Munchen? Being Pirates you’d have thought their favourite German venue would’ve been in Aachen.

‘If the kids are united…then they’ll be able to escape from their dyslexic kidnappers’ .’

The Pirates’ Out Of Their Skulls live EP almost causes re-condensed sweat to drip off the ceiling.

France, Versailles, tourists aplenty, royaume famille zero.

If Christmas Eve lasted as long as Barry Mcguire’s Eve of Destruction (50 odd years and counting), then far from it being possible to celebrate christmas every day, it would occur as often as the twelfth of never. […]

Yebbut it’s a double negative. So he can.

My pal Richard Lowe (RIP, gone far too soon) edited Ver Hits in the late 80s, and his favourite Hits-ism was ‘click brrrrr’, used when phones were hung up by popstrels who were riled by the journalists’ questions. […]

Disco 45, and its wannabe Mickey Message, often got lyrics wrong, which is hardly surprising as the record companies didn’t provide them with the words. I still think that Starman goes ‘Don’t tell your poppa or […]

Tres amusant, Moose!

Here y’go….

My favourite County Durham local band in the late 70s was The Showbiz Kids. There’d been a Toy Dolls connection (indeed both bands released versions of ‘She Goes To Finos’, all about not being allowed into wine […]

I’d maybe switch those 3rd and fourth placings. The Chords, though, those kids really were alright.. .

A big factor here is radio listening. From the early 70s ’til the early 80s I was never far from my tranny (which led to all sorts of amusing shenanigans in an era when non-binary was unheard of etc etc) and so, […]

I also saw him in concert, and was mightily impressed. His between song patter was excellent, too. My girlfriend at the time thought he had a cute way of talking.

My most played Spotify songs from the past week..
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I’m a sucker for the north east accent when sung (see also Maximo Park). This is a cracker.

Briefly the best live band in the land, too….

The correct answer is, of course, The Clash’s Complete Control, a non-album single all about being told to release a single from an album. However, in keeping with your ‘How good were The Jam??!’ theme, […]

What sort of trees do Richard Butler and his band have at Christmas?
Psychedelic Firs.

Well worth the ticket, steve. AK is bang on the money and her sunglasses after dark chimed nicely with Richard and brother Tim’s.