Tuesday 12 May 2020

Chop’s Journal - 10 May 2020

It’s been a really tough week one way or another. Not much to add here. Hope you’re all hanging in there.


New SOTW


Adding Up - Parsnip


Music I’m enjoying


Never Work, Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom’s second album of duets is a joy. Songs about robots, the gig economy and the nature of work in the 21st century with the usual wit & melody of The Burning Hell. 


I’ve also enjoyed debut albums from Lavinia Blackwall, previously with Trembling Bells, and Green / Blue, the new band for Jim Blaha of The Blind Shake (among others) that I recently discovered via a Contraflow playlist. 





Lockdown Top Fives - Week 7


▪️Monday 4th: TV Sci-Fi series

  1. Blake’s 7
  2. Star Trek: The Next Generation
  3. Babylon 5
  4. Battlestar Galactica: Original 
  5. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century





▪️ Tuesday 5th: Bands/Artists from Canada

  1. The Burning Hell 
  2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor 
  3. Leonard Cohen
  4. Rush 
  5. A Silver Mount Zion





▪️Wednesday 6th: Songs about Radio

1. Do You Remember Rock n Roll Radio - Ramones

2. Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo

3. Radio Free Europe - R.E.M. 

4. Radio - Ty Segall 

5. Radio Radio - Elvis Costello 





▪️ Thursday 7th: Albums of 2020 so far

  1. “The Private Memoirs & Confessions of …” The Just Joans
  2. “Far Enough” Cable Ties
  3. “Every Bad” Porridge Radio
  4. “Juillet” En Attendant Ana
  5. “The Neon Skyline” Andy Shauf 





▪️ Friday 8th: Favourite Pubs

  1. Masons Arms, Teddington
  2. Bricklayers Arms, Putney 
  3. Royal Oak, Southwark 
  4. The Antelope, Surbiton
  5. Red Lion, Shepperton 





▪️ Saturday 9th: FA Cup Finals

  1. 1979 - Arsenal 3 Man Utd 2
  2. 1978 - Ipswich 1 Arsenal 0
  3. 1990 - Palace 3 Man Utd 3
  4. 1981 - Spurs 3 Man City 2
  5. 1975 - West Ham 2 Fulham 0




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