When Scott Walker (above) died just over a year after Mark E Smith it seemed as though the stitches that held the universe together in some short of shape had started to fray. I have written about both of them on this website as it happens.
Category Archives: Music
Looking in the eyes by Song List Rat
Again it’s the end of the year and you wake from the weight of 12 months of heavy slumber and brush the sleep from your eyes. You look in the mirror and what else can you say but I’m “Edrych yn Llygaid Ceffyl Benthyg”. So sung Cate Le Bon on her first EP. Translated from Welsh it means “Looking in the Eyes of a Borrowed Horse”. Continue reading
That’s the Kimberley
If you could choose the perfect ending to a Kimberley trip it would be a Pigram concert in Broome. And it happened. Continue reading
Getting all nude by Song List Rat
At primary school I suffered with recurring nightmares about being naked in public places. Continue reading
Bill Dempsey and The Monkees 1969
It’s funny how things turn out. In 1969 my friend Les Holmes and I got on the overnight train from Kalgoorlie to Perth headed for the WAFL grand final between East Perth and West Perth. Continue reading
Stealing the sesh by Song List Rat
Perth In the late 70s and early 80s was relaxed in its self proclaimed state of the excitement. That was until Sunday afternoons came around. Continue reading
Main course Yellow Days by Song List Rat
2018 and the Rat walks into a 1-star Michelin restaurant in Tokyo and orders the set menu. The chef asks would you like wine pairing or vinyl pairing? It is a no brainer. Continue reading
Finally. Best live 2018 by Les Everett
Excuse the delay. I’ve been sitting around doing nothing… Continue reading
mirror mirror on the wall 2018 by Song List Rat
it will happen to everyone sometime in their lives but i was just sure it would never happen to me. but in 2018 i woke up one morning and looked in the mirror. what i saw was not too bad but then again it was not too good. initially it was hard to put a finger on where the problem lay but after a little preening it soon became obvious. i just wasn’t INDI enough! Continue reading
Finding the Joy by Rick Kane
2018 was a cruel year. My general optimism took a battering. ..I almost keeled from the weight of events having been pummelled by the waves. Add anxiety attacks, manifested in uncontrolled physical convulsions, and you get at least a small fragment of the cracked rear-view mirror through which I bid 2018 goodbye. Continue reading
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