What a fabulous vid. I’ve a large framed poster of the album cover, it still enthrals as did my elder siblings’ album copy when I were but a dreamy nipper caught up in its depth.

In which case no doubt our Dave will be receiving a hopefully decent consultant’s fee plus maybe even points on worldwide sales.

Hurdy Van Goghy Man, surely?

And this thread is actually on the same blog (sorry, Forum) that recently raised hackles about Van’s new album title?
The shame of it Over The Country Club.

Stewart Lee, who according to the Times is the 41st best stand up ever. Actually so good that it spoils other stand up.

When Harry Infected Sally

Bring Me The Throat Swab of Alfredo Garcia

I interviewed Bill Ward a few years back and he told me that those were his wife’s red tights he was wearing as he’d turned up a bit scruffy for the photo shoot.

How many conspiracy theorists does it take to change a lightbulb?

Do your own research.

There’s more….the gorilla looks down the bar and sees another gorilla nursing a pint. On asking he discovers that gorilla had only paid £5 for their pint so our gorilla complains to the barmaid who says ‘Ah yes […]

Enjoy your podcast a lot and found these two Scary Monsters eps fascinating and fun. This is the Bowie album that when it came out I totally lived with between 15 and 18 years old, a teenage wildlife on the […]

And who is playing Iggy Pop in the Berlin radio play, none other than our own Kerry Shale. It’s quite possible that he went through jars of peanut butter to get into character.

From regular bouts of laptop working in cafes a few years back, it became clear that Magic FM’s automated system played Dancing Queen at the same time each day, almost so as you could set your watch by it. Just b […]

Seconded. Fantastic stuff, a moving piece of work. I had this as 45 at the time.

A fascinating lecture carefully obscured as repartee. Well informed, worn lightly. Thanks both for all the study and thought you put into it. Good craic indeed.

A few years back – in fact so many that I don’t think I knew how to screen shot – the Beeb news site had a headline ‘Mel Gibson Charged With Battery’.

Which is exactly what Lord Snowden said to my mum once – and she refused

Expecting cash in LP anytime now called ‘A Man Who Once Arrested The Beatles – Live!’

Thanks, hadn’t seen this, what a fabulous tribute to a great artist. It’s odd the albums one can land on when it’s the right receptive moment in life,- Fair and Square was the LP that collided with me, a late but […]

I had one Patreon sub to How To Be A Girl, made by the mum of a transgender child, it was pay a small amount per very good podcast though she’s pretty much stopped making them and says she has a presumably more […]