Hats off to Roy Harper

Most music fans will have heard of …

Julian H Cope: my favourite blasphemer

Reader, you know by now that I am obviously predisposed to like anyone who wears a black leather jacket with a logo on the back saying ‘destroy religion’. How much more am I likely to like him, then, if he has long hair, is brave enough to wear silly h…

Are you ready to rock?

Jimi Hendrix wasn’t half partial to a bit of rock
I’m pretty much alway…

More Moon Cat magic

Last year I told you about my friend Mooncat, who is a photographer living and working in Manchester. I showed you some of his work. I love his careful observations -…

Give me this day my daily rant

…about scientology, a faith founded by this utterly misguided and irres…

Swinford Toll Bridge radio ranting

Cripes-a-lorcy, it’s been a busy week! Apart from being frantically busy at work, I took my motorcycle theory test on Thursday – which I passed. Also this week, my online petition to scrap that stupid 5p toll on the…

Julian Cope: a mad guy with a German hat

You will already know, Dear Reader, that I am a big fan of eccentric singer/songwriter, antiquarian and writer Julian Cope. He’s currently touring and on Friday night we caught u…

The Waterboys

Until I met my husband Moth I had no idea I was such a fan of rock. Moth also pointed out my underlying folkiness. I strenuously denied it, of course! But there is no denying our shared admiration for The Waterboys, …