Song of the day - 118: Segun Bucknor & His Revolution

Been watching Sidney Poitier's 1961 tour de force, A Raisin In The Sun. (The original was the first play written by a black woman to debut on Broadway.)

Song of the day - 114: Los Saicos

As someone wrote on YouTube, "Everything we used to know about rock and roll is false".

Song of the day - 107: Daniel Johnston

I've heard a lot of Daniel Johnston's music in my life. And I mean a lot.

Hugs And Kisses (December edition)

This was written for Spanish website Playground a couple of days ago. I dutifully sent it off, and received a return email stating the column had been pulled, financial considerations. Damn. They could have told me that before I wrote it! Anyway. Thought it was too good to waste.

what I bought today at Rocking Horse

Iñigo at Spain's awesome Munster Records indicated the other day that he thought it was unusual for music critics to actually purchase CDs. So I thought I'd share my buying habits with you once more.