I was asked to put up a few posters, pretty benign stuff, about keeping your distance/being considerate etc. in our village. Put them up Friday, afternoon – of the ten, five have been ripped down … and the s […]

My local is a St. Austell’s in a tourist trap. The best drinks are Proper Job and H.S.D., they’re about £4.20 a pint, maybe more since the enforced lay-off.
People don’t get outrageously drunk, because they can’t […]

Rees-Smug (born 1969, don’t laugh) thinks we should drink a yard of ale.
I’m gutted, I’d prepared him a mug of instant coffee, made in the Gareth Hunt way.

As soon as the word “cocaine” appears, I stop reading, watching or listening.

Saw the film about Jim Marshall at the beginning of the year .. didn’t seem the biggest laugh in the world, but undeniably was there […]

Bootlegs … hmmm … the one, it’s only ‘one,’ good thing about the 21st Century is the ability to not only be able to access the past, but to be able to access the past “well” … see “Basement Tapes,” “Smil […]

The phrase “Is it Rolling, Bob?” is arguably the most quoted in his career, from one of his least-regarded, even though it’s one of his best, albums.

Also, doesn’t the phrase relate to the producer Bob […]

I’ve had quite a few conversations on this, and the biggest disconnect seems to be:
Restricting freedom of movement = “great!” … “oh, does that mean the other way, too?”

I’ve been amazed how many people r […]

Ahhhhh ….
“… in under thirty minutes.” Music to my ears.

My no. 1 question in assessing whether something, anything, should warrant my attention is “When was it?”
My second question is “How long is it?”
There i […]

I felt April and May warranted a light touch.
Summery music, to stop me getting on a train, getting on a tube, getting on a bus, and running to head-butt Dominic Cummings (born 1971, don’t laugh), so it was Beach […]

What would that piece of puss Stanley Johnson advise us to do?

Hmm … right … I think I know … I’m going to do the opposite.

I like him … one or two of his rants first thing in the morning is just what the doctor ordered.
The one about swearing in Salford Quays (who wouldn’t f***** swear if they found themselves in Salford f**** Q […]

The answer to this question is “No.”

Play Rock ‘n’ Roll for f***’s sake!
Isn’t this just a play on the Stephen Fry line “there are some days when only the Spice Girls will do?”
What about Captain Beefheart?

Anyone going to play them something (erm … if this was “all available,” they’d already know this stuff, surely?) from the Golden Age?

And just think … if, say, W.H. Smith, a store in which many people, who might be interested in purchasing a Dylan CD, regularly shop, stocked said Dylan CD, at a time when there are “no” record shops, they would s […]

Well, today there’s been an inference that you’re only a great side if you follow it up with multiple titles. In the case of Liverpool, Man. Utd. etc., maybe.

Leicester winning the league in 2016 – once – beats […]

The “30 years of hurt” angle is a bit shallow if in that time you’ve won 2 European Cups, F.A. Cups, U.E.F.A. Cups and whatever else.
The media really “get” this, though, in a way they completely missed Leicester […]

Wembley’s a weird one.
About 95% of London Transport travellers use Wembley Park station, it’s a nightmare.
Meanwhile, about 5% use Wembley Central, which happens to be about 15 minutes closer to the ground!
If […]

I’d completely forgotten this until last night, but I was at Anfield the last time they won it.

A fantastically fortunate 2-1 win v. Q.P.R., including the customary Liverpool penalty, this particular one – for a […]

That’s the one.
“Jealous of” … 1980s / Genesis / Wall Street / Porsches.

What a f****** spanner, even for a dodger.

True enough, but the original comments re: Invisible Touch were so shite.

Has anyone got them to hand?