I know, writing is meant to be its own reward. And often it is. But when your view count remains in the 10s, for writing that I think is good & deserves a wider audience, it's hard not to feel disheartened.

Your contributor profile confirms that you haven't ventured BTL since April 2022. I can hardly blame you, but I miss your combative responses to the dopier comments that your articles provoked. Can you be persuaded to don your metaphorical hazmat suit and return to the comments section?

Thanks Peter! One can but hope (my rates are very reasonable...) Glad you enjoyed the book.

Yeah, I never really got into Bleed but I'm blasting Three now and it's sounding incredible, especially Bloom. Haven't listened to Travel for ages, I'll be cueing up that one next.

Good luck if you get as far as Gravity's Rainbow, which is where I started and which I found totally unreadable, putting me off everything else. The new PTA film might provide an alternative way in...

Google Lens suggests it could be a western conifer seed bug. If so, its name is longer than the thing itself.

Hi Mike, the label is sold out but the band still have some copies for sale:

More typos, and – for good measure – one in the very first word of the (excellent) book that comes with the box set.

And for good measure, here's another one in the very first word of the (excellent) book that comes with the box set:

More typos

Turn around from the Harrison family grave and you'll see the city of Leeds in the distance. "Find the beef, the beer, the bread, then look behind."

No graffiti on the Harrison family grave, but there was on some other graves.