Much as I’m a Hendrix & Ginger Baker man, I suspect that no instrument is more expressive of our deepest emotions than the piano. Which makes my stomach turn when I hear it deployed in a facile manner to sell us shoddy goods & services like this. It ruins pet videos too. Eff off!

“In all our decadence people die In all our decadence people die In all our decadence people die In all our decadence people die, etc.” - Crass, Shaved Women, 1979

The Wyngarde look deserves a comeback.

So do I

“Anyone Who Had A Heart” wouldn’t even chart these days, let alone get to No. 1. Mainstream opinion has gone full-grade monstrous. This should be utterly unthinkable in a world that can ‘afford’ multi-billionaires.

The adults are backing out of the room! #FakeLabour

What a loud sounding nothing this appalling mantra is.

For reasons I won’t go into, it’s been months since I’ve listened to Marc Bolan/T. Rex. But I spent much of y’day in the company of a few Rex albums to flesh out my buyers’ guide for MOJO Magazine It was a magnificently fresh & timely reunion. Much missed mojo4music.com/articles/the-m…

Which wins out - Zip Gun or Dragon? My People or Prophets? Warrior or The Slider? By all means chip in and tell me why Unicorn deserves to be higher - or if I’ve been too generous towards Zinc Alloy.

Thread outlining a key reason behind the decline.

Don't miss the forthcoming limited edition UHQR pressings of AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE from Analogue Productions and Acoustic Sounds. Pre-order now. #vinyl #hendrix #jimihendrix Acoustic Sounds

I read this ages ago and it still chills me.

Or ‘From Best to Could Do Better’!

Was Warren Ellis a Twin Peaks enthusiast?

Two disgusting events.

Spare a thought for one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century, Jimi Hendrix , who died in London on this day 1970. 📷 by Linda McCartney

The emergence of Jimi Hendrix had a profound effect on British acts, including The Who…

The emergence of Jimi Hendrix also had a profound effect on US acts, such as The Vanilla Fudge, seen here reworking a Motown hit in the way Hendrix handled garage rock fave Hey Joe.

Jimi Hendrix performing Machine Gun, on New Years Eve/Day 1969/70. For months, he’d been struggling to find the right music for his times, with the Civil Rights struggle at home and wanton destruction over in Vietnam. With Machine Gun, he’d found it. youtu.be/Q7G5BgSiY7I?si…

“Driving South shows why Hendrix’s arrival in London left a generation of British blues boomers crying into their Clapton Is God T-shirts.” Had fun writing this guide to one of the premier catalogues in rock.