Update time:
Here I am in Glasgow for the first time in my life. Just got here.
Managed to go into a pub (the Ben Nevis on Argyle St in Finnieston), order a pint, drink it and get out without some well-hard guy […]

You’re a better man than I, SteveT.
Oysters? Nah, they’re a step too far…

After reading and enjoying “Clothes Music Boys” etc by Viv Albertine, I presumed that she wouldn’t have another excellent book in her.
How wrong I was. “To Throw Away Unopened” was even better. Quite superb, in fact.

Barbra Streisand

Barbra. I know that’s the correct spelling, but for me that name is one letter too short.
There should be another ‘a’ directly after the second ‘b’. I suspect someone has already pointed this […]

Blimey … that’s a coincidence. I’ve just had a letter from our Subaru main dealer recalling our car about this airbag business. I was going to just ignore it …. but maybe I shouldn’t.

Sushi.
Before: nah!
Now: huzzah! – it’s got to be just about the best raw-fish-on-a-block-of-rice sort of dish there is!

A cool pic of your hotel room, Stevie.
I trust that no one came in through the bathroom window…

The Saints Are Coming – The Best Of The Skids

21 tracks on one CD. Top quality from beginning to end.

“Death to the Pixies”

That’s the one.

Erm … wasn’t it 10 Bloody Marys, rather than Hail Marys?

Re. Substance

One thing I do remember about that two-CD set was that it did not come in a modern, slimline 2CD case which is only as deep as a standard 1CD jewel case. Oh no. It came in one of those […]

I know I wasn’t alone among Afterworders in loving Nat Birchall and Al Breadwinner’s outstanding jazz/dub set “Sounds Almighty” last year.

Well, the good news is that on July 26, there’s a (sort of) follow-up […]

“Great Days” by John Prine.

That’ll do nicely.

No.1 might be David Essex’s “Gonna Make You a Star”, possibly?

I reckon no.5 might be ELO’s “Don’t Bring Me Down”.

“Backbeat”, possibly? (with Ian Hart reprising his turn as John Lennon)

I like the fact that Karl Dallas was named Karl after Karl Marx. Interesting bit of information.

Yes, the list reminded me to investigate the new Laura Cannell album, “The Sky Untuned”, which was holding down the coveted no. 78 spot in the Quietus chart. I always like Ms Cannell’s work.

Perhaps she could give Van Morrison a few tips for the occasions that he sticks his harmonica down the back of his trousers? I’m sure the Glastonbury public would be keen to hear a delightful harmonic solo on […]

Yes, I’m a subscriber to The Wire, and it seems to be doing all right, as well … which is strange, considering that the content it covers is just about the most willfully obscure, non-commercial, avant garde, […]