Marjorie and I came to the band late, not long before Together Alone came out, when I picked up Woodface somewhere on CD and we instantly realised that tracks such as It’s Only Natural and Fall At Your Feet were a kind of music we’d been yearning for but had never really managed to find…

…what it would have been like if Bob had kept using ‘The + Adjective+ Bob Dylan’ formula…

Treated myself to the Last Waltz Box Set today. (20% off all CDs in JB until Sunday!) Enjoyed disc 1 so far – really nice stuff that’s not on the original album or in the film.  I downloaded it years ago from N#$^%er or some such place, but it sounded really weedy and disappointing, but [...]

“15 albums in 15 minutes” by DC Cardwell

The Sidney Myer Music Bowl is a rather wonderful outdoor venue in the heart of Melbourne’s King’s Domain. A natural amphitheatre with a large stage and a covered area for those who can afford the expensive seats! For once, I paid the extra to get up close to one of my major musical heroes. I [...]

THE RULES: Think of 20 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life… dug into your soul. The ones that you know backwards, forwards, up, and down, and are now a part of you. Then when you finish, tag 20 others, including me. Make sure you copy and paste this part so they know the drill.

Yesterday Marjie, Samuel and I were practicing music for a party this weekend and one of the songs we played was “Halfway To Paradise” by Goffin & King, which we know from Nick Lowe‘s version. (You can hear our version at http://www.myspace.com/marjiesothersongs) Pretty much straight after finishing our rehearsal we sat down to watch our [...]

If you’re interested in nuances of sound and feel in music you might enjoy this video by Evelyn Glennie. I did! ~ DC

[imported from Myspace] I was very saddened to hear today that Larry Norman has left us. Many millions of people have been touched by him, his music and his message over the last 40 or so years, and yet the world at large doesn’t know he existed. I have already read so many blogs that [...]

I love a lot of his old stuff from the 70s, and I’m told that his first album from 1968 is brilliant…