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IN THE MINDS OF MEN?

Daddy is very different from The Girls, its style more crisp than the earlier novel’s dreaminess. But it does share with its predecessor a feeling of dread: in every story, there is a heavy sense of a shoe about to drop
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Sidetracks And Detours present PASS IT ON weekly walkabout 23 Sunday 22nd October 2023

my mind recently cast back to Sunday 15th October 1989 when John Stewart appeared with Hugh Moffatt as support at the Flying Picket in Liverpool-a gig which Geoff Davies promoted.
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TOM WAITS LIKE A SONG-NOIR AMONG THE BOOKS

: from his soft, folk-inflected debut, Closing Time in 1973, to the abrasive, surreal Swordfishtrombones in 1983.
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Sidetracks and Detours present PASS IT ON weekly walkabout Sunday Supplement 22 Sunday 15th October 2023

The Adsubian Gallery is one of our favourite galleries even though at the moment it is an item in our bucket list,  that we have marked to visit before we die. I think it is perhaps because everything about the venue that we have learned about on-line and from their newsletters suggest they are a kindred spirit of the The Touchstones Arts and Heritage Centre, where I used to work as a facilitator with my Just Poets educational group.
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THE BELOVED VISION

In this complete, entertaining, and singularly readable account, we come to understand the entire phase in music history that has become the mainstay of the twentieth and twenty-first century concert and operatic repertoire.
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ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY

Whether you’re singing the original Appalachian song about losing out on love because courtin’ was too slow or singing about a mountain of spaghetti covered in cheese with a single elusive meatball, the song remains delightful and fun. It’s one of the most enjoyable tunes to sing.
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PASS IT ON 21: weekly walkabout Sunday Supplement 8th October 2023

Moseley Folk And Arts Festival, that takes place annually in Moseley Park´s not-so-.secret hideaway. The event is a family-friendly festival exploring the very best of contemporary folk.

THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY

I think the Goodreads community will enjoy this—there is a meaningful overlap between Rules of Civility and The Lincoln Highway. You don’t have to read one to enjoy the other, but if you’ve read Rules, you might spot some familiar elements. Fans may enjoy seeing how these threads from 1938—which is when Rules takes place—resurface in the mid-1950s in a very different context.universe.
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THE BIRTH OF ROCK AND ROLL

The authors of The Birth of Rock And Roll are experts in their field, and I know from have reading  several works from their individual works, all written sublimely, and full of information and informed opinion and delivered in the captivating tones of men who clearly love their subject.