(This is a reply I did to a post on an online webforum that was debating the relative worth of punk vs. folk/Irish music.)
As to folk vs. punk - I liked your argument, but don’t agree with it
Yep, there’s definitely a strand of punk that’s manufactured and a triumph of ephemeral style over [...]
Archive for March, 2001
A hopeful young musician at their first A&R lunch
Being a fat, one-hit wonder, I often get emails asking for my advice on the music biz. I find this strange - why ask someone who hasnt even been signed since 1997? Would you ask a nun the going rate for half-and-half?
But hell, I’ve never let unfitness [...]
(Via Dolorosa/Bright Star BSR9)
This album was actually released at the end of last year so forgive me for being a bit tardy - I only bought it a couple of weeks ago.
The reason I’ve left it so long is that in that fortnight or so, the [...]