I didn’t catch them until the Jailbreak tour, and then again a few times after. With the exception of an only OK set at Reading Festival in ’78 they were exceptional.

Funnily enough in the late 70’s I saw Huey support Thin Lizzy. Also a bit meh then too. Graham Parker had been Lizzy’s previous support which fell pretty flat.

Others I’ve seen include Japan dying on their arse […]

I didn’t watch League of Gentlemen and only know Pemberton and Shearsmith through other things they pop up in. Last night I watched “The Referees A W***er” out of curiousity and was taken aback. Several laugh out […]

Except laying off Twitter in her job isn’t an option. You have to be visible, across everything, and immediate. That’s become more important than fact checking and context, sadly. Peston did exactly the same, got […]

The Tory strategy is proving quite effective – find ways to limit and reduce BBC funding (over 75s funding for example) so that they can’t be accused of directly shutting them down, but it slowly dwindles. […]

It’s deja vu, all over again 🙂

Did anyone vote? I did – for Thin Lizzy. It seems you could vote every day – but not more than once that day. And Nine Inch Nails were inducted ahead of them. Bonkers.

I’ve yet to see an explanation of how the […]

Jeff Healey may have made his name as a blue guitarist but he also performed and recorded as a jazz trumpeter.

And then who could forget Ritchie Blackmore’s folk work with Blackmore’s Night? Most of us, it would seem….

I’ve seen the reverse problem where guests are overwhelmed by the band. I’ve think I’ve mentioned this before but I used to attend an annual insurance company bash that would have a music act on straight after a […]

The cynic in me wonders if it’s an attempt to draw viewers to shows that want people to watch .

I wasn’t going to post as it’s all very glum but in solidarity with you and a few others

* also divorced
* having to move home as a consequence (I’m keeping Music Magpie busy even if they are rejecting me […]

I’m surprised The Crown didn’t feature but as far as I can see Netflix don’t reveal the actual viewing numbers other than a 2 minute viewing counts as “watched”. I haven’t seen any of the top 10.

There’s a free specch issue here. Do deleted comments count towards hampers?

No Corbyn doesn’t get to choose. Len McClusky and Jon Lansman do.

Gosh, quite the oasis of festive cheer here isn’t it. I’d be happy to go – Ian Paice, Dave Bronze and Robbie McIntosh would be enough for me, let alone the rest.

A Dave Bronze story – I was in a pub somewhere […]

Dont get any phone calls (myabe being ex-directory helps) but plenty of texts with a link to log in to unfreeze my account. I had a look at one and it was a pretty good copy.

I’ve also had dozens of mails in […]

You, ad nauseum on political threads – you’ll never change an opinion by being rude to people.

You on every thread about reviews – endless snidey jibes.