Is rock music evil? Of course not. But here's three tracks that literally are Evil - it's their title! First up, the song that ins...

A brief return, essentially to clear the decks. This was originally going to be the fourth and final part of my collaborative series with J...

Today, my firstborn - known to these pages as TheMadster - is getting married. The whole shebang has been delayed by a year for reasons you...

This one appeared on a playlist while I was cooking a couple weeks ago. TheMadster was visiting. She and MrsRobster sauntered into the kitch...

I noticed recently that Cud are touring in the autumn and are playing in Newport, no less. This prompted me to dig out my Cud records and pl...

Happy fucking Jubilee, everyone...

A few days ago I was left alone in the house. This is unusual. Not because I need to be supervised at all times (though some people may argu...

Today we look at the other half of the songs R.E.M. would pen and perform in their first few months together. Those very early gigs often c...

This is something I planned and wrote last year but held back for an appropriate time. As it's Easter - a time associated with rebirth ...

Despite being a non-smoking, non-drinking, good-eating, mask-wearing, triple-vaxxed, generally fit and healthy dude, I somehow succumbed to ...