ShivSidecar

This longtime RR afficianado went by ShivSidecar on the Guardian’s Readers Recommend site, briefly as SidecarShiv on the Song Bar and now back to ShivSidecar. He has been following the blog since the Dorian Lynskey days. He is coy about his real name but tells us that his handle is an anagram of his real name – two words with five and six letters respectively.

His musical likes include Byrds, Beatles, Velvets, Who, Move, Jam, Clash, Wire, XTC, Beat, Smiths, Hornets Attack Victor Mature… iconoclasts: Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Cale, Eno, Wyatt, Cope, Rundgren, Kate Bush, Richard Thompson, Bevis Frond, White Stripes, Banhart, anybody who can sing in Welsh… folkies: M.Carthy, E.Carthy, S.Collins, many more. 60s psychedelia, 70s reggae, classic soul, Paisley Underground, power pop, Americana, African music. Shiv tells us that he got his first A Lister four weeks after joining RR and got two more A Listers the following week during Dorian’s tenure.

Shiv has been filled the guru’s seat twelve times since 2016.

DateTopicColumnBlog
1Nov. 30, 2016WinterColumnBlog
2Oct. 11, 2017Unexplained PhenomenaColumnBlog
3Oct. 10, 2018IdiomsColumnBlog
4Nov. 20, 2019Different JobsColumnBlog
5July 1, 2020Fallen HeroesColumnBlog
6Nov. 21, 2021BoastingColumnBlog
7May 4, 2022Basement & UndergroundColumnBlog
8Aug. 9, 202219th Century Life ColumnBlog
9Nov. 23, 2022Space TravelColumnBlog
10Mar. 1, 2023ImaginationColumnBlog
11July 5, 2023Sunsets & TwilightColumnBlog
12Nov. 15, 2023Single-mindednessColumnBlog