Tag Archives: Prince

Essential Listening: My favourite albums at midlife

Posted on 31/10/2022 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I always write something for this blog once a month. Normally, there’s always an idea, or something going on to have an opinion on. This month presented a problem, or a void to be specific. I’ve got a few bits … Continue reading →

Posted in Essential Listening | Tagged Ache in the places I used to play, Aging, Aja, Bob Dylan, Cantankerous sagging wife, Clifford Jordan Quartet, DJ Sprinkles, Essential Listening, Frank Ocean, I have no life, Kanye West is a fucking numpty, Labrador watching a Ted Talk, Listen to Gary Stevenson, Liz Truss, MF Doom, Midlife crisis, Penis-extensions, Prince, Putin's facelift, Russian mail order bride, Spacemen 3, Steely Dan, The KLF, The Lettuce lives!, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground, Too many tags, Wee Jimmy Krankie, Westminster | Leave a comment

The Premier League Preview 2022/23

Posted on 31/07/2022 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

We’re fast approaching the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Yeah, psyched for it. Remember when Qatar was awarded it? The world was very different back in 2010. Crappy 3G smartphones. Alex Ferguson was still managing Manchester United. Prince and Leonard Cohen … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Abu Dhabi, Andy Carroll, Antonio Conte, Arsenal, Aston Villa, £100m Gucci ambassador, Bernardo Silva, Boris Johnson, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Burnley, Championship, Chelsea, Christine Hamilton, Clickbaitism, Covid, Cristiano Ronaldo, Crystal Palace, Darwin Nunez, Donald Trump was just a reality TV cunt in 2010, Dover, Erik Ten Hag, Erling Haaland, Everton, Farhad Moshiri, Fletching, Frank Lampard, Frenkie De Jong, Fulham, Gabriel Jesus, Gammon-Tory Brexit, German substitute teacher, Granit Xhaka, Groundhog Day, Jackson Pollock, Jurgen Klopp, Kylie Jenner, Latvia, Leeds United, Leicester City, Leonard Cohen, Liverpool, Liz "cheese" Truss, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mikel Arteta, Moldova, Moriarty, Negativity, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Pegging, Peter Oborne, Prince, Prince Andrew being a teflon nonce, Qatar 2022 World Cup, Raheem Sterling, Real Madrid, Richarlison, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Southampton, Thomas Tuchel, Thursday night wankerdom, Top Four Trophy Twattery, Tottenham Hotspur, Ukraine, West Ham United, West London, Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 Comment

Trans-rights – is what’s fair, what’s right?

Posted on 28/02/2022 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

When it comes to current events the immediate attention of most lies elsewhere. Dwelling on it all too long, that we have the most craven self-interested government imaginable in charge for this situation, one that’s courted and grasped Russian wealth … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Are bloggers worth cancelling?, AstroTerfing, Auchwitz, Black Books, Bots for tots, Cancel me please, Cis adult male - fucking hell, Courting and grasping Russian wealth, Curiosity, Fanatics, Father Ted, Gender dysphoria, Gender politics, Graham Linehan, Helen Joyce, Jimi Hendrix, JK Rowling, Jordan “piety” Peterson, Kathleen Stock, Nazis, Nona Hendryx, NTS radio, Preferred pro-nouns, Prince, Puberty blockers, Russia, Scotland, Self-ID, Sterilised gay kids, Straw men, Sweden, Terf, Tin Foil Hat, Trans-rights, Transformation, Transgender, Vladimir Putin is trans, Western culture, YouTube algorithm is out to cancel me | Leave a comment

Essential Listening: The Best Albums Of 2019

Posted on 23/12/2019 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Gotta be honest, I lacked motivation for writing this column. Normally it’s the piece I look forward to writing the most. Doing an annual music round-up is the only blogging tradition I’ve developed since I started five years ago. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Essential Listening | Tagged 2020, Best Albums Of 2019, Bill Callahan, Crush, Essential Listening, Eton Alive, Fairport Convention, Fat White Family, FKA Twigs, Floating Points, Ghosteen, Imperial Flood, Loft conversion is finished!, Logos, Magdalene, Merry Christmas, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, NTS podcasts, Originals, Paranoid London, Peace out homies, PL, Prince, Richard Dawson, Serfs Up!, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, Sleaford Mods | Leave a comment

Essential Listening: The Best Albums Of 2018

Posted on 30/12/2018 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

We survived. Well, most of us. As with my best songs of the year list, this list is restricted to ten and is in alphabetical order. However, the title of this post is somewhat disingenuous as I haven’t restricted this … Continue reading →

Posted in Essential Listening | Tagged 1/3, 2/3, 2018, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Blood Orange, Boards Of Canada, Bon Dylan, Bootlegs, Brexit, Brian Eno, Compilation, Compro, Dance Hall Style, Deadline Paranoia, Essential Listening, Gabe Gurnsey, Horace Andy, Jeremy Corbyn is a cowardly twat, Kate Bush, Keith Richards, King Of Cowards, Leaving via a Gatwick drone, Machinedrum, Negro Swan, New Year, NTS Sessions 1-4, Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-insides, Oregon, Pet Shop Boys, Physical, Piano & A Microphone, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Prince, Reeperbahn, Reissue, Scott Walker, Skee Mask, SOPHIE, Soya milk drinking welly wearing yoghurt producing vegan types, Switched on Eugene, The Purple One, Too lazy and tired to do a bigger list, Various, Voices Of Freedom | Leave a comment