One of those will be high on my list when I get round to posting it.

Yes adding Alison Janney as Vice President was a master stroke in a series which has got better and better as it’s gone on and the actors and scriptwriters have settled in to their roles. Its preposterous but v […]

Had completely missed that Rob Vincent had a new album out this year. Must investigate.

Glenn. Probably the greatest player I have ever seen live – remember seeing him single handly make fools of Newcastle United once. Magnificent.

This. Still don’t know what a false nine or playing in the pocket are, but I am pretty sure neither of them exist at Altrincham FC

Lovely stuff Tiggs. The video offers me the reminder I need from time to time that its Laura NE-ro, not NI-ro as I had always assumed.

Agreed that the failure to properly deal with this when there have been complaints before is a major issue. And from the reported comments of some of the women I think frustration at that – at not being heard and […]

I was inclined initially to take the view that this was one for a warning, and apology and no more. But three things have happened since the initial complaints. Firstly more complaints (of a similar nature) have […]

I haven’t heard the record but I’m absolutely made up for Ex-Easter Island – whether you like their music or not, the way they have taken their own musical direction without compromise over a number of years is […]

Crazy name, crazy venue. I have seen concerts there with decent sound (The Who comes to mind) but as with all these places it is utterly soulless. Not as bad as the MEN Arena (which i think is called the AO these […]

I was at that Margo Price gig as well – jolly good it was too.

Most recent first, a couple of weeks ago. Seen across around 18 months. Bob Dylan , M and S Bank Arena Liverpool Arooj Aftab, Aviva Studios Manchester Hurray for the Riff Raff, Futureyard, Birkenhead Allison […]

Only fellow traveller I have met is @colin-h who I spent a very pleasant evening with in Belfast back in early 2020 (before the Great Inconvenience struck) at a Nine Below Zero gig followed by a few whiskeys in a […]

This. These academics who insist on viewing Dylan as a poet completely fail to understand that the power of his work comes through the combination of words with music and his own delivery of them. That’s why he c […]

Absolutely love the understatement Jim – feels like a Fast Show sketch. ‘ and then a few friends and I decided to row across the Atlantic. Which was nice…..’ You’ll know all my obvious choices, so a couple […]

Invariably this is down to poor sound engineers who when things start to go wrong panic, try to rescue the situation, and only make it worse. Of course some halls are trickier than others but I’ve lost count of t […]

That, sir, is a magnificent list.

Indeed – listening to the song again the other day it felt more like reportage than satire….

Seen Arooj Aftab was great at the Aviva Studios in Manchester – very cool, and her voice is every bit as miraculous live as it is on record. Couple of trips to the cinema. ‘The Substance’ fell apart a little i […]

Characteristically good from Richard Ford there.