How do you get on with that Neutral Milk Hotel album? I keep trying but it hasn't happened yet

Also Broken Greek by @petepaphides.bsky.social is also excellent but most people in my echo chamber are already fans so you probably know this one (it is nice hearing it narrated by the author in a Brummie accent though, even if you have read the paper version)

I loved Soul Survivor: The Autobiography by P.P. Arnold.

The name-dropping is off the charts and some of her stories will leave your chin on the floor

This was definitely from a house clearance, with all that implies 😢

I am not local any more but I will definitely try to drop into the museum before the exhibition finishes

Thanks for sharing this. I've used this roundabout many times without thinking how it got its name. How sad it's now a Shell petrol station and a discount golf store 😢

It would be a good excuse to go shopping

The faithful were particularly hopeless

Read about how the wonderful cover for Abandoned Luncheonette was created by the photographer Barbara Wilson here
👀 www.huffpost.com/entry/music-...

They were from New Zealand. I saw them in the Dublin Castle bitd. They were great. I've got 3 of their albums. Alan Gregg from the band released a really good album under the name Marshmallow and last year came back with a superb album under the name Polite Company