Category: Abby’s Road

[Abby’s Road] I Got You Covered

Weā€™ve all been there: a friend suggests meeting up at a bar or restaurant before moving on to a show; a place youā€™ve never visited before. My most recent example of this was an Irish pub here in Munich. Such places arenā€™t usually chosen for the music, but for their drink or fattening bar food… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] I Got You Covered

[Abby’s Road] So, you’re keen on music?

My friends, the dear ones, are obviously aware of the music I fancy. Many of my closest relationships over the years were sparked by having a passion for the same records and artists. These people know my collection. Iā€™ve left some of them confused (and annoyed!) in the past, not by what is in my… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] So, you’re keen on music?

[Abby’s Road] Everybody Thinks It’s Oh So Easy

DJs. Disc Jockeys. Disk Jockeys. They are a magical breed of human being. I guess my first experience hearing one (as with many of my contemporaries reading this) would be via FM and AM radio. There were wacky ones, serious list making ones and even fictitious ones who, as a kid, I could aspire to… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] Everybody Thinks It’s Oh So Easy

[Abby’s Road] Mephisto’s Wearing Figure Skates

Ok. So I might have said Iā€™d sell my soul to the devilā€¦or pay any amount of money for tickets and/or flight from the US to the UK for the event I am about to go all crazypants about. Now that it is happening (and I am actually living in Western Europe) I am quaking… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] Mephisto’s Wearing Figure Skates

[Abby’s Road] Crisis Devices

You know how life creeps up and slaps us around once in a while? Just when we think all is going along swimmingly; nothing monumental happening, nothing precariously bad or particularly good, everything just humming along status quo? Whether itā€™s good or bad, I am at my most comfortable at these moments. Then, like an… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] Crisis Devices

[Abby’s Road] Extra Track (and a tacky badge)

Reissues and boxed sets. If youā€™ve been paying any attention to industry news, the world is being completely inundated with them as of late. With the recent 20th birthdays of two of my all-time favorite records by *Primal Scream and Ride it is hard to avoid them. There is one stand out this autumn, however,… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] Extra Track (and a tacky badge)

[Abby’s Road] “Pure Blood Will Kill You”

Well, not YOU you, but some people. Give me a moment to set this up. The last two weeks involved our hanging out with some new friends, a(nother) American/German couple. The expat half of the partnership and I, obviously, had loads in common at the get go. First and foremost, we both left the homeland… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] “Pure Blood Will Kill You”

[Abby’s Road] From the Ridiculous to a Little Less Ridiculous III: The Final Chapter

Or: Films I took Seriously Back in the Day ā€“ a new AR series. This is the third and final installment. See the first two here. Writing about the movies of my youth has been a good time. From the beginning I knew the series would conclude with film #3. But which one? This was… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] From the Ridiculous to a Little Less Ridiculous III: The Final Chapter

[Abby’s Road] From the Ridiculous to a Little Less Ridiculous II

Or: Films I took Seriously Back in the Day ā€“ a new AR series. See the first installment here. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: 1990. The year I began what my father would later refer to as my ā€œsmoking careerā€ and G.H.W. Bush was in the White House.… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] From the Ridiculous to a Little Less Ridiculous II