Back in the early 80’s, the great Zaheer Abbas was one of the first batsmen to score 1,000 first class runs in the cricket season. After he posted yet another century, The Guardian headline was: “Happy Day, Zah […]

3. Born in or around Wigan

My Dad retired, as a teacher, in the August before he turned 60 in the December. He then had 30 years of retirement, though Alzheimer’s gradually diminished his final decade. Thanks to their superannuated t […]

I remember reading an interview with a photographer of the famous; I think it might have been Eve Arnold. She was walking down the street with her subject, Miss Monroe. She was surprised that nobody seemed to […]

Propaganda kick off A Secret Wish with Edgar Allen Poe: “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream”.

Nick Mulvey’s Cucurucu is basically DH Lawrence’s Piano with a few extra twiddles.

Of course, […]

Blondie?

4 Grace Jones?

Another cod war?

That’ll be good. We lost the first three to Iceland. As we were constantly reminded when on holiday there 30 years ago.

I should be in the first group to receive the vaccine and I can’t wait. MrsG is jealous that I’ll get it first.

Lou Reed has “circumlocution” in ‘There is no time’.

They also used” Holimakittiloukachichichi” in a song for our times but I think they made it up.

Hurricane

And from MrsG

Fever, due to the pandemic.

Keep your distance, due to the pandemic.

This town ain’t big enough for both of us, due to the pandemic.

I don’t know that I would call it a “great” album; it’s just one I keep returning to and enjoying.

Struggled with this one. Putting the top ten in order would be a step too far, so 5 points all round.

Aerial – Kate Bush
Butterfly House – The Coral
Carrie and Lowell – Sufjan Stevens
Cole’s Corner – R […]

I use my iPods all the time. I have two Classics. Sadly, even with two, I can’t get all my music on them but I can get most of it. They plug directly into my car and that’s how I listen to podcasts as well as […]

Forever Changes?

A Farewell to Kings

Pet Sounds. (Set pounds is the Spoonerism.)