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It was indeed The Hexagon – Late 80s I would think. Were you there? For Thames Valley Police it was all their Christmases come at once. And their cup truly ran over when they arrested the drummer for giving some […]

Once saw Lemmy storm off stage for exactly the same reason. ‘I haven’t worked in this business for thirty years to have plastic fucking glasses thrown at me’ he stropped. Refused to come back on as well and the p […]

It’s magnificent. Absolutely lives up to its reputation. One of maybe half a dozen albums which place Van Morrison firmly in the pantheon of true greats. But I have never, ever, thought of it as sexy. That said, a […]

yes Lando has said what I was going to – there are some genuinely good and mostly young Labour MPs currently on the backbenches who could come through. And of the older generation Yvette Cooper is showing almost […]

One of his best post 80s albums, and I agree, some great live shows from that band. I didn’t mind Kennedy at all. I recall Leo Greene being a bit of an irritating show off, though Van seemed content to let him be […]

I was £50 man there as well – but I haven’t been that for ages. And therein lies the problem….

It’s interesting. I’d never heard of O9A or Richard Moult and the former look horrendous and the latter at best deluded and moronic. But without wishing to minimise the nastiness of whoever these people are, to […]

It’s been interesting to see how Altrincham has changed over the last ten years or so. An old market town, it was in its uppers – the shopping had been decimated by the Trafford Centre and Manchester City Centre a […]

Can’t beat a bit of Bach on a Sunday morning

Between January 1969 and July 1970, they released Bayou County, Green River, Willy and the Poor Boys and Cosmo’s Factory; Born on the Bayou, Proud Mary, Green River, Bad Moon Rising, Lodi, Wrote a Song For E […]

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Really enjoying David Kinney’s The Dylanologists, in which by writing about weird and wonderful Dylan obsessive he manages to write interestingly about the man himself. Forests have been felled for many t […]

Lucy Worsley. Sigh. Just me then?

Yes, feel the same about this as everyone else. First became aware of him probably thirty years ago when I was at a conference in Cardiff and some of us went to a comedy night T the Chapter (I think). There were […]

I think Tunnel of Love and Tom Joad are the first two Bruce records I would save if the house was on fire. No accounting for different taste, eh?

A great album – Remember being recommended it by someone who was in the record industry who thought I’d like it and he was right. Great time in our household too with two young kids, and it has many happy m […]

Probably just putting two Belfast songwriters together and imagining a link where none exists! At least I didn’t compare you with Van….

I thought it was enjoyable but inevitably pretty superficial given the sheer breadth of ground it had to cover. Was most surprised that there was no acknowledgement at all of the great blues guitarists who in some […]

And here’s that lovely man Rory Gallagher with his take on the same song

That’s great Colin – congratulations and thanks for posting. As well as Bert, a touch of the Andy Whites about the song…