‘Music & That’ Archives
Alternate Reality Bands #1
In the alternate reality, there is an equivalent of the famous post-punk band, The Fall. Of course, they're quite different to the anarchic band that we have in our reality; they're still famed for their frontman's antics more than their music, but they're a gentler band, more melodic, the kind of music your grandmother could enjoy. One of their posters slipped through from the alternate reality, so here it is.
I Do A Lot Of Work For Charidee, Mate, But I Don’t Like To Talk About It
The last person that I thought I would ever see and hear organising a benefit single in aid of the earthquake in Haiti was Shane MacGowan. Partly because, by rights, he should have died years ago; that's by his own admission, and to the no-doubt eternal shock of his doctors. But he has. And it's terrific; it's nothing like Simon Cowell's (equally worthy) REM cover; it shares only the common cause, and that it is a cover with a Band Aid-style lineup of celebs singing each line. Johnny Depp [...]
