Another night in? Help me to sort out the mysteries of Tindersticks for the MOJO Magazine How To Buy guide.

For Complete Control PR and Nick Banks ; sexy centre spread from Xmas 1977 NME.

Is this Shane McGowan on the right (NME, july 1977)?

Amazing press ads from pile of late 70s NMEs (courtesy Oxfam shop).

More from NME ad pile!

Help The Big Disappointment compile MOJO's next How To Buy guide by telling us your favourite Ike & Tina Turner albums - both solo and together - and why you like them and we'll print your best responses in the magazine.

"Butch trade" from 1982 Last Resort catalogue; never let anyone tell you there were no gay skinheads "back in the day".

Happy Birthday to Anne Briggs: 80 today!

From a new find; a record nerding tragedy in one image.

Found 'in the wild' in Finsbury Park yesterday. When the great charity shop eagle lets something shiny fall from its beak...

Woo! Signed Angelic Upstarts single arrived in the post!

The only band that ever slept on my floor. Much love to British Racing Green. distrokid.com/hyperfollow/br…

Featuring me on Naima Bock , Shovel Dance Collective, The dB's and plenty more.

Venus In Firs: I spoke to the delightful Colin Mochrie, the wise elves Deck The Hallmark Podcast and more about the Christmas rom-com industry.

The Times Books list of Books Of The Year is out - including my music choices. thetimes.com/culture/books/…

The Macdara Yeates LP has landed, one of my MOJO Magazine folk records of 2024. Buy it: it's brill!

For me, Simon Rivers is the least acknowledged genius in pop; here is my Bitter Springs/Last Party/Oldfield Youth Club/Poor Performer Greatest Hits LP. FFO: Subway Sect, The Chameleons, Madness, Pulp.

It's me! I wrote this! Investigate the Richard Dawson LP - it's very good.

Mad folk finds #sweeneysmen

I took a crash course in Jethro Tull for MOJO Magazine. Here's what I discovered.