‘When The World Was Flat As A Pancake And Mona Lisa Was Happy As A Clam’.

John Prine said the above was the original title of ‘Big Old Goofy World’.

It’s a song mostly of similies. Anyway, I don’t believe him.

In my settings, I have it set to automatically download purchases(android phone and tablet), but it doesn’t always work. Sometimes I have to download manually.

I remember buying a Justin Townes Earle cd and […]

JJ Cale simply titled his albums numerically for a bit.

Yes, I have seen him many times too(though not as many as 10)and he’s always put on a great show. I like his solo guitar work rather than a band.

I’m glad you like it, but I don’t. I think I played it a couple […]

Danny Boy, is the most famous song to come out of ……….Somerset!

Found this out yesterday.

Steve Earle had his biggest hit with ‘Elland Road’.

Pretenders and again, Neil.

I don’t really like it that much. I loved the free track, ie Rodney Crowell blues thing, and I hoped the rest would be as good. I am not that interested in digital only releases, but heck, it’s for charity, so I […]

I thought I saw Brian McNeill’s name farther up? No? Maybe it was another thread. Anyway, Brian comes from Bothkennar, which is in Falkirk district, which is where I’m from too. He must have lived only a few […]

Gordeana McCullough was a teacher/lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow. One of her former students is an aquaintance of mine and lives just round the corner. She’s quite famous in trad circles……Marie […]

Rab Noakes used to say something along the lines of ‘I do requests, but only if I’m asked’.

Stevie Ray Vaughan has his guitar tech well trained!

I don’t want to spoil anyone’s fun, but I just remembered another watch story.

I asked Derek, my workmate, what he got from his wife for Xmas(about 10 years ago). He said he got an automatic winder for his […]

Amazon music that you haven’t paid for, will only play using the Amazon app. If you have paid for it, you need to download it onto your pc( I don’t know about apple stuff, but assume it’s the same) and burn the […]

Lovely story Podicle! Thanks for that. Made me remember my dad and watch story.

I haven’t worn a watch since my mid twenties(a Seiko, that I probably still have somewhere).

When my dad passed, my mum asked […]

Pirates of the Caribbean have a “Fisher’s Hornpipe”. Not a sea shanty, as it’s an instrumental. We used to play a version tacked on to a fishing song.

Coincidentally, tonight when I plugged in my kettle to make tea, to go with my fish and chips, the plug started smoking black reek. Switched off the kettle, then the socket and unplugged it. Black marks on the […]

Since you mentioned golf course….daisy cutter is a golf shot. One that never gets more than a couple of inches off the ground, but still goes a good distance. Also known as a Sally Gunnell in the old days(ladz banter).

There was someone famous, who hated soundchecks, when, at soundcheck, he’d say ‘this won’t take long, did it?’.

Jerry Douglas maybe?

Fiction – Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart.

This story has just won the 2020 Booker Prize. I usually buy some of the shortlisted books, and in general I find them too deep, or too highbrow for my liking. This is […]