" I ‘ave no truck with nostalgia freaks " - M.E.S. Following on from the 'Container Drivers' Grotesque album and his aural assault on Kay (Older Lover, Slates), Hex Enduction presented the finest collection of Fall tracks from the pre-Brix era. The Classical was lost on me to begin with until it proved itself to be more addictive than chips, an album that punches with a different level of invention compared to what went before. You can hear the remaining members maturing from

Me and the wife were offered passes to the U2 stadium tour in 1987. By far the biggest highlight was the set by The Fall - for us anyway. Standing where we were, the impact of the mixing desk shenanigans was circumvented. Being a decent sort, I wrote to let him know how much I'd enjoyed it. Surprisingly, MES replied. Twice. I received a second one the day after this dropped through my letterbox, MES forgetting that he'd already replied. The second one rambled across five page