The btl comments in the truly execrable Brighton & Hove Argus present, as Dr Volume says, a bleak world. Worse, they open the comments for pretty much any story, including rape trials.
In different times, as a […]

Stiff Little Fingers, Dunelm House, Durham University, 1979. Supported by The Donkeys, who, a few years later, changed to being The Donkees.

I was 15, just, and went with my school mate Dave Robson, whom I last […]

Bella Union record and coffee shop, usually staffed by the ever so pleasant Simon Raymonde, is along an adjoining ‘twitten’. I suspect he regularly has to give directions to ageing mods eager to take their […]

Agreed re The Spinners UK. Though I was hellbent on being transported to Planet Glam in ’73, I also had a soft spot for their songs and schtick.
There’s something about them, similar to something about The […]

The Spinners were also the first band I saw in concert. I’d have been about 9, and it would have been around 1973. After the show (at Newcastle City Hall), I was persuaded to wait at the stage door and get their […]

There’s something of the ‘Unfortunately….fortunately..’ game about so many of the defining moments of my life. Getting together with and then marrying probably the most unsuitable woman who wasn’t in prison led […]

Stiff Little Fingers, Dunelm House, Durham 1979 – age 14, 1st gig, 1st song Suspect Device. Nothing would ever be the same again.

Echo & The Bunnymen, Hammersmith Palais, London 1981 – the band in their pomp, […]

Great stuff. Cheers, Unk.

Not quite fitting with the rest of the thread, what with this being two fellers, but so what etc. Rarely ever heard, what with PJ putting the kibosh on the album being released…

First sentence aside, I think you might be me.
Series 3 of Mum, and especially that final episode, near perfection. The silence of the old mother in law, usually prone to something foul mouthed, in the outdoor […]

Malcolm Gerrie seemed sure it was their first telly. ‘Fookin’ unbelievable, man, they look like nothing you’ve seen or fookin’ heard. Two of them there is’
Mind you, the musical knowledge at Tyne Tees wasn’t […]

I’d forgotten how good that Tube performance was. And odd to hear Paula’s intro at the top, previewing the next week’s show. I was there for it, the highlight being the very first telly appearance by The […]

Someone had to….

He knew how to open a novel, did AB. I give you ‘”Pfffrrrummmp.” from the Enderby trilogy.

That’s great. McDowell having a day off from playing the bass for Hello.

I’ve been checking when it’s next on. Sunday, Monday, apparently.

Don Cherry was the best maraschino trumpeter.

Too true. I spent quite a bit of time with Eubank in the lead up to his fight with Joe Calzaghe. If you remember, it was supposed to be Steve Collins vs Joe, but Collins only went and retired, and so it became […]