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David McK (3929 KP) rated Moon over Soho (Rivers of London #2) in Books

Oct 4, 2026  
Moon over Soho (Rivers of London #2)
Moon over Soho (Rivers of London #2)
Ben Aaronovitch | 2011
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
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Second entry in Ben Aaronovitch's 'River of London' series of urban fantasy novels, following a young police officer in Londons Met Police who discovered, in the previous novel ('Rivers of London') that there is also a division that looks after supernatural events; said division now only consisting of himself (as an apprentice) and his wizardly boss.

In this entry - which does, loosely, deal with the fallout from the previous novel - Peter Grant finds himself investigating the death of a Jazz musician, which eventually ties back to his own father's failed musical career and certain (here, unknowing and unwitting) 'creatures of the night' whose description begins with a V...

Not as good, IMO, as the first entry.
  
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Thundercat recommended The Chick Corea Elektric Band by The Chick Corea Elektric Band in Music (curated)

 
The Chick Corea Elektric Band by The Chick Corea Elektric Band
The Chick Corea Elektric Band by The Chick Corea Elektric Band
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"This goes back to when I was a child, and me and my older brother were in the house together. This is the era video games come into play too, because this is where me and my brother started fighting over the TV and what's being played loud in the house. This was me and my brother fighting over the over Nintendo and Sega Genesis, while he's practising on a drum pillow. Dave Weckl was a massive musician to us when we were young, and John Patitucci, we were into him a little bit, and Frank Gambale of course. We would listen to this album a bit religiously – this is how we wanted our instruments. We would play with this and we would learn the album. I actually wasn't excited about this album until my later years, because it being tied to such an emotional place. When I got of age and realised how important this album was, I revisited it and there's nothing like it still, sonically. For who it was and what it did, there's nothing like this album. There's actually a moment where I do get synaesthesia from this album, it's somewhere between 'No Zone' and 'India Town'. I literally remember standing up in front of TV playing The Karate Kid, and I remember listening to this and feeling so happy, I felt weightless. This is me, the musician, the one that was practicing, playing jazz band. I didn't know too much about anything, but I knew that I couldn't play Nintendo without Chick Corea in the background."

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Biff Byford recommended Van Halen by Van Halen in Music (curated)

 
Van Halen by Van Halen
Van Halen by Van Halen
1978 | Rock
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"For any musician – not so much vocalists, but anyone who played guitar – when this came out it changed everything. I went to see them at the Rainbow in London, because I missed them supporting Black Sabbath. We were making our first album in London at the time and they were unbelievable: it was a West Coast rock & roll party and a new era in guitar playing. I had never seen anything like it before. Then all the glam metal bands copied Van Halen, because they were the first of the hair metal bands, selling sex. That’s really how they looked. ‘Running WIth The Devil’ is a fucking fantastic rock song – not quite as good as ‘Smoke On The Water’, but not far off."

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