I have decided not to sign up for it.

But Abergavenny Thursday’s Law states that when any opportunity to be financially successful presents itself, I will always turn it down. Conclusion: Initiative Q must be a […]

Of all the Yes shirts Lady Gaga could wear in the film… Tormato? 😕

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I have a few of these lush Macca reimaginings from the archives, but I don’t think these two are essential enough and I’m close to skint right now [Wife’s voice: You spent £200 on a Steve Hillage box set, you […]

I guess ruffers is being ironic (costive, Holmes?), but I like them a lot. Kind of a glam Syd Arthur.
The Rundgren comparison is obviously appropriate, they’re vocal fans of his. Todd’s on their new album, and […]

So Abacab cancelled out everything before it?

Sniffy review, did not like. But fair enough, you probably don’t like (e.g.) Brian Bennett’s ‘Image’ either, but it’s beautiful.

I’ll often moan to my wife that the wood pigeon is bogarting the bird table, or harshing the collared dove’s mellow.
Staring at the garden is the nearest thing to tripping for me now.

Agree totally on the fake ovations that are constantly inserted. It wouldn’t sound particularly realistic if this was a US venue, but a current British audience of Yes fans simply doesn’t cheer en masse every […]

Henry Winkler might be the best random celeb vox pop of them all, in a story about the expansion of Heathrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoNod701bhU

Nice to see Jon Anderson in the opening minutes there on a different unamused astral plane altogether, as Wakeman and Jones exchange witless inanities about skidmarks in underwear.
Perhaps Anderson was musing […]

“Strengths?”
~ Too many to mention.

“Weaknesses?”
~ None.

“Suggestions going forward?”
~ Everything’s fine.

Not exactly diverging melodies, but there’s a great moment 2m30s into Todd Rundgren’s ‘The Last Ride’ – his main vocal “Horizons east and skylines west / The moon, the sun and all the rest” is interlaced with his […]

This is a just a demo, isn’t it? It’s not dreadful, but it’s not prog either. Which pretty much describes all Yes product for the last 35 years.
Chris Squire’s death was a Rubicon. I don’t mind ‘Yes’ as a brand […]

From 6 July the chart has included youtube plays, so I guess people watching the official video accounts for most of it.

Apologies to Dai for the crossed wires. I immediately thought of the later series when you mentioned ATV – clips and full episodes of that are acquirable in the usual places.
The 1956 ITV show was, strictly […]

The ATV series has its moments, but it certainly didn’t precede the BBC TV series. It came after his two feature films.

Hic, haec, hoc. (If you can’t be pedantic about Latin in comedy it’s a very poor show.)

Love his boasting about his wartime experiences in The Reunion Party. He and his friends descending via just the one […]

Ah, sorry for the crossed wires. I certainly rate it ahead of Olias, but that’s still my second favourite of the Yes hiatus solo albums. Beginnings, Ramshackled and The Story of i all have nice moments, but how I […]

I was being light-hearted about Olias seeing as no one had yet defended it, hence the silly “so there!”. If you don’t like airy-fairy cosmic stuff, you’re obviously not going to like Olias, but I think it’s […]

Superb album, but I’m not sure I’ll buy this edition. For a start, the extra music is nothing new, and I’m not a 5.1 aficionado. The current Prog magazine is a FOOW/Yes special with some photos I haven’t seen […]