YOU CAN PROVE ANYTHING WITH FACTS – IN T-SHIRT FORM !!! - February 2022 February 10th, 2022

Crime is down 14%, but only if you ignore Fraud, which has bloomed under lockdown, in which case it is up. Boris Johnson didn’t attend any parties under lockdown, except all of the ones which he did attend under lockdown. The vaccine could only be developed because we had left the EU, even though it…

FROM THE METRO-LIB-ELITE DESK OF Stewart Lee – NOVOBER 2021 - October 2021 October 30th, 2021

1) KING ROCKER CINEMA TOUR Our labour of love Nightingales rockumentary King Rocker really landed. I arrogantly think it knocks most rockumentaries into a cocked hat and will cheer you up no end in the awful times. “I loved every minute” – Ben Dowell, The Times **** Financial Times **** Chortle “One of the best…

Ten Bob Each Way / Use Your Loaf - February 2021 February 15th, 2021

‘Ten Bob Each Way’ / ‘Use Your Loaf’ is a limited 7” single, featuring a brand-new Nightingales recording, their first since recording their ‘Four Against Fate’ album. Sided with Stewart Lee and Nick Pynn on ‘Use Your Loaf’, that was for a mooted Nightingales tribute album.

Ten Bob Each Way / Use Your Loaf - February 2021 February 15th, 2021

‘Ten Bob Each Way’ / ‘Use Your Loaf’ is a limited 7” single, featuring a brand-new Nightingales recording, their first since recording their ‘Four Against Fate’ album. Sided with Stewart Lee and Nick Pynn on ‘Use Your Loaf’, that was for a mooted Nightingales tribute album.

Pianos, Toys, Music and Noise – Conversations with Steve Beresford - January 2021 January 30th, 2021

I wrote the intro to Andy Hamilton’s hefty new study of the musician Steve Beresford, Pianos, Toys, Music & Noise. Maybe ask your local library to stock it or your dad to buy it! Here’s the info. Steve is a major player in the second wave of British Free Improvisation, a lynchpin of the current…

Various Artists – ISOLATION (2020 EM IN AID OF CARE SVCS/CARD COVER) - January 2021 January 18th, 2021

Released to support the care services during the 2020 Coronavirus outbreak, this exclusive Limited Edition CD features new music from a range of international Electronic Music musicians working together in Isolation! Collated, performed on, engineered and produced by U.K. based EM journalist/musician Mark Jenkins, author of the recently published (and extremely well-received) book: ‘Tangerine Dream:…