It could have been Bowie, but today it is:-

..and that is beacuse I am going to see them tonight for an evening of exquisite misery. So miserable that I could not get a friend from this village to join …

A new album arriving that has been waited for a long time is a delicious feeling. Mostly the cds I buy have been trawled from sales, charity shops etc on the basis of ‘this looks good and doesn’t cost too …

I got some tickets to see these people last week.

The gig is in April. I can hardly wait. I have a more than unreasonable devotion to them.…

The last day of Christmas. The day of ‘seeing’- of people outside recognising something that those inside missed and then tried to destroy. Twas ever thus: Lord have mercy on us…… maybe sometimes faith is not triumphal assertion, but humble …

And ok… It is still Christmas music.

A friend put me onto this. A track off my favourite Christmas album (Low: Christmas) done by someone else I admire. I like how he has made this even more mournful.…