In days of yore (aka medieval Britain), merchants would travel from hamlet to hamlet negotiating with the various Lords, through their Stewards and Bailiffs, in order to provide chain mail, iron braces and cladding for drawbridges, and reinforcements for battlements. Often, the merchant would barter for food, tools, or other supplies. The most famous of…

Randy simply will not get over the title of this album. He just can’t deal with the fact that an album called “Jazz” features no jazz. There’s plenty of rock n roll, a wee bit of vaudeville, there’s some proto-disco, and a spicy eastern flavour to the title track. But what are we getting from…

When is a song not a song? When is a dog not a dog? When is a hot dog not a hot dog? When is a Champion a Champion? And when is dust just a big old bunch of dead skin, fly legs, sand, grit, and fragments of belly button lint? I won’t lie to…