no, this really is a music blog

Someone on I Love Music just referred to Patti Smith's 'Redondo Beach' as "cod-reggae". Blasphemy! There's nothing 'cod' about it.

The good news is I now have that tune stuck in my head and it's making me forget the grimness of Britain in December (goodbye, sunshine). We're talking about a tune that can almost fool me into thinking it might be good to smoke marijuana and drink red wine, two forms of intoxicant that I've learnt are really not for me. There's just something about that rhythm, the bob of that beat, like someone floating in surf. "Late afternoon..."

You and me, all we want to be, is lazy.