Best Albums List of 2021
It’s that time of year again, where the question inevitably arises – what were the best albums we heard in 2021? I’m going to try not to mention the pandemic (ah shit, there it goes) nor that 2021 was a pretty tough year for almost everyone…...
In The Heart of the Heart of the Country
Mrs Mean My house has porches fore and aft and holds a corner. I spy with care and patience on my neighbors but I seldom speak. They watch me too, of course, and so I count our evils even, though I guard my conscience with a claim to scientific coldness they cannot...
Beat Poetry
This was very nearly called Sententious Platitudes in tribute to this Bertrand Russell wisdom that’s even more true now, than when he wrote it in 1943… Instead this has nothing to do with the pictured ‘Beats’ (Kerouac and Burroughs) but is...
The Course Of Love
Pronouncing a lover “perfect” can only be a sign that we have failed to understand them. We can claim to have begun to know someone only when they have substantially disappointed us.
Akilter – for the brothers
Philonise Floyd’s incredible speech in tribute to his brother George inspired and features in this mix.