Happened to catch a rather splendid psychedelic wig out by Moon Duo on Radcliffe and Maconie's 6Music programme earlier today, called 'Circles'.

Couldn't find it on a quick shufti round the 'net, but I did find this...

More of the same, which is no bad thing.  It's easy to see why Mark Radcliffe suggested Suicide-lite and Spaceman 3, although there's also a hint of Iggy & the Stooges in there, or perhaps that's just the one note piano, which is very reminiscent of 'Now I Wanna Be Your Dog'.

Clearly mining the same seam as fellow travelers Wooden Shjips, (which is no surprise as Wooden Shijps guitarist Ripley Johnson is in fact half of Moon Duo, along with Sanae Yamada).  It appears West Coast psychedelia is alive and well in San Francisco. 

Still Censored - after 35 years!

Despite myself, I am enjoying some of the BBC's 'Punk Britannia' coverage - if only as an antidote to the tedious House of Windsor soap opera.

But, listening to the eminently reasonable Gideon Coe's contribution this evening, it was surprising to hear that The Damned's 1976 Peel session - played in full and still sounding stunning - was censored.  The F-word being rather more subtlety edited out than the traditional BBC beep that graced it at the time of the original broadcast.  But censored it was.

Apparently the word fuck is not acceptable at almost 10 o'clock at night on 6music.

Hmm, what exactly has punk rock changed then?