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Moira Rose Forever🌹

Few comedy icons make me cackle like the late, wonderful Catherine O’ Hara and her Schitt’s Creek character Moira Rose. Where to start ? Her high fashion, bordering on Gaga ridiculous; her feral wigs, her quasi- European accent and arcane euphemisms and language, the many levels of delusional that she was… She’s simply one ofContinue reading “Moira Rose Forever🌹”

Favourite Cover Versions:Guitar Wolf- Summertime Blues

That there Adam Buxton is a cheeky boy and no mistake. There are some questionable choices in this video, but I like this cover version of the classic rock ‘n’ roll song made famous by Eddie Cochrane. It’s perfect for the late June heatwave.

Sunday Hymn

How’s this for a Sunday banger? I’m not crazy about the whole album ‘The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte’ from which this song came. But this is one of the few tracks I really like. It’s classic Sparks. Who else but the Mael brothers could craft a song about a newborn baby, sensing life’sContinue reading “Sunday Hymn”

Overlooked Classic: Lydia Lunch and Mars – The Drowning Of Lucy Hamilton

Noise music and no-wave are just two facets of Lydia Lunch’s oeuvre. This minimalist album from 1985 for the still controversial Richard Kern film ‘The Right Side Of My Brain’ has an uncanny calm, but is no less dark or disturbing for that. Small blood tricklings of piano ostinatos merge with tapering bass clarinet andContinue reading “Overlooked Classic: Lydia Lunch and Mars – The Drowning Of Lucy Hamilton”