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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Exceptional feature on an artist who still has much to give. Fudge is an extraordinary album, perhaps his best so far.

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Downward spiral with no handrail?

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Mrs Hutchie always feared that if I ever listened to it I might become a Floyd fan. About a decade ago I gave it a try. Nothing, absolutely zilch. Then I tried The Wall. Unbearable from soup to nuts. I will never be a Floyd fan.

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The great innovation brought to rock’n’roll by Buddy Holly was that no two songs should sound alike, a rule later wisely followed by The Beatles. The same could not be said about his record label’s art director. Happy 90th birthday to one of the great originators.

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Having spent an afternoon chatting with them after their Jazz Cafe show, I’m all in. Behind the scenes, Daptone have never been quite this excited about a release

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

“We don’t need no ICE. We don’t need no kings. We don’t need no men telling women what they can do with their bodies.” Mavis Staples, speaking truth to power at Union Chapel this week. No kings, but God save this queen …

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Saw it and thought of you! Not me, obviously

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

They were folkies rather jazzers, but definitely not beatniks, sadly

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I wish we did look equally cool - me on my first Vespa in 85 versus my mum and aunt on my parents’ Perilla in 1958. No question who looks cooler. The parents regularly took the scoot to Stonehaven from the Sou’side and once went to Torquay on it. Just once, mind

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Honestly, I went by the votes, tried to tell the story using the 28 albums that got nominations … it wasn’t the easiest task ever. Hope I got it nearly right

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Leftovers? Wasn’t too bad an evening - ended with face painting and football, of course. Get Dec 19 in the diary …

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I like every band that ever said they were influenced by Big Star, but cannot be doing with Big Star

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Just had a government message telling us to stay indoors. How is your weather?

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I doubt it was 1964, though. They moved to Britain in 1965. Nor Brussels, I don't think they played there. Amsterdam in June 1966, possibly, which was their first European tour.

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Watching Brazil v Morocco on BBC with subtitles on. One of the Brazilians is called Venice Biennale Junior.

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I'm not allowing BVSC - my self-imposed rule is that his name needs to feature prominently on the sleeve - but Timbuktu and River are contenders. But why Paris, Texas over any of the his others, especially when it comes to soundtracks? What makes it the one?

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The next How To Buy in @mojomagazine.bsky.social looks at Ry Cooder’s career. There’s a lot of ground to cover - solo, soundtracks, collaborations- so what albums should we feature and why? Make your voice count …

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

It was actually the menswear legend that is John Simons who renamed the G9 after Peyton Place’s Rodney Harrington (O’Neal). And his shop still sells them

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

… while Borsalino went the other way - a Delon-Belmondo gangster film named after Italy’s most famous hat brand … oh, you are going romp this quiz

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Hancock did - it’s a step down from a top hat, not as formal, so it was a joke, a nod to his belief in his exalted position in the class system. Don’t think Hall’s hats would have been as stiff-brimmed, the 70s were a floppier decade

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Sub-editor who wears hat knowledge: Fedora comes from the name of a French play starting Sarah Bernhardt. Whether or not both still require caps is the sort of afterhours pub debate I miss

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

What does it look like from the front?

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Two sides dents that pinch the crown at the front (same as a fedora but with a narrower brim). The classic men’s hate shape. So definitely not that

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Homburg needs a stiff brim and a gutter dent running the full length of the crown - see Prince’s hat at the George Harrison concert

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Music By was my gateway and your Top 3 must all be contenders - but I twisted your arm and asked ‘why?’ on P&L, what would be your reasoning?

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I’d want all three in my top ten - but if you had to pick one, which would it be and why? I did say this would be tough …

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Pull up some dust and get thinking. @mojomagazine.bsky.social is doing an extra special How to Buy on Ry Cooder - where to begin? Set aside his session work and focus on the albums where his name is prominent and let me have your suggestions and reasoning, please. This is going to be a tough one …

Picture of nine Ry Cooder album sleeves to kick off debate

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MOJO Magazine @mojomagazine.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

“Fisherman’s Blues should have been a triple!” Mike Scott speaks to MOJO about uncovering yet more undiscovered treasure trawled from the sessions for @waterboysmusic.bsky.social’s 1988 masterpiece, Fisherman’s Blues...

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“Fisherman’s Blues should have been a triple!”

The Waterboys' Mike Scott on the discovery of a treasure trove of lost music, trawled from the sessions for the band's 1988 masterpiece, Fisherman’s Blues.

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happy birthday, youngster - hope you have a huge pile of indulgences to get you through to sunset. Hx

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I am planning to say “Hey, it’s Chester”, every time I enter a room from now on. The Brother Wallace LP is a good one

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Seen the new @mojomagazine.bsky.social yet? Interesting wee snippet on Mavis (and Dylan) in Jeff Tweedy's Elvis Costello interview.

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

There’s a new @mojomagazine.bsky.social in the shops today. No spoilers, but Joni is on the cover and I talk Musical Youth, Françoise Hardy, Brother Wallace, Tamikrest, Analog Africa … and here’s a pic of Hutchie with Dutchie.

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

What Anita forgets to say is that everything I know about writing I learnt from her, but chivalry prevents me from telling you when that was …

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Been waiting for the chance to make that joke on the platform it deserves for 44 years. Unfortunately for Mojo, I got finally got it

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Hope you enjoy their tale - the upcoming Needle Mythology album is going to surprise a lot of people

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

20 pages of pub rock! Different times. Oasis! Not so different really

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Remarkably, it’s the 30th anniversary of me joining the @mojomagazine.bsky.social team (I’m not just for Christmas), so this month I got busy with Musical Youth, Brother Wallace, Tamikrest, Analog Africa and Françoise Hardy - and that’s only about 2% of an extremely packed issue …

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I’ve heard a rumour that comp does quite well. Shouldn’t be too long until all is revealed

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David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Good news, but still sending hugs because … well, why the hell not?

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