Coming up @healthy-societies.bsky.social@profcolinclark.bsky.social from Scotland, who is visiting our sunny shores. The talk focuses on the implications of Brexit for freedom of movement for Central & Eastern European Roma communities in the UK. Fri 25 Oct, 12.30pm
Honestly, side A of their self-titled LP - from āThe speed of lifeā to āDolphinā - is the best run of five songs on any record I have. Phenomenal. Side B is nearly as strong. Nearly.
With friends like that who needs a CD player?
It felt right. Itās taken me this long to source a copy. Impossible to find. Well, for less than Ā£Ā£Ā£ it is impossible to find!
It didnāt last very long. This is from the inside cover. The bit about The Rolling Stones makes me laugh.
Itās basically what Mark Burgess and John Lever did after the end of The Chameleons. With Andy Clegg and Andy Whitt. This is a compilation that brings together their one self-titled LP* and the āAlive; not Deadā EP. It is all glorious. *The best side A of any LP I own.
Well, 17 years after I sold this CD due to precarious finances I now have another copy. Iām as delighted as Spike is. Some of the best songs Mark Burgess ever recorded. The Sun and the Moon. The Great Escape (1987-1989). Just so good.
Definitely! šÆ
The travel? The autonomy? The pensions? Theā¦ oh. No, no downsides at all.