POETRY - Identikit

Some towns all look the same in the rain,

the travel, the battle, the end result.

Grey buildings blend seamlessly to the grey sky,

blurred and merged with the cascading droplets.

Somewhere that took so long to reach

Is abandoned for quick shelter.

Some times identikit.

No matter how far apart.

This weather absorbs you

Just as the rain permeates your skin

Just as it coats the buildings in drab mundanity.

Some times all towns look the same

And change you to feel it too.

P. Davidson 25/03/10

MUSIC - The Passing Sparkle

Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse passed away recently. What with the death of Vic Chesnutt, Jay Reatard, this and the recent death of Alex Chilton from Big Star it's been a very bad year so far for cult singers. All of the above artists inspired and left a huge imprint on a number of people and so it's best to celebrate some of their great works. So here is the wonderful 'little fat baby's' taken from Sparklehorses's 'It's A Wonderful Life' album.

MUSIC - It's Raining Glen, Hallelujah

1,2,3... and you're back in the room!

So here we go after along impasse with a song by The Swell Season, very much a Van inspired one this with horns and a 'you got to come up, gotta come up' that you can almost imagine the gruff cantankerous fecker himself singing.

Simple idea for a video too but works so well.