Siri: define literary fiction.

EP.269 - JAMIE HEWLETT & DAMON ALBARN AKA GORILLAZ Podcast Episode · THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST · 20 April · 1hr 25min

This Adam Buxton interview with Gorillaz is fascinating. Albarn is so contrary and combative. Hewlett’s presence is essential but Buxton rides the chippiness expertly. I now realise that Damon’s cup of tea (tweets passim) is the perfect character metaphor.

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Absolutely! It gets a mention tomorrow too.

Robert Smith in 1981.

Faith by the Cure.

It's Robert Smith's 67th birthday today. I've spent much of the last night fortnight listening to, and writing about, the Cure for tomorrow's INVENTORY. My thoughts on Faith etc, available only via www.patreon.com/backlisted. @backlisted.bsky.social

Bette Bright - When You Were Mine YouTube video by Neglected Trax

Ten years since Prince died. This must be one of the earliest covers of one his songs - from 1981, Bette Bright and the Illuminations doing When You Were Mine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Wl...

New World Order (1997) by Curtis Mayfield

#nowplaying

Me too. And now it carries yet more sadness.

West Coast Poppins Art etc

The internet tells me Danny Harris, formerly of the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, died on the set of Saving Mr Banks (2012).

Yes! What a great great great record that is. Sound, structure, lyrics, melody, performance, all of it. “Ten silver saxes / A bass with a bow / The drummer relaxes / And waits between shows” etc. Perfection.

Further evidence of that novel’s preeminence.

He’s in heaven right now, being hit with a pool cue by Jimi and Kurt.

Croz wasn’t wrong but neither was he right.

I miss that loose cannon.

Perfection.

David Crosby on Crazy Horse: “What do they give Neil Young? They should’ve never been allowed to be musicians at all. They should’ve been shot at birth. They can’t play. I’ve heard the bass player muff a change in a song seventeen times in a row. ‘Cinnamon Girl’ – he still doesn’t know it!”

Now there is a very underrated album, not least by Neil.

May I never grow tired of it.

Came out FOUR MONTHS after the debut.

Pointillist sleeve, nice.

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On another day I would agree. But the drum machine keeps them tethered to 1984. I think it's harder to get a fix on Victorialand and I was very struck by that timelessness, here in the future.

Wow (again).

A woman commenting on my Substack has requested that I smile in the next photo I post. You know, that Substack I’m writing about fucking cancer.

This is the truth.

Collaborator.

That’s nice. Let us know about Tim Curry’s book too.

Thank you! That’s good. Making it cheered us all up. We’ll do more if/when we feel like it. x

Haha

Wow. Let me abandon all trace of snark and say… that’s very bad.