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As is rare for me, I haven’t had much to say over the recent days and indeed haven’t been sitting in front of a monitor or keyboard to make noise over nothing. But I have been making noise –and a sometime reader/collaborator suggested the noise appear here.

With apologies to legions of fans and copyright lawyers, this is a very rough recording of The Cramps’ shockabilly rock’n'roll chestnut, Human Fly, as done by the overzealous Show Up Murrays on or about August 16, perhaps 10:00pm. Production values are poor but through the haze you may agree we’re doing our best to overcome the influence of alcohol.

The file comes from a teency digital voice recorder that serves up in Windows Media format. Apologies if it won’t play on your apparatus but consider yourself spared a fate worse than death.

UPDATE: it’s now an mp3 file for greater ease of play (and ensuing discomfort)

I say buzz buzz buzz and it’s just becuz

Listening to the new Wedding Present long player, El Rey, these past couple of days. Still re-examining relationships from every conceivable angle, is Mr. Gedge. It’s a strong record and a return to form which was never truly lost. Points deducted for making the chorus of an otherwise standout (in the positive sense) song, Soup, run as No Soup For You. C’mon! Soup Nazi references are nigh on inexcusable. Points admirably recovered by song title for Don’t Take Me Home Until I’m Drunk. Track 6, The Trouble With Men is haunting, daunting. Too late to be included in Twin Peaks soundtrack, I presume. It’s not the best TWP album but a fine addition to the canon.