Stoker: “Tell you what, Ron – we’ve all ‘ad enough” Marvellous.

I think the second one might be Suzanne Vega.

Hmmm … the Who gig at the Charlton Athletic ground … wasn’t that the one that was notorious for being INCREDIBLY LOUD?

I’m not surprised that Descartes and Curie had their differences. Marie was interested in a record contract, while René was only interested in le contrat social.

Visiting Poundbury was a surreal experience. The place didn’t look real. It looked like a movie set, a grand experiment. You felt as if you’d just wandered in to the Truman Show. According to Wikipedia, Poundbury […]

The National Trust property Cragside is a nice place to visit – especially if you’re a fan of rhododendrons.

We visited Poundbury last summer. Crikey – what a weird place.

Spatchcocked. Ooh yeah. Tremendous word!

“Back in ’68 in a sweaty club/Before Jimmy’s Machine and The Rocksteady Rub…”

Yep – sounds really good. And I’m delighted to see that that track is included on the 1 CD-compilation ” Lost And Found: Selections From The Lost Albums” – because that’s what I’ll be buying!

Yeah … “Time Indefinite” is a damp squib.

It’s good to see the Jefre Cantu-Ledesma album in there. That’s a nice record.

Remember now, Afterworders – there’s no apostrophe in Lifes Rich Pageant. There SHOULD be one, of course. But there isn’t. That’s how Michael Stipe wanted it. Lifes with no apostrophe. And who are we to argue with […]

Have you read Gurnah’s new one, “Theft”? I’m reading it for the book circle that Kaisfatdad and I are members of. It’s a good’un. I like it.

Indeed so. None creepier.

There’s a Bolognese Emilian word umarèl (standard Italian: umarell) which means an old bloke who hangs around outside construction sites, hands clasped behind his back, offering unwanted advice to the site […]

Elvis Costello’s “I Want You” – a strange choice for a single, admittedly – only made no. 79 in the UK singles chart.

Al Stewart’s On the Border made the Top 30 in the US, so it wasn’t that much of a flop!

Arf!

It’s not something like Saudi Arabia, is it?