Magnificent. I believe Eddy Grant is the chap in orange.

Oof. This one’s a bit heavy.

Download: The Chase – Propaganda (mp3)

Believe it or not but this is a Joy Division-inspired t-shirt being sold by Disney. I guess I should be outraged at this besmirching of a band that meant so much to me when I was 18 but I just find it funny as I’m too old to have a dog in that fight anymore. I might even get one myself.

Download: Novelty – Joy Division (mp3)

I wouldn’t say that I was a massive fan of Welsh songstress Cate Le Bon (not yet anyway) but I do find her interesting and I do love her voice which sounds like a Nico who is high on fresh country air instead of heroin. This is a rather lovely (but spiky) tune from her new album Cryk.

(PS: Turns out I actually had a mild case of pneumonia last week. Getting better now but bear with me if content is a bit thin here for a little while, I’ve been too busy shivering and coughing up a lung to write anything.)

Bit of a forgotten minor classic this one. This was a one-hit wonder for Mr. Big in 1977, and though they look like poncey Californian hunks with their bare chests and flowing locks, they were actually from London.

(Apologies for my absence this week, I’ve been laid up with the flu)

This is wonderful, and a great document of when the King’s Road was an exciting (and a little scary) place to be. When Ann Wobble says “There’s me!” and the camera zooms in on her younger self I found it quite touching too, you can feel the glow of youth reaching across the years. I’m the same age as her and if I saw film of myself from that year I think I’d be more cringing than delighted.