Thin Lizzy – “Emerald”, video, 1977

You know, there’s any number of trendy items backed up on my iPod at the moment. But I just haven’t got to the point where I want to write anything about any of them.

In fact, I’ve been trying to work up enthusiasm about the new Blonde Redhead album all day without any real success. Maybe tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Henry Rollin’s favourite band at the height of their pomp:

Writing about RTX the other day bought Thin Lizzy very much to mind. Thin Lizzy were the band at my school. Everyone went to see them on the Black Rose tour. Except me. I hadn’t listened to them for maybe five years when I turned on Tommy Vance in 1986 and found myself in the middle of a tribute show to Phill Lynott whose huge, passionate heart had finally given up the long fight with smack that had killed the band in the early eighties.

Recently, I’ve been playing “Johnny The Fox” a lot. Maybe “23″ will have to wait a little longer.