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A recent trip around the capital took Mrs Akin and I to the Victoria & Albert Museum up in terribly posh and nice South Kensington. The trains were out for engineering work (sigh!) so we 'tubed' it up on The District Line, to be honest it wasn't to bad a journey (plenty of sitting though). By the time we reached our destination my a**e was telling my legs they need a walk. We hopped off and followed the subway to…

So, on a slightly soggy day recently (and my, haven't there been a lot of wet and soggy days in the UK recently! And I suspect colder ones are to follow🙄) we popped up town on a bit of a whim to be honest, the missus had seen an immersive art experience called 'Delight' which explores South Korea in history and culture located around near Clink Street on Bankside around by other major attractions such as The Golden Hinde, The…

Sadly I seem to have missed this band back in the day, but what a good band they were, Dif Juz (a play evidently on the words 'different jazz'). They were an instrumental quartet who actually worked with some great names in the post punk scene, e.g. Wolfgang Press, This Mortal Coil and The Cocteau Twins as well as Dub innovator Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Catch the following tracks by them: 'Hu' ...followed by 'Re' ...then 'Mi' ...and finally... 'Cs' ...all…

A change in tempo and a quick nip 'over the pond' for this post for several acts from back in the day that I really liked and still do. Bright Yellow Gun, a dip into Stateside Indie Rock with one of my favourite bands of that time Throwing Muses. I brought the album 'University' when it came out pretty much on a whim and a bit of a 'punt' as I hadn't heard any of their stuff prior to it's…

So tired, tired of listening to gossip, gossip and complaints... John Cale produced first albums for acts like The Stooges and Patti Smith, he was of course himself in The Velvet Underground. The Bauhaus version was also released on the B side of the single 'Telegram Sam', released also in 1980 on 4AD label and obviously the cover of the A Side was originally released way back when in 1972 by 'T-Rex'. Rose Garden was also on the 'Press The…