The World's Worst Records

Oh my goodness: where do I start with this? Well, first I should thank Dick Miller, the kind donor of this disc, a seven-track EP originally...

I’ve just returned from a short trip to Australia, having been invited to take part in the annual Melbourne Queer Film Festival, which this ...

It staggers me to realise that, after penning this blog for almost 17 years now, I have only featured A. A. Allen’s incredible output once, ...

Following on from my previous post , I am indebted to my friend Huw Spink, curator of the Teatles Book – a magazine about the Beatles and t...

My command of the Welsh language is pretty much non-existent, as my many Welsh friends will attest to. But I do love Wales: I lived there fo...

Another song-poem coupling for you today, and a pair of absolute classics of the genre from the great Gene Marshall who, of course, also wor...

I can’t believe that it’s been two months since I last posted here but I have been finishing what will be my next book, due out next April, ...