Letters From Arcadia
DP Whilst you were being a la carted off to the stocks for the crime of poaching a forty one pound porker a brigade of backwoodsmen from the old country were brewing up the biggest riot since the hayrickers went off a few centuries ago.
Caught By The Reaper
17 August 2008 // Music //Remembrance
JERRY WEXLER, 1917-2008 by Red Kelly, from his excelent blog, ‘The B Side’ There was only one. As the last living link to the glory days at Atlantic Records passes before our eyes, please take a moment with me to reflect on a life well lived. An absolute giant of the ‘Soul Era’, I don’t [...]
Sea Style
16 August 2008 // Caught By... //On Water
I never thought I’d be saying this but hats off to the Telegraph, not only for giving major space to angling writing, but to Chris Yates writing at that. This extract from Chris’s forthcoming book, ‘Out Of The Blue’ from todays Weekend front page; The great advantage of fishing a stretch of coast that requires [...]
Jerry Wexler, R.I.P.
16 August 2008 // Music //Remembrance
Heard the news this morning that Jerry Wexler has passed away. We’ll give him the respect that’s due with a full obit later but for now here’s one of my favorite productions of his; Dusty Springfield doing Barry Mann & Cynthia Weill’s ‘Just A Little Lovin’ from ‘Dusty In Memphis’. 01-just-a-little-lovin
Can Fish Smell? (yes, they can smell bloody awful)
15 August 2008 // Caught By...
Rick Smith from Underworld posted this on their site the other day. I thought it was worth sharing as, in Jeff’s holiday-type-absence, I’ve noticed I’ve posted very little about our piscine friends (I’m the non-angling part of CBTR). Click here to read an American university website talking about fish and their olfactory powers. PS Have [...]
Digging In The Crates
Some music blogs that we’re loving at the moment… first up, this one’s great, somewhere where you’ll find digitized bits that have been discovered in a branch of Oxfam in Dalston. Brilliantly, most of the music is taken off cassette. Treat yourself to everything from scans of early issues of The Face to Russian trance [...]
Cima Verde
There’s a new CD of Chris Watson field recordings available from the Rough Trade shop site: “Brand new and limited edition release from the leading exponent of field recording. watson was invited to explore the acoustic phenomena of Trentino in Northern Italy and capture the atmospheres and sounds of the alpine environment. Watson writes – [...]
Public Lettering In London
The first chapter in Iain Sinclair‘s “Lights Out For The Territory” documents a walking tour round the East End of London taking note of all the signage on the route. It’s an inspirational and revolutionary way of mapping a city you thought you knew everything about. Last week our good friend Mathew Clayton forwarded us [...]
“I Want People To Think I’m Gay”
Great piece on the Arch Drude himself, Julian Cope, in yesterday’s Observer Music Monthly by friend and occasional Caught By The River contributor Jon Savage. Worth pointing out that Cope has a new album available which we’ve not seen mentioned many other places – Christ knows why when it’s got a track called “All The [...]
Caught By The Reaper
11 August 2008 // Music //Remembrance
This is taken from the ever brilliant Stop Smiling magazine – Michael A. Gonzales on Isaac Hayes “Behind every great music critic is an indulgent parent. You know, that long suffering parental unit who didn’t scream when you temporarily changed your forename to Vicious or Elton (as I did in the fifth grade), didn’t curse [...]
