...ONE DAY I'M GOING TO SOAR

....." It's no secret that when reaches his or her forties , maybe fifties , almost certainly his or her sixties and seventies , the world as it presents itself in advertisements , talk , technology , dress , movies , music , money and perhaps most of all manners , the way in which people walk down the street , the way in which they say hello or goodbuy or don't bother to do either ,bemoes an affront to one's entire existance. One may reach a point where one's " life begins to go into the past " -that , or your whole fucking frame of reference "..........
                             Greil Marcus , ' Listening To Van Morrison '

.......Well , I suppose as you get older , modern / contemporary music starts to make less and less sense - ot at least become less interesting. True , the ones who have been there for you all along are still producing music that is relevant - Springsteen's and Ry Cooder's last albums put it to the bankers and the financiers big time , Ry Cooder's new one posts cutting edge citicism of the current state of American politics and the spectre of the extremist right wing ,, Neil Young continues to go his own way .......and Dylan - well you either love him or hate him , but at least he is dealing in some ways with the experience of ageing.....
Other than that the current state of the music scene leaves me cold - nothing new , nothing to interest these ears...........................
....And then something / someone somes along and blows all that out of the water......the new Dexy's album seems to come from somewhere else altogether - another time , another place . Totally barking , totally brilliant - honest , painful , hilarious . Album of the year................Wonderful , timeless ............somone just trying to make sense of it all - life , love , warts and all....................

.........and whilst we are still soaring , a quick shout out for ' Requiem For The Timeless ' , Johnnys Rogan's latest - and greatest - biography of the Byrds ......the notes and discography alone is over 300 pages , and this is just Volume One ...........a fitting epic for my favorite band of all time....................