March 2008 – throughsilver in blog

I have bought rather a lot of records recently, by which I mean those slabs of vinyl, as opposed to the synonymising many people use between the term ‘record’ and a full-length recording on any format. So far this year I have taken receipt of one hundred and forty-five records. But while my rate ofContinue reading

Dirty Sexy Money: initial thoughts

So the latest US hit drama to hit our screens comes executively produced by none other than Bryan Singer, the man behind The Usual Suspects (which I love) and X-(Men)2 (which I also love). He is also responsible for House and the American version of Footballers’ Wives, which we shall conveniently gloss over. It firstContinue reading “Dirty Sexy Money: initial thoughts”

smile!

That’s right! It’s a new Boris album. And a proper one too, not just another collaboration. I mean the collabs are good and all, but you can’t beat a good old new Boris album just by them. The last one was, ooh, in late 2005. Americans think Pink was 2006, but they are fools. ThatContinue reading “smile!”

Astral? Weak.

I was in the car on the way to work the other day when I heard an interview with Van Morrison on Radio 4’s Today programme. Not initially approving of the airtime dedicated to advertising the old man’s new album on what is ostensibly a ‘news’ programme, my mood soon turned even less charitable. IContinue reading “Astral? Weak.”