More Gothic Musings – Part 2 Part Two of my (Personal) History of Goth…and things are starting to get serious…. I remark during the programme that with the benefit of hindsight, I for one am able to enjoy many of the tracks played in this series much more than I…
GnetRadio and app, Friday 28/2 6-8pm Third Stone From The Sun by Keith Pengelley Unexpected Gothic – A View from The Edge of Despair. I have rather surprisingly, had Gothic on my mind… Recently, having conceived of a gothic shaped pit in my life I did what all marginally interested people…

My Third Stone From The Sun show this evening (14/02/25) is unaccompanied by flowers or champagne… …It does arrive, however, with songs that mark the ebb and flow of real relationships. Paul Simon once wrote about “the arc of a love affair”, and we should remember that on this day…

I have, for some time been captivated by the notion of music from the deserts of the United States. This rather dubious affectation initially kicked in around the time of the release U2’s The Joshua Tree which came out to some acclaim in 1987. The sombre photography of Anton Corbijn…