Music
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My first job during (which is why I only just scraped a BSc Econ) and after university was running a design and print shop in Mayfair, London. I was young and impressionable and the head of the design department was, to me, the coolest thing that had ever lived. He listened to Joy Division a lot, so guess what, so did I

Weather permitting, Paula and I are taking SAKURA down to Dartmouth in a couple of weeks to visit friends who have their boat moored in Noss on Dart Marina, in the next berth but one to them is Bernard Sumners boat.
So I am playing these and reconnecting with my youth.


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@Matt
It is good, still growing on me. But I have to say that I’m still not really feeling the robo voice and (imho, excessive) vocal sampling. I prefer more instrumental tracks with sparse vocal sampling.
But I love these guys nonetheless and am stoked to have a new album after 13 years. -
We let the kids make our recent roadtrip playlist and it was nuts in a good way. The Kinks, Fountains of Wayne, Disney’s Descendants Soundtrack, Wilco, sombr, The Beach Boys, The Cure, Phoebe Bridgers, The Clash, Vampire Weekend, Olivia Rodrigo, Old 97’s. My proudest moment… Descendants soundtrack notwithstanding (and lots of newer acts whose names I can’t remember)
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Fountains of Wayne
I could take or leave the single but welcome interstate managers is a criminally underrated album
https://open.spotify.com/album/6TZp52tXShLQbq8yNMxqNT?si=aJxAtd1LQSKBnK0aJ3um4A

