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Nothing in the above I disagree with. Although I think you underestimate G’d TT ability a little. And he’s got more of his team left than the other two. However, by then both will be too far out front. But un jour sans for either of them is always possible. Especially with so few loyal...

Shed Seven. Kula Shaker. Menswear.

I suppose one of the best editions for a good few years. Yep the way Jumbo have been so tactically astute - beating up Pog and then controlling what needs to be controlled. The TT is dangerous - if either of them lose time then G will be on their heels. I’m an old romantic and will cheer Romain...

Was thinking of something like the Deep Listening band which has the drone element which comes from the use of acoustic space. Tried to find some Peter Brotzman but nothing much matched your description. African Headcharge were the other band that came to mind.

Prescient. That post has aged really well. Danes have absolutely owned it like an apostrophe been one of the best editions so far. Pidcock on the Alpe was one for the ages but also Wout’s super domistique role while still crushing the green jersey. I’m hoping Fred gets another go at a...

Not sure how he compares to Jack DeJohnette whom I love but you can’t knock a guy who played on these albums, amongst many others: Dolphy’s Out to Lunch Herbie’s early stuff but especially Maiden Voyage Miles’ Seven Steps is my favourite but he’s all over the good stuff. VSOP which is...

i can ride a bike quite fast which probably isn't that much of a surprise

I liked that book a lot. Another guy who falls into that category is Éric Vuillard both the Order of the Day and The War of the Poor start with real events and then build into something very powerful. Both are really short, they are risk taking works but demonstrate a serious writer at work...

He’s on my list but, as you can imagine my list is long.

Not much to disagree with here - I love finding out of favour older writers but also the best stuff over the past few years had come from small presses, especially work in translation - great stuff from former Yugoslavia from Istros, French women from Les Fugitives, Latin American from Charco...

Mate, it’s books - no one… listens but you express an opinion on Japanese dubstep or something and it goes on for weeks.

That’s just the top shelf stuff. The curse of lockdown is that my wife has been home and has seen how many books arrive in the house. She’s not impressed.

Basically - head to the margins and look for translations.

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I was with him all the way to the John Clare book but I wearied of his style after awhile. I think Lights Out is probably his most balanced book. I also liked the collaboration he did on Rodinsky’s Room with Rachel Lichtenstein. I think the first one I decided not to read was his Hackney book...

Moot - debateable. It comes from old English. A moot hall was a room or building where the elders of a hundred would meet and make decisions. So if a point is moot then it is not certain and could be debated. Obviously not to be confused with mute which it often is in print.

And yes, Coleridge exceptionally uneven.

The whole romanticism movement is fascinated by children/childhood - rather than mini adults childhood acquires its own state. The argument about whether we are blank slates or vessels to be filled with knowledge. Also WW and his ‘child is father of the man’ and that growing up is growing...