The majestic Curry Mile used to be one of my favourite parts of Manchester. A seemingly endless procession of curry house, each one touting something slightly different from the rest and many of them open to the pretty early hours. But times and tastes have changed and the strip now seems to mainly consist of Shisha joints and kebab cafes. The flagship restaurants are long gone it seems.to me.

So , am I wrong ? Is there still somewhere I could get a good curry? It’s a significant birthday in a few weeks and I’m planning an early start in some of my favourite pubs and would love to end up early evening with a curry.

Has anyone been recently?

REM : Imitation of life

https://youtu.be/0vqgdSsfqPs?si=LBmp6GICmcfpVgI1

I’m having a Stranglers binge tonight.

The Raven was a great album but not quite up there with Black and White which remains a constant theme in my life.

The first two albums had a mixture of absolutely brilliant tracks with a bit too much filler. I might be wrong, I might be right.

Your thoughts?

Planning your go for a long weekend in March with Mrs Steady to celebrate a significant birthday of mine, hopefully going Thursday evening to sometime on the Sunday. I have been before, a good 20 years as go, on a sensible stag do.

So, recommendations please. Areas to stay , places to go, culture ,food, beer, the usual stuff.

Danke schoen

On the Great Lost Singles thread.

So I can’t view it. I think it’s something to do with lots of You Tube videos as it’s not the first time it’s happened.

It’s annoying, a first world problem for sure. Anyone have any ideas on a cure? I have an iPhone 8 (I think)

Go on, be mean.

The Thompson Twins.

No idea what it is about them, they are just annoying.

2.02 minutes here.

When JJ does a kind of whooormfh with his Baracuda Bass.

Yours will be different no doubt.

Or am I missing something?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy31pk1w0lo

Anyone ever used one of these? Seems a step up possibly from my slightly rickety Vox Amplug, bass version. Lack of wires is appealing though they don’t appear to make one specifically for a root note plodder.

TIA.

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/220815390950008–nux-mighty-plug-pro-headphone-amplifier

I’ve just had a clear out of unwanted mainly music books. A variety of tomes…Joe Strummer, Jah Wobble, those boring Alan Jones books , Me and Grant, various others and also some WW2 books and a decent dictionary!

Get yourself down to the Sue Ryder shop In Ashton on Mersey near Sale.

I quite like the fact that people have come a long way to hear this,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68209691

I write this as a founder member of the club.

Just heard a banger of a song, a Daft Punk track for transparency.

The drummer was doing a full Mel Gaynor, the keyboardist had at leat six different keyboards on the go, the guitarist shredding and widdly-widdlying.

The bassist (if there even was one) meanwhile was playing the occasional note , probably an open E, maybe a G. He might occasionally have caught the guitarist’s eye to check something about “same key, I think.”

So, how do Root Note Plodders get away with it?

Sheesh.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67321319

I’m off in a few weeks (to see China Crisis again) and have never been to the venue despite being in Manchester for a good 30 years or so.

I worked in Bury briefly when I first moved here but have very little recollection of the place and no doubt it’s changed anyway.

So, please, your thoughts on the venue and recommendations for decent pubs (I’m nearly 60..) and curry houses nearby.

Cheers all

Was wondering what has happened to the OMD post by @black-celebration?

Thank you!

I don’t think this has been on here before, my mate sent it to me describing it as a “Yorkshire Spinal Tap” which it isn’t quite. What it is is brilliant, toe curling in places but also a real period piece. Who’s going to be the first to say “It’s why punk had to happen?”

Edith…erm, it appears to end a bit suddenly!

What on earth are you talking about?

40 years ago (Erm, yesterday to be exact,) The Chameleons released their debut album Script of the Bridge.

This is the mighty Second Skin.

I’m off to see them in Bristol this weekend (Thanks to all who gave me recommendations on a previous post…should be an enjoyable weekend!) and I’m not sure what to expect.

They might be playing a couple of their slightly lesser known albums (What price paradise and Diary of a hollow horse,) they might not.

Anyone seen them recently?

Me and my best mate are heading west in a few weeks. We’re seeing China Crisis on a boat on the Friday but have the whole Saturday too and Sunday morning.

So recommendations please. Decent pubs, food (mmm…curry,) S.S. Great Britain?

Quick Edith. My mate has been before but I’ve been meaning to go for years. Last time I was hoping to go I think I found out there was a Sausage restaurant in Bristol..

Thank you!

Getting a lot of, erm, traction on 6Music. Much prefer it to the previous “single.”

Silly me decided not to see them on this tour thinking it couldn’t possibly be as good as last years gig at Albert Halls. Silly me…

And it’s made me happy.

* It hasn’t sadly but a BELGIAN has won the world snooker championship. Chapeaux.