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Tom Baker's (Dr Who) autobiography. Who'd ever have thought he's a Scouse (Scotland Rd, one of the toughest areas). Damaged by religion, survived all sorts. He has a good take on life and the events it throws up. Enjoyable read.

Kef 105.2 for a tenner Halifax boot sale. Quad esl57s £30 junk shop Bodmin. Both fully functional and cosmetically good. It was about 15 yrs ago though, prior to the explosion in using ebay as a price guide.. The 105s ended up in France - a man from Paris drove across to get them. The esl's...

my Poljot's face may be damaged, but the mechanism keeps good time despite its ancient technology. When the 1917 Putilov glass blowers get busy again we'll be back in business with an altogether clearer view.

my Poljot keeps good time. Although it has got a cracked face, it can be repaired.

my Poljot keeps good time, but its face is cracked.

d m butcher mentioned the Incredible String Band earlier in this thread (you are clearly a person of impeccable taste d m ). There is a track called 'Maya' on their LP 'The Big Huge' which really ought to be required listening. This song delights with its wonderfully complex, stimulating, and...

Cheers TL - no holiday in the south of France this year then - still, with £50 we might manage Birkenhead! rgds - redcogs

Hope nobody minds this - a little off topic, but TLs Beatles picture frame thing reminded me about the Beatles fan club floppy record that sits in the filing cabinet. It is 1968 and features Tiny Tim with the fab 4, c/w red white and blue phsycodeelic (you know what I mean) designed cover...

Unfortunately Ian Curtis's work is unfamilier to me (an issue to be addressed ASAP), but there is no reason to dispute your assessment. Only a fool would suggest that Waters is the only individual who is capable of commenting meaningfully upon despair/isolation and the other such matters. It...

Hi Harry. You highlight what is probably the main issue with Waters's music and that by Floyd which has been influenced by him - it is not always a lot of fun to listen to. However, this is no reason to irrationally dismiss his contribution to popular and/or counter culture. As you know...

Maybe it is a valid point to suggest that Waters exhibits a tendancy towards self obsession, but surely this is a commonplace amongst performers? More interestingly, you point up Waters's main ideological themes: Paranoia, isolation and alienation - presumably all consequences of his...

Nope. You are all too hard on Roger Waters, who has been one of the most interestingly radical contributers to popular culture of the last three decades. To dismiss him as being on a "journey up his own arse" simply indicates gross philistinism or a failure of imagination somewhere. Don't...

Hi. The negative experiences described in this thread reminded me of the R.E.M 'gig' at Huddersfield stadium a few years ago. Two people on the row behind were really inebriated, to the extent that they were oblivious to everything happening around them. They were annoying loads of people (by...

Cor - just remembered a beaut' - Lou Reed and Wild Side! redcogs, greying junior mamba..:)

Mmmm.. The issue that has arisen between VanceB and his significant other is probably much more interesting than the bass lines which have inspired. Not wanting to divert the thread or anything, but my memory of musical awakenings in the early 1960s is that the songs which attracted 'hung...