Craig Palmer ‘Industrial – Volume 26’ (Network Production Music, 1983)

Somewhere, out there in the infinite multiverse, is a parallel reality version of Duran Duran.

It all began with a black and white photo, chanced upon in a book on the history of 20th century music.

It was overlooked when it came out in 1997. It remains overlooked now. But Sluts’n’Strings & 909’s ‘Carrera’ album is the musical equivalent of an enormous chest brimming with sparkly and glittery things

My introduction to Wes Anderson’s ‘The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou’ began when a friend passed me the film, newly-released on DVD. “You are going to love this,” he said, excitedly.

Prince said we should party like it was 1999, and, as far as we know, he hadn’t even heard the debut album by Middlesbrough’s Space Raiders.