All great stuff!

I had a couple of long chats with Jerry Moss about music and politics. He donated much of his wealth to good and liberal causes. I assume this very venue exists due to funding from him and and his wife. He’d be outraged.

Guitarist John McKay has an album collecting tracks written for “Join Hands” and not used, plus more from just after he and Kenny Morris (who’s on the album too) left the band. You can hear a song here:

thejohnmckay.bandcamp.com/album/sixes-...

That’s as sweet as can be and delightful to read, but I have the feeling that their breakup is going to be just as intense as their initial meeting.

I saw him in Barcelona, where played it during both of his two shows. His voice was a bit strained trying to reach some of the notes - it cracked and wavered, which had the odd effect of making the song sound . . . heartbreakingly heartfelt.

Thank you, Iain! Your show’s great and it was an honour to be on it.

You’re right, and that’s an incredible crazy song to even attempt to cover in the first place.

Might be? I think it is!

addendum: 2,300 kids, as young as eight years old, while pocketing over $2 million. Many of those kids will suffer for the rest of their lives.

Giving clemency to the judge who sent children to what functionally amounted to jail in exchange for bribes negates at least 85% of the shit Biden “got done” for me, and I feel I’m being overly generous toward him on that.

His DJ stuff, no. I don’t think there’s any of it available anywhere except at McCartney’s shows. He had a band on Atlantic Records called Yum Yum, who’ve just had their one album reissued in expanded form on Omnivore in the US, though.

My pal Chris is McCartney’s opening DJ, and he invited us to the two shows in Madrid. Paul played for nearly three hours, and that’s after a long rehearsal and a private show for an hour that afternoon.
At 82! Not sure how he does it.

I’m meeting McCartney tomorrow. Got a question or two for him?

DMS in Plymouth (pressing plant) have been amazing. We’ve used them for nearly all our vinyl. I’d recommend them in a heartbeat.

Hey, Artie! How are you? When do you guys arrive?