Really good chat boys – one of the best pods to date (IMHO). Couple of observations – re whats his legacy I agree that early Bruce as well as Bob Seger were definitely listening to Van. Later on so was Adam […]

I must have missed the RSVP !

seconded

Looking forward to this one – Van has been part and parcel of my musical life for a good long while. A couple of years ago I wrote a long piece about him for The Great Albums blog (their podcast is occasionally […]

Slight shift to poor grammar but ‘would of’ and ‘should of’ ??!! What is that all about ?

I watched it this weekend – one of the most astonishing documentaries Ive were seen. Some comparisons with Man on a Wire I guess. The lead up to the climb is well done, you get to know the people and builds the […]

she or rather he was on TV AM this morning. He’s an ‘up and coming’ comedian but cant remember the name

On breakfast tv this morning they were discussing the new term ‘Woke’ which I have to say was a new one on me. It’s all about social awareness – right on!

this is astonishing !

In the words of young Mr Grace ‘ You’ve all done awfully well’ . I thought a musical interlude would nice before we continue

My puerile sense of humour made me guffaw out loud at that

Ghosts is a great shout – the problem that 80s bands had (and in reference to another current thread) was that the ‘wonderful’ new digital production techniques often got in the way of the song.

My offering is […]

Now that was a lovely chat and I actually do own a Hem album – Eveningland. A touch of the Karen Carpenters methinks (thats Hem not you Carolina – although to be fair Ive not heard you sing !)

Are you putting […]

Always a sucker for a dog story. I still have quite a few from when I was a lad including an ancient copy of ‘Lassie Come Home’ and best of all one written in the 19th century called ‘Owd Bob’ which is just a […]

As my good friend @Twang hasn’t really listened to later period TT I made a Spotty playlist for him today – its here for anyone else in the same position and you are interested in seeing what all the fuss is […]

Over the past few years I suspect Ive spent more time thinking about retiring and getting old etc than is really healthy. Im 65 in May and have been working part time for a few years now which I can thoroughly […]

Agree that best to do with others – my wife had been a member of David Loyd for a few years but was rarely using it (I reckoned it worked out at about £20 a swim/gym session !). So last year I decided to join as […]

This ‘rock’ death has hit me harder than almost any other in the last few years. Maybe its the age, 64, which is the same as me – it makes you reflect a little on your own life. I still play of Spirit of Eden […]

Enjoyable listen so far. I didn’t think I was much of music biog fan tbh but then realised that I have quite a collection (although about 50% remain unread – including the intimidatingly thick Costello tome). […]