A friend who lives in Frome got in. Got a tip that tickets were about to go on sale and just made it in time. Capacity crowd of 800 or thereabouts apparently. Pandemonium in the town from when he tickets went on […]

I’m guessing a few AW’ers just spontaneously combusted……

If I recall correctly, didn’t the pension lifetime allowance make it fairly pointless to carry on working for some?

And there was a time when you could see a dentist on the NHS. But not any more.

Just heard that he played a club in Frome earlier today. An ecstatic friend managed to get a ticket. Had to hand his phone over for the duration of the gig.

May cleared a no confidence vote but was still gone within 6 months. It will hinge on a replacement candidate going public and then backing from within cabinet.

I can empathise with your post Steve. I have some insight having dealt with a variety of unions, as well as employee councils and other lower calorie versions of organised labour.

All too often I found […]

Don’t fret sausage. I can see a way out of this. And I think, deep down, so can you too.

I’ve never “got” prog so Yes and CTTE don’t mean a great deal to me, but I’m posting this (with some hesitation) as it features Richie Castellano from the current Blue Oyster Cult line up, who is a massive Yes fan […]

“Maybe the notion of a band depends on how important the personalities or the music are central to the group.”

I think that’s spot on. In terms of the personality, watching the Blockheads without Ian D seemed […]

Is reading threads you’re not interested in compulsory now? Must have missed that email.

According to what I was taught, inflation can – in theory – be tackled either by suppression or diversion. The former would rely on price and / or wage controls to reduce spending. The Wilson and Callaghan […]

So you want to make the record companies even richer, whilst at the same time reducing the number of people who can listen to music. Interesting.

The suggestion that streaming subs aren’t high enough is frankly just pish. The income that passes down to recording artists isn’t determined by the streamer – it’s determined by the record company. As is the […]

And how much more of a “realistic” fee (what ever that is) do you think the record companies will pass on?

Exactly this MB – I’ve banged on about this a few times here. I’m not of the view that streaming services are beyond criticism (far from it) but the real issue here is the proportion of streaming revenue that […]

Indeed. I’ve never really understood why people are so keen to say they don’t like something. I assume it’s a form of re-assurance. Most of the musicians feted on here do nothing for me, but I’ve always thought […]

I think it’s an obligation for the UK as a so called first world nation to face into a rolling humanitarian disaster and offer some practical help; to do something more than say “the rules is the rules” and […]

i) I’m Down – The Beatles – I was given “Help” as 7 inch, and this was the B side which I much preferred
(ii) Crazy Horses – The Osmonds – a banging tune both then and now. The album was pretty good too
(iii) Blue […]

Sorry Bingo, but a great many would arrive legally if the Gov’t actually made 10% of the effort to open legal entry channels that they are putting into this Rwandian farce.