A Miscellany from Deepest Kent

"I think love lyrics have contributed to the general aura of bad mental health in America"  - Frank Zappa It  will soon be Februar...

It's December and the airwaves are awash with Slade, Wizard, etc. In fact I only need to name the artists and you'll know exactly wh...

This particular post is being written while my home county of Kent has been plunged into 'tier three' coronavirus restrictions (bas...

[Updated June 2021] 'The long song' used to be a feature on Simon Mayo's Radio 2 show where he played the tracks that don't ...

A few years ago I wrote a kind of 'Desert Island Discs' for this blog, listing ten of my all time favourite albums. As I was recentl...

Many of the pieces I write for this blog are edited versions of articles I write for a local magazine. This month I am going to give you som...