In a similar vein, about four years ago the BBC filmed a tracking shot of me as part of a local news story. I knew nothing about it until one of the neighbours told me I was on TV.

I would probably give a different answer each time I was asked but today it’s: Prefab Sprout – Jordan: The Comeback Josh Rouse – Nashville Shelby Lynne – Just a Little Lovin’

Did it get you in shape, and if so which one?

I used to go to the gym a lot when I was younger. These days I walk quite a lot, I also have a weights bench and weights that I would normally use two or three times a week but they’re currently in storage as we a […]

I would add Alice Cooper and Steely Dan to your list as you’re going up to 74 and early Dan is a bit rock.

Live dangerously and get the three year one. It’s £35 for one year anyway. Risk versus reward I suppose. We need someone dull to come up with the optimal solution. It can also provide a relatively early ex […]

You can buy a senior railcard which costs £80 for three years and gets you a third off ticket prices.

There’s a whole load of Gretchen Peters songs that fit the bill but I will go with Five Minutes: I’ve got five minutes to sneak a cigarette Five minutes to myself Back behind the screen door of Andy’s l […]

We sensibly stuck to some tea and coffee from Pumphries.

I was in there last week and one of the butchers did have a big sign up advertising tripe. I idly wondered who buys the stuff.

In the same vein as @FreddySteady I was going to suggest something by the Cocteau Twins or possibly REM’S Murmur.

And here. I think I made it to about page 50 before giving up due to a combination of boredom and disbelief that he could remember, word for word, conversations he had when he was five or six.

So he went from one upright to another so to speak.

When I was growing up my parents had friends with the surname Onion who used to insist it was pronounced ‘on yon’ because it was French. Digressing further, I once work somewhere that employed two brothers who […]

Back in 72 when I was 13 I bought a pair of crushed velvet loons from the small ads and had the piss taken out of me mercilessly. I failed to learn my lesson and a year or so later bought a jacket that looked […]

It was all going so well until that last sentence…

Still up after five years? Whatever happened to Moose.

For me, apart from try before you buy, things like this and Tracks 2 is what subscribing to Tidal is for.

I had a look at her website, she seems to like doing songwriting workshops but her last blog entry was August 2022 where she wrote about stopping touring but still making music. Maybe she’s quietly decided to p […]

Gretchen Peters. I know she’s stopped touring and just does the odd show, mainly in the US but her last couple of releases have been a live album and one of Mickey Newbury covers. Her last album of original m […]