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On Greenlaning

1st May 2025 Going Postal 2442 Comments

Greenlaning, the driving of motorised vehicles on the approximately 6,000 miles of tracks, paths and byways with legal rights of way in England & Wales, can be understandably controversial. This article will not explore the [more…]

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Bonnie Prince Billy – Keeping Secrets will Destroy You (2023)

12th April 2024 Going Postal 1721 Comments

A friend and I, in an effort to broaden our musical appreciation, agreed to listen to and review albums we would never normally listen to. Due to the effort this involved, the scope broadened after [more…]

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The National – The First Two Pages of Frankenstein (2023)

29th March 2024 Going Postal 2065 Comments

A friend and I, in an effort to broaden our musical appreciation, agreed to listen to and review albums we would never normally listen to. Due to the effort this involved, the scope broadened after [more…]

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The Young Gods – L’Eau Rouge (1989)

15th March 2024 Going Postal 2547 Comments

A friend and I, in an effort to broaden our musical appreciation, agreed to listen to and review albums we would never normally listen to. Due to the effort this involved, the scope broadened after [more…]

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Destroyer (Kiss album)

1st March 2024 Going Postal 2398 Comments

Do you remember the scene in Macbeth when he and Banquo meet the witches for the first time and Shakespeare makes Banquo speak words of utter bewilderment: What are these | So withered and so [more…]

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Allan Wachs – Mountain Roads and City Streets (1978)

16th February 2024 Going Postal 2282 Comments

A friend and I, in an effort to broaden our musical appreciation, agreed to listen to and review albums we would never normally listen to. Due to the effort this involved, the scope broadened after [more…]

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Smashing Pumpkins – Atum (Pt. 1) (2022)

2nd February 2024 Going Postal 2583 Comments

A friend and I, in an effort to broaden our musical appreciation, agreed to listen to and review albums we would never normally listen to. Due to the effort this involved, the scope broadened after [more…]

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Iggy Pop – The Idiot (1977)

19th January 2024 Going Postal 2198 Comments

Listening for the first time to a bone fide legend of music comes with more than a small amount of trepidation and expectation. One expects to be immediately impressed, wowed, surprised and entertained; one expects [more…]

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High Vis – Blending (2022)

5th January 2024 Going Postal 2169 Comments

Music of the angry working class has not been commercially supported over the last fifteen years or so. I’ve nothing to back that point up other than anecdotal evidence from perusals of the genres in [more…]

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