Loud Women

...And the restorative power of a bloody good club gig.

I have just returned to Yorkshire from five days and six nights in London. A friend kindly offered me use of his house in Islington while he was away in the States, and when I was similarly invited, by the artist, to see Frank Black perform his 1994 double album Teenager of the Year (“the best album Pixies never made” according to the official envelope)…