I used to keep an eye on a squat belonging to a friend of mine in Dublin back around 1986 while he was over in London. I moved to London in 1987. Anyway I used to wander over occasionally and help myself to his […]

Two out of three. I never could stand the Police. I’ve long been an Edwyn Collins/OJ fan and Simple Minds died for me the day Derek Forbes left.

I had to Google that third band. I’ll listen to more.

Richard Thompson
Mogwai
The Men they couldn’t Hang.

Aztec Camera/ Roddy Frame
Joan as Police Woman
Jonathan Richman

Thanks @Kaisfatdad I’ve been somewhat obsessed with this track over the years. In my head I can hear the perfect mash-up between this track and Jimi Hendrix’s Fire (live at Winterland) with a drum and bass […]

Great choice @Sarah I considered choosing that track too but recalled the dissing of the harmonies by the receiver of one of my compilation CDs in an Afterword CD swap. The curse of perfect pitch apparently. I […]

Overstood

His war poetry is rather good. I didn’t know he was a war poet until I invested in a volume of his poetry.

It’s useful (or its absence) in diagnoses of foetal alcohol syndrome.

Just me then?

“I’ll give you a clue – you live there!”

Apparently the makers of Father Ted wanted Henry Kelly himself for the Henry Sellers character.

“I made the BBC!”

I’ll certainly be giving those a try @seanioio They look great. Thanks.

And finally a Sixties one, also very good…

…and the other one.

Here’s the link. I couldn’t post this yesterday as my kids had control of the Spotify at the time…

Referring back to the original post, I have long described petrichor as “the smell of Mother Nature’s armpit”, a veritable GM Hopkins I am.

As for my favourite word – today it’s uisce – the Irish for water, […]

My two go-to Spotify playlists probably both based on his radio show are Mark Lamarr’s Gods Jukebox and Gods Eternal Jukebox. Thousands of tracks on each, great variety and full of stuff I’d never have encountered […]

I was at the Later recording in 1996 as a guest of the Bluetones. What a great lineup there was that evening – Bo Diddley, ZZ Top, the Bluetones, Stereolab and Bert. I vaguely remember Nigel Kennedy being there. […]

Two Irish bands from the 80s spring to mind.

Two goths and a drum machine supporting Aztec Camera in ’84 introduced themselves as “the name of this band is Ambition in Glass”, to muffled chuckles all round. […]

Funkier than a Mosquito’s Tweeter (live) – Nine Simone

Niiiicccceeee!

It was Paul Cleary of the Blades.

Did you ever see the great Ding Dong live in any of his incarnations? Some of the funniest shows I’ve ever seen. Comedy legend.