Agreed 💜

That's true dedication!

I remember speaking to Susan Rogers, who said he laid down the drum tracks to the first three songs in one continuous take, then overdubbed immediately on to them to finish all three pretty much there and then. Mind blowing.

Can't have too many copies of Parade!

Parade by Prince.

So much beauty and brilliance came before and after, but Parade was my gateway drug. It absolutely blew me away as a 12-year old, and it is still my very favourite Prince album.

Parade by Prince.

So much beauty and brilliance came before and after, but Parade was my gateway drug. It absolutely blew me away as a 12-year old, and it is still my very favourite Prince album.

Black cat, green eyes, red cushions

An outtake from today's 'challenging' shoot for Milo's introspective new solo album.

Cover of Picture Book by Simply Red.

Very good!

Black cat, green eyes, red cushions

An outtake from today's 'challenging' shoot for Milo's introspective new solo album.

Ah yes. I get "it" now

Two, in fact 😁

A blurred gig pic of lights, darkness and blue. Prince is in there somewhere.

A photo from the only time I saw Prince perform. It was a beautiful night.

A blurred gig pic of lights, darkness and blue. Prince is in there somewhere.

A photo from the only time I saw Prince perform. It was a beautiful night.

Must have been incredible hearing Mel playing at full tilt!

Cheers!

Book cover for "The Four Seasons of Talk Talk" by Graeme Thomson

All of which reminds me that this is coming next month (May 21st)

#TalkTalk #Music

That'll wake you up!

The new Uncut with Tom Waits on the cover

Opening spread of Tom Waits feature in Uncut

I really enjoyed putting together the cover story for the new @uncutmagazine.bsky.social, where I got to talk to a whole bunch of great artists about different aspects of Tom Waits genius: songwriter, showman, storyteller, actor, avant-garde inspiration...

Two cats sit in a box. The ginger one on the left appears to be huffing a bottle of cantu shampoo. The black cat on the right appears to be doing an impression of Keith Richards circa 1976

Mean Cats on Cantu (an occasional series).

Interesting. It hits very differently for me, but that's part of its brilliance.

Murmur by REM

Happy 43rd birthday to this beautiful puzzle box. Always the same, always new. An America for the past and the future.

😁 Very envious!

👍

A rainbow in a dark blue/black sky above Edinburgh rooftops

'Oh yeah, the world's turned upside down...'

Murmur by REM

Happy 43rd birthday to this beautiful puzzle box. Always the same, always new. An America for the past and the future.

A fabulous book

A black cat in a triangle of light

A dear deer

My youngest and her mum made a pal on the West Highland Way