Life From A Window

There's a Tom McCrae song which goes You wake up to the sound of alarms You're driving your fabulous car Listening to the music that reminds you You used to be young This morning, I listened to some sounds I hadn't heard since the eighties and I bought in the late seventies, and it got me thinking. No, it got me feeling... I like new musical experiences. I like finding new sounds and I love owning music that no-one else I know owns or has even heard of. No-one that is except for my big brother, who still after 43 years seems to get there one step ahead of me, at least in most matters. So, I listen to new music, I listen to internet radio to find new artists, I read reviews and buy music on a whim and a good word from John Aizlewood. But this morning listening to the Richard Digance (yes him again) complilation I couldn't help buying from Amazon on Friday (arrived yesterday, what a service, gotta love 'em) I felt something I just don't get from the new stuff,...

Listening to Internet radio while I "work". It's a great thing is Internet radio, and I can't really understand why it isn't massively popular yet here in the UK. We've got AM and FM and DAB, but they don't open up your horizons like the Internet. Got some favourites. Radio IO Acoustic, great for that background gentle vibe and the odd eye-opening new-found classic. Soma FM, Indi Pop Rocks, fantastic for those livelier moments and for discovering new artists you're never likely to find in a UK Virgin of HMV. Whatever did happen to the independents? It's not the same as flicking through racks of vinyl. happy hours spent scouring the cheap bins at Sundown Records in Walsall. Don't suppose it's still there. Discovered Richard Digance there, because he looked a bit "Rocky" on the sleeve of "Treading the Boards". I remember in my pitiful innoicence and ignorance proclaiming him "better than Dylan" and then...