"Right from the start I couldn’t take my eyes off her. She was the most erotic thing I’d ever seen. She was fair skinned and golden haired, full-blood Italian. The air was suddenly filled with banana leaves. We started talking and my head started to spin." - Bob Dylan

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I was so saddened to hear about Suze Rotolo's passing. I have the fondest memories of seeing her in 2009, reading from her book 'A Freewheelin' Time' and sharing stories from her time with Bob Dylan. She captured the feeling of that period in a way I never would have…

From Records That Changed My Life

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It's so obvious that no one ever really says it, but it's a wonderful fact of life: your favourite records pick you. It's that primal energy, that ache in your stomach, it's the fact that no amount of reading bad reviews or hearing dodgy rumours or people picking apart the production or the lyrics or saying they saw a bad show can affect you. If anything, all of that works in your favour. "Ha ha. You guys know nothing." It's superiority, but not really. You might agree with them, but it doesn't matter.…

My overwrought semi-yearly round-up of what might be the best records of the year so far!

Liars - Sisterworld.

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I have listened to this album somewhere between 20 and 40 times. I cursed at my computer when it was not downloading fast enough. I cradled it in my arms when I bought it, put it on as soon as was humanly possible and lay on my bed and stared at the photographs contained within. I am still discovering something new with every listen. Goodnight Everything has lyrics?

I mostly find that I'm imagining myself in a black boiler suit…