I think we’ve all been so distracted by his lurid wall prints, we missed his folk-rock appreciation

Also, regarding the enigma of Halloran’s Steeleye Span album in his Miami pad. I’ve just read Peter Sellers played ukulele on it. Was this another Kubrick Easter egg?

Reckon it was an inspirational quote from Mandela?

It’s not fun at any time of year. Got my fingers crossed for you

Oh yeah, it’s fascinating. However brutal or austere (or even liberal & supportive) the upbringing, there’s no predicting what really changes your life in the public library/record shop/radio

Blimey, wasn’t expecting that

I’d been aware he was from Wythenshawe & sth Mancs, but just read he was born in higher Blackley, where I used to live, in nth Mancs. Just the other side of Heaton pk from where The Fall eventually got together

😬

I adore this version. Completely blindsided me as I was really underwhelmed with that final Shack album

Furthermore, if that slimy Hollywood MF had done his homework, he’d have realised ‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary’ was written there too.

I like the story, attributed to John Squire, that CDs were ‘rich man’s weed’ when they first came on the market as you could actually hear the detail in those 60/70s albums they’d only known on knackered pressings and on crappy systems

Guilty

Wonderful news. Congratulations

I wasn’t even that comfortable! Probably a byproduct of being too poor to risk breaking guitars in my 20s, along with my uselessness at DIY. I’m definitely ready to go a little deeper now