It’s like a new pair of underwear: at first, it’s constrictive…

Just laughed my way through the MOJO Rising piece on (ahem) “Aussie Ambient Banjoist” Andrew Tuttle [MOJO 322]. The Jazz Club title is everything that’s wrong about chinstroking music journalism. Let’s stop the madness now. I’m an open-minded music listener but this is a giant leap too far. And yes I have listened to it – makes Eno sound like The Stooges.

Stephen Toal, via e-mail