Steve Burnham

What are you finding bleak? The prospect of 5 days of work or Radiohead?😉

YouTube video by Peter B Nick Lowe, I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass, Half Moon, Putney, London, October 13, 2025.

Only just saw this. Fantastic album, missing from my collection!

Nice video of NL and Graham Parker and others in recent gig remembering Bob Andrews (piano on ‘Broken Glass’ single) who died earlier this youtu.be/waK-pg1Ec_A?...

That’s a fantastic album!

As an Everton fan, I really think he could have flourished playing in front of Grealish, Dewsbury-Hall and Ndiaye. Hope he succeeds at Leeds

I think I’d just done the pic and intro when you saw it. Now complete!

Great review. Loved their early couple of albums, then like the worst kind of music snob ignored them when they became popular. Time to revisit!

The Fall – Hip Priest And Kamerads (1985) On a visit to Stamford yesterday, I popped into Oxfam, to see their CD wares, and had to think about this one. On the one hand, it's a compilation of their output on Kamera Records, drawing lots from ...

Anyone like The Fall? I hope so, because I found quite a treasure trove yesterday!

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Siouxsie And The Banshees – Join Hands (1979) This was the first Banshees album I owned (pretty much as soon as it came out), but I've listened to their first one, The Scream far more over the years. Yet, oddly, I don't seem to actually own that,...

It’s scary how much we agree!

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YouTube video by twinnedwitherlangen HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT - The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train)

But if you prefer “no frills, handy for the hills, that’s the way you spell New Mills” you want HMHB. But do give the Dillinger a listen, it’s worth it. youtu.be/fvn4CeaJp_s?...

The Clash – Combat Rock (1982) By 1982, were The Clash past their prime? Probably - I'm saving London Calling and Sandanista for later, as their (in my humble opinion) finest albums. In fact, I don't think I had this on vinyl until...

I think Joe going upset me more than any other pop star. Here are my thoughts on the album.

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The Clash – London Calling (1979) This was always an album which was going to be replaced on CD before the vinyl was sold, and this special edition to mark the 25th anniversary of the album was a welcome Christmas present.I bought thi...

As promised. The score won’t surprise you!

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Leeds, Brighton, Wolves - 6 points. I’m happy. 😉 #utft

Just fantastic! I’m coming up to number 600 on my blog, and this will be perfect to mark that.
The personal is what makes a great review. No one should need London Calling explaining track by track (although that’s probably exactly what I’ll do) 😉

YouTube video by brothermiloo2 GREENSLADE :: Gangsters (UK 1975)

With a very prog theme tune

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The Fall – New Facts Emerge (2017) The last and the most prized of the Amble Harbour Boot Fair discoveries is the final Fall studio album, released six months before Mark E Smith's death. And while it's clearly not up there with the gl...

Im a bit late to this, but as ever, a fantastic review. Now there’s all the live albums, compilations, Peel sessions… You’ve got another couple of years’ worth yet. Here’s my take on this one steveburnhamuk.wixsite.com/my-ridiculou...

Frank Zappa – Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III (1979) Originally released in two parts in 1979, Zappa's 'rock opera' Joe's Garage is a satire on everything from the music industry and sexual fetishes to (possibly) the Christian authoritarianism many in U...

Does any one else struggle, as I do, with Zappa the older you get?

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If it’s in Lincolnshire, you can safely bet it’s nowhere near her home.

It also shows that he isn’t interested in the sort of crime that affects working people, low value thefts, car crime and assault. Just whether his class can flaunt their extreme wealth in public.

Wild Billy Childish And The MBEs – Thatcher's Children (2008) What I know about Billy Childish could be written in one paragraph at the start of an uninspired review.He's a Medway based artist, filmmaker and musician, friend of Tracey Emin, and possessor of an i...

I was pleasantly surprised by this Billy Childish album. Definitely worth a listen! steveburnhamuk.wixsite.com/my-ridiculou...

The Fall – Live At The Knitting Factory - New York - 9 April 2004 (2007) The final purchase from a recent visit to Cambridge, and this wasn't staying in the Oxfam shop racks for very long while I visited, despite a price tag designed to alleviate famine relief on its own.I...

I’ve been a bit quiet lately, but that’s because I’ve been listening to The Mighty Fall

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Thanks! Been a bit lazy recently, both in reviews and catching up with yours!

Might it mean that councillors are held personally responsible when they make wrong decisions due to refusing to attend training? I’m looking forward to a Reform councillor losing his house to legal bills due to refusal to attend basic inclusion training.

The ‘silent majority’ are neither.

Depends on the fee and wages. Hardworking squad player, but wouldn’t be many Evertonians’ first choice to start.

The Alarm – Standards (1990) I've tried not to buy compilation albums since starting this blog, preferring to visit stand alone efforts, but for £1 in a charity shop in Leicester yesterday, a pang of 1980s nostalgia overcame me a...

Sad to hear of the death of Mike Peters, front man of the Alarm and cancer charity campaigner. The band wasn’t particularly to my taste, but by all accounts he was a top bloke and will be missed.

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Rocket From The Tombs – Black Record (2015) David Thomas, main man in avant-garage band Pere Ubu died this week, after a long illness. I saw Pere Ubu several times, but did once see Thomas head up Rocket From The Tombs, a revival of his pre-Ubu...

RIP David Thomas, founder and ever-present of avant-garage band Pere Ubu. Here’s some words about his early and later band Rocket From The Tombs. #PereUbu

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It happened in Thanet in 2016 when UKIP won control. It was a shit show of infighting, splits, incompetence and failure for two years.

Wherever far-right councillors are elected, whether BNP, UKIP, Brexit or Reform, all they display is incompetence and idleness.

Pity that Spizz Energi’s ‘Red and Black’ never charted.

XTC – White Music (1978) During the latter part of my university years (1978-1981) XTC were probably my favourite band. I saw them play on an early date with a new girlfriend, and was blown away by the energy and creativity o...

XTC’s debut album?
A masterpiece you say?
Well, perhaps, perhaps not.

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I accepted free tickets to see Journey at Sheffield City Hall in 1980. I wish I’d checked what was on TV instead.