The Other Side of the Counter

 


You can find the multitude of stuff I've written about The Fall at The Fall In Fives, and you can buy my book about them, You Must Get Them All, here.

I've also written separate blogs about The Wedding Present and Cinerama.

This blog collects together all my other music writing.


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