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One line thoughts of the day.

Of all the musical events of 2015, “The Pope releases bonkers prog-rock album” is not something I would have predicted. You can listen to it here.

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

Ken Livingstone has a lot in common with Richard Dawkins. The recent public pronouncements of both seem to come from their unfiltered Id. Saying the July 7th bombers “Gave their lives to protest against the war” is at best grossly tone-deaf, and at worst something I really don’t want to think about.

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

This piece on “Why I Will Not Buy Adele’s New Album 25” has to be one of the most ridiculous pieces of sanctimonious hipster dribble I have ever read.

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Tim Hall | 3 Comments

BBC News asks “Where are all the climate change songs?” They have presumably never heard of Marillion’s “Season’s End”.

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Tim Hall | 4 Comments

Good on Mostly Autumn, confirming that this coming weekend’s gigs in Verviers and Zoetermeer are still going ahead despite the attacks in Paris.

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

If your awards ceremony has a “Best Re-Issue” award, it does rather suggest that you are living in the past. Especially if you give the “Inspiration” award to someone who’s been dead for 45 years.

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Tim Hall | 1 Comment

It’s a sobering thought that there are people alive today who will be alive in the year 2112. And by the looks of it, some of today’s students sound like they would make good Priests of the Temple of Syrinx.

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

Less than three weeks until Mostly Autumn play the Grand Opera House in York. If you’re travelling to the city, why not make a weekend of it and see Cloud Atlas at The Post Office Social Club the following night. Tickets from the Cloud Atlas Webstore.

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

Some tantalising hints on the Odin Dragonfly Facebook page suggest something might be stirring in the Odin Dragonfly camp. It’s been a long time since their last live appearances and an even longer time since the release of the album Offerings.

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

Yesterday I compared the announcement of the nominations for the Mercury Music Award with the England vs Pakistan Test Match. It may have been a day premature; had the Mercury nominations turned out the same way, the 12th nomination following eleven soundtracks for middle-class dinner parties would have Napalm Death’s Apex Predator: Easy Meat. But it wasn’t.

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Tim Hall | Comments Off