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50/50, which is why I’m unusually hyped for what should be a good scrap. Though neither side will beat Spain on Sunday.

Wearing my ‘World In Motion… New Order’ T-Shirt at work today. 20 something colleague: “What’s that about?” 😭

Dexys played Jackie Wilson Said a second time when I saw them in Wolverhampton on their last tour. Though a look at Setlist FM suggests they didn’t do it on other nights.

I am not sure how this ended up in the wrong thread! Apologies.

I can’t sing at all, but that doesn’t stop me belting out some old favourites most days on the drive home when I have the car to myself. I usually have to go down an octave from the recorded version though, high […]

My son watches a YouTube channel where every video ends with a clip from this. It’s now a firm household favourite:

In 2024 Readers Digest ceased operations in the UK, but you can still buy a print edition 6 times a year in the US. When I were a lad, every waiting room was dotted with them.

1980s Radiohead anyone?

When did fandoms become a thing? It’s not enough to like a musical act now, you have to support them blindly like a football team. And woe betide you if you suggest that while you continue to love a band or […]

“Little pockets of space”. Michael Spicer has lampooned this beautifully on YouTube.

Oh god yes, I came to post similar. I’ve taken to posting barely disguised snark on there which may not do my career prospects any good. Recently I shared a poem I’d written there: Here’s something you need to […]

We said goodbye to my dad yesterday. There was of course much sadness, but also much celebration for a well loved man. Dad loved vintage aircraft, so the music as we filed out of the crematorium was the […]

I spent a very enjoyable evening last year attending a double bill of Brian Bilston and Henry Normal. Both have a similar poetic style, mixing light hearted verse with more gently political material, and Henry […]

“Remember that most of these songs made it through a semi-final… There are songs that didn’t” 🤣

I’m enjoying it. Banger from Bulgaria and top nonsense from Greece are my favourites so far.

Wild Silk – Visions of a Plastic Sky The Box Tops – Rollin’ in my Sleep Super Furry Animals – It’s not the End of the World? Quantic – Theme from Selva The Hollies – Stop Stop Stop Not listened to any of […]

There’s always fun to be had in adverts made for other markets in a pre-YouTube era, on the understanding they wouldn’t be seen elsewhere. Here’s James Brown selling noodles:

Cheeky Rhapsody

Congratulations! Always remember that whatever went wrong on the big day, you’ll laugh about it in years to come. Similar shenanigans at my own big day. We were meant to have Pachabel’s Canon for my wife’s […]