Nabokov And His Socks

I've picked the song that always reminds me of summer for Dave Hill's blog today but in case I'm accused of losing my taste, I'm posting this here at the same time as I'm annoying the neighbours by playing one of my favourite Bad Seeds songs at top volume... One of my few prized possessions is concert programme signed by Nick Cave but at this moment I think I'd swap it for a working laptop.

Or perhaps I should just do a Nabokov and write on index cards in my socks.

The Chipster’s Album of the Weekend

Gabby hates this and refuses to be in the same room as me when I'm listening to it, but some things go beyond love. Nick Cave's Bad Seeds have transformed into 'Grinderman', with Cave sporting the type of moustache worn only by serial killers.

The result is a frighteningly good album, harder edged than his more recent work.