Noel Fielding is a charming, ageless, delightful, clever, generous, inspired and inherently hilarious creature with the strength and stamina of an ox.

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 [...]

Samuel & I spent a pleasant evening changing guitar strings, eating the last of the Christmas cake and listening to the second commentary on The Band’s “The Last Waltz” DVD. Levon Helm & Garth Hudson are good value as always. Greil Marcus is so bursting with insight he’s slightly dangerous to himself and others. And the [...]

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 band came onstage with the house and stage lights down, wearing those miner-style camping lamps that you put on your head.

Marjorie and I saw The Buzzcocks at the Ulster Hall in Belfast in 1978, after Love Bites. It was just about our first date, in fact it wasn’t even really a date. We were very young. Marjorie had recommended them to me and I had taped the whole of Love Bites from The John Peel [...]

[imported from Myspace - note that some of these links may well be dead by now] Again, this list could be a mile long. I’ve been really enthralled by a lot of beautiful music on Myspace over the last year or so. I’ll try to keep adding to (or amending) this list, but it’s like [...]

He was absolutely magnificent, and stayed on this form for most of the rest of the show!

It was always going to be a huge thrill seeing them back together again, and even more so because of the intimate setting, and they didn’t disappoint!

I hate the term “must read” but it truly is a must read for devotees of the Enz…

We went to see Split Enz in Melbourne last night at the Rod Laver Arena…