Another EMI punk compilation. This one’s called ‘Gary Crowley’s Punk Rock Jukebox’. More Jam, Saints, Damned, Blondie, Motors, Wire. More lettering designed to look like Jamie Reid’s cut-and-paste newspaper jobs. More fucking PINK and YELLOW. Jesus. Do graphic designers have no ideas of their own at all? Stand up and be counted, Alex Creedy, the man responsible. The man with no ideas beyond copying someone else. The man so bereft of imagination he isn’t afraid to parade it.

I love ‘punk’ collections. Will play each and every one. Can’t fault the songs.

Can definitely fault the lack of imagination on the part of the designers, compilers and researchers, however.
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Three nights ago, saw Nick Cave at Hastings Pier: wrote a report for my column in the new Artrocker weekly music paper. David McNamee’s also written an ace review for the new issue of Plan B, and our driver Chris from La Momo has posted his own account, here.

So I think that’s that covered, then.