I believe the name Gary has pretty much gone the same way.

10,000 Maniacs: In My Tribe

If only Bingo was still here.

I’ve got a Soundlink Mini or rather my son seems to have taken possession of it. It’s very good, if pricey. My brother was raving about a similar device called MiniRig. They do a couple of models but they gen […]

My son hated having it done but it was effective. Just before he had his eardrum repaired the consultant removed a lump of wax the size of a raisin which had made him all but deaf in one ear.

My son had his ears hoovered several times before he had surgery but it was always done by a consultant at hospital. The olive oil never really did much.

CRACKER BARREL!

@paulwright my wife has a pair of Siemens hearing aids from Specsavers. Eye wateringly expensive, they are better than the NHS ones (less amplification of background noise) but proved difficult to get a […]

I’m always interested in the economics of touring and the music biz. I’m not sure how bands make a decent living really except that they must work really hard and be away from home a lot. For example, a band that […]

They’re doing Worthing soon which seems to have a niche as a place bands mostly play on their way down, which is a shame as someone in the venue is clearly making an effort to book something other than end of the pier stuff.

I tried after seeing their Glastonbury set on the telly box but it didn’t stick. See also The Black Keys.

Throw off your mental chains.

Very good.

You forgot pig bothering.

Bisto Nostalgia: TMFTL

I used to cycle in the City and West End on a Brompton but stopped about 10 years ago but I regularly drive a Sprinter van around and through London. I wouldn’t go back to cycling in London for the reasons you l […]

We have a winner!

Their pies really are tremendous. They only do pie, mash, peas plus coffee and cake.

I used to work regularly at the Mayfair Theatre in London’s glamorous West End where the Christmas show was Sooty for many years. The sound engineer used to get ribbed mercilessly for being Sooty’s sound man.

Noddy Holder’s mirrored top hat?