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Hi Martin,

I currently don't have my copy of Cuckooland so can't compare, regarding Comicopera though - I found the first three quarters a real joy (even if the first few songs do make you feel like you've stumbled into a very personal, open sore of an argument between two close people) all the way to "Out of the Blue" after that, I confess I get a bit lost - but it is growing on me.

Interpol: Antics

Brian Eno - "Another Green World" and "Another Day On Earth". Both albums are new to me: not surprised to say I enjoyed the former a great deal, but I was not expecting to like the latter at all. Good stuff indeed.

This morning its Ladyhawke:-

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Brian

Tears For Fears - "The Hurting", for the first and second times. I really like this one.

Boards of Canada - "The Campfire Headphase".

Brian Eno - "Another Day On Earth". Beautiful. And the last track, "Bonebomb", is chilling.

"25" - The Essential Mike Oldfield

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - Brian Eno and David Byrne

First experience of it. Hmmm....
Mountain of Needles and Vocal Outtakes stand out by miles...

Then Beck's Mutations which made me feel better.
But not by much.

Don't you hate those days when you have nothing in the CD collection that you want to hear?

Over the past few weeks:

Louis Gordon and his beats on Blind Anorexic. Worth checking out.

The extraordinary Errare Machinale Est by Jori Hulkkonen. Very Moby like.

The Night by Soft Cell. An overlooked classic. I wonder if there's a version from 1981 somewhere in Some Bizzare's vaults.

The new master recording of Oxygene by Jean Michel Jarre. The DVD is a delight with Jean Michel showing us his collection of vintage synths. IMHO the best synths ever created. He's got more at home.

A home made CDR of China Crisis's A-sides and B-sides. Some wonderful songs here: Christian, Wishful Thinking, Tragedy & Mystery, A Golden Handshake for Every Daughter, Greenacre Bay, Watching over Burning Fields, Working with Fire & Steel...

The Affectionate Punch and Sulk by the Associates. Billy Mackenzie's vocal range is simply amazing and is well complemented by Alan Rankine's versatility with most instruments. Alan is also one of my favourite musicians along with the members of Ultravox.

Chris

Bowling For Soup - 'A Hangover you Don't Deserve' and 'The Breat Burrito Extortion Case'. Great albums by a fantastic band - and good prep for seeing them live next week.

All too often I fall into the arms of classic female singers.
For the past few days its been the boys turn:

Gene Pitney
The Walker Brothers
Charles Aznavour

I didn't realise until very recently that one of Pitney's lesser known hits She's A Heartbreaker (from 1968) was written by Charlie Foxx...

Tears are gonna come