in this big world I'm lonely

Fallen head over heels with this...



At £500 it's a little out of the price range I have of ZERO POUNDS, but still, you've got to have dreams - imagine that thing whirring away while I bash out some licks on my 1978 guitar and 1979 amp. Luddite? Moi?

My housemate pointed out the paradox in my argument that going back to older equipment can be considered 'breaking the mould'. Basically, I think anything that adds character to a band or a sound or a recording can only be a good thing - although I admit you're sometimes flirting with pretentiousness.

Listening to Kate Rusby again; I went off her a lot when she released 'The Girl who couldn't fly', partly because I didn't think the songs were up to scratch and partly because it included Roddy Woomble on backing vocals and artwork by Graham Coxon. My musical worlds were colliding and my diversity was at stake. And don't even get me started on the duet with Ronan Keating!

All this aside, her early work is brilliant and 2001's 'Little Lights' is a masterpiece.