fungie The Dingle Dolphin (1979)
Jill Paton Walsh (humanist novelist) (1937)
Val Warner (poet) (1946)
Guy N Smith (Lord of The Crabs) (1939)
Richard Corben (decadent cartoonist) (1940)
David Johnson (Duke of Soho) (1960)
Leslie West (Mountain man) (1945)
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Katharine Whitehorn (bedsitter cook) (1928)
Katharine Whitehorn (bedsitter cook) (1928)
Celia Drummond Ford (voice of Trees) (1950)
The Happy Man Tree (Stoke Newington Tree) (1870)
John Russell (guitar guru) (1954)
Marcel Uderzo (Asterisk artist) (1933)
Tom Stevens (Long Ryder and Magus) (1956)
Dougie Anderson (Coda’s Edinburgh record dealer (1952)
Captain Tom (Covid Walkman) (1920)
Rynagh O’Grady (Ted’s Mary) (1954)
Mary Wilson (Supreme) (1944)
Chick Corea (Miles’ tinkler) (1941)
Iain Pattinson (You wanted to see me Prime Minister?) (1951)
U-Roy (Toastmaster) (1942)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (bookstore beat) (1921)
Wink O’Bannon (Eleventh Dream Day) (1956)
Bunny Wailer (Wailer) (1947)
Doug Parkinson (Oz vocal celeb) (1946)
Milford Graves (temporal explorer) (1941)
Johnny Rogan (Byrds’ Boswell) (1953)
Jessica Walter (Play Misty For Me) (1941)
Bertrand Tavernier (Round Midnight) (1941)
Anita Lane (Oz punk chanteuse) (1958)
Barbara Ess (Theoretical Girl) (1944)
Michael Collins (Apollo 11) (1930)
Mohammed Ag Itale (Tinariwen) (1960)
Monte Hellman (Two Lane Blacktop) (1929)
Sonny Simmons (jazz hobo) (1933)
Charles Grodin (The American Tim Key) (1935)
Franco Battiato (Italian Fetus) (1945)
Yoshi Wada (bagpipe minimalist) (1943)
