Just beautiful. I love trees. Trees all day for me. ‘Trees’, by Tomioka Soichiro, 1961.
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At various times over the years, if I was asked who was my favourite band, I might have said the Rolling Stones. I will probably say the Rolling Stones again one day. In many ways they epitomise rock & roll. But I haven’t listened to them for absolutely ages and have no intention of doing so either.
A fantastic book - as much social history as anything else.
Mark DoyleIf you've read the Guardian's list of 40 best Kinks songs and are looking for a little more insight into Ray's songwriting and other things, might I humbly (well, not so humbly) recommend this little book by me: reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/the-kinks