When all this is over Madness should be given Hyde Park for a night next summer and have at it.

I’ve had better fortnights

My father died on March 22nd. He was on a course of chemo for treatable stomach cancer. We were over there a week before he passed. We flew back to Texas on the Sunday while he was […]

Greetings from Texas!

Bit of a mixed bag here. I’ve gone from panic to anger to frustration to contentment to sadness. I’ve decided to stick at grateful. Very lucky to have a steady income and a loving family […]

Inside No 9 is the best thing on telly.

The 12 Days Of Christine is one of the best 30 minutes of TV ever. I was in absolute pieces at the end.

If you’re looking for something seasonal that fits this category, look no farther than “Mixed Nuts”. We watch it every year and it always hits the mark.

Yes! My favourite Carry On. Everybody is terrific in it too.

Bright Eyes by Art Garfunkel is brilliant

Also, Lowry’s song – if only for this verse

Now Lowries hang upon the wall
Beside the greatest of them all
And even the Mona Lisa takes a bow
This tired old man […]

First of all, I think it’s brilliant.

It’s gotten to me in the best way this one has. First listen through and I’m very interested. there’s a lot going on sonically. Empires stands out. But there are little […]

*points NE towards DC*

See, that’s how you do it you spineless bastards.

Reggae Coronation Street.

You’re all megastars compared to me. Prepare for the smallest of small beer.

Memorial Day, 2 years ago in Marion, Illinois.

We attended the ceremony in the cemetery there. There was a 1 minute segment on the […]

I’m particularly enjoying the Peep Show inspired ‘Men With Ven’ flag.

I always refer to Sam as ‘fat Craig Potter’

Souvenir has one of the best song intros ever.

This is a rather splendid oddity. Lot’s of warping and reverse guitars and that.

Re. Birmingham

I think it was St Andrews, but back in the day (late 80’s) in the away end you could go to the gents at the back of the terrace and continue to watch the game while relieving yourself due to the […]

Dan Brown?

The Jimmy Gomez (I think ) mix of ‘Perfect Motion’ is a wonderful, glorious thing and reminds me of very, very happy times.

I was there in 2000. You didn’t have to scale or break through the fence to get in to Glastonbury. There were scams going o at many of the gates, recycling old tickets. I totally believe there were 250,000 people […]

The Gyles Brandreth book is very good IMO