If great press translated to negotiable currency, Tommy Keene would have Bill Gates for a personal assistant and pay him weekly out of petty cash. He's been called a potential star so many times, NASA has photographed him with the Hubble telescope. This two-disc package is a chronological core sample of much of Keene's recorded history.   

If great press translated to negotiable currency, Tommy Keene would have Bill Gates for a personal assistant and pay him weekly out of petty cash. He's been called a potential star so many times, NASA has photographed him with the Hubble telescope. Find the proof on 'Tommy Keene You Hear Me: A Retrospective 1983-2009' (the title being an allusional pun on the seminal Rock opera by The Who, one of Keene's biggest avowed influences).  

The release sheets continue to fatten nicely, so there's plenty to talk about this week. I'm checking out new albums by Robyn Hitchcock's The Venus 3 side project, Morrissey, Tommy Keene and Gurf Morlix, plus some classic Manfred Mann platters.