I know it’s part of his appeal, but I never massively got into Bod Dylan because of his sneery manner. I’m sure there are a thousand songs where he’s lovely/tender/romantic, but he always sounds like a rather […]

Drunk Again by Rab Noakes is one of the great ‘drunk’ songs. He’s also done a fantastic version of Gerry Rafferty’s Moonlight and Gold – it’s somewhere on YouTube.

That Bob Dylan song, Make you Feel my Love, is melodically very similar to a classical piece, although I can’t bloody remember which one! It’s a pretty neat trick, as they can’t sue – a tactic Lord Admiral Andy […]

Yep, I’ve always thought they were pretty similar. See also One Way by the Levellers, which seems to lean on Refugee quite a bit.

I’ll be getting my grubby mitts on a copy – cheers for this. If I knew how to do that thumbs-up emoji thing, I’d be doing it right now.

I saw it at the Manchester Cornerhouse a few years’ ago (before they relocated to the sparkly-but-corporate Home venue). They had an intermission, but no ice cream, sadly.

A great, great film…O’Toole’s […]

Great review: I really enjoyed that.

One of those ‘I Love….’ shows was on last week (filmed in about 1998, judging by how young all the contributors looked). The featured year was 1986, and Patsy Kensit was […]

In one of his books/diaries, Palin seems rather obsessed with getting a gong. This made me think a lot less of him. I hope he’s happy now he’s got one.

Have I imagined this, or did Radio 2’s Mark Radcliffe curate a sort of ‘best of’ Jonathan Richman a few years’ ago?
That Summer Feeling is the best summer song of them all, in my humble, and frequently bumbling, opinion.

I recall seeing this when I was a kid. I thought, “Who’s that embarrassing old codger?” Russ was only about 36.

Scooby Doo: Daphne was the obvious choice when I was younger, but I bet Velma would be more into craft ale and Velvet Underground b-sides. She’d also own an acoustic guitar and talk dirty in bed. Maybe I need to lie down…

Yep, I couldn’t name a single song of theirs, but didn’t wee Styles do a number called Sign of the Times? I thought it was rather good. Not as good as the similarly-titled Prince number, but fine in an ind […]

I’d strongly advise going on a reputable consumer Internet forum, e.g. moneysavingexpert, as lots of people will have had this issue before. There are often templates for letters regarding this sort of issue. F […]

The genius of that advert is right at the start: the annoying kid reacts to the bell before it’s even rung.

Squeeze don’t make a penny from their back catalogue, I seem to recall. I’m sure I read that, essentially, they got ripped off and their back catalogue was sold to a hedge fund.

For younger bands/singers, getting your song on an advert is part of a business model.

It sounds depressing, but unless you’re Adele, you won’t earn from record sales. You could be in a situation where mil […]

It’s perfect and I love it.

I initially misread that as ‘self-proclaimed dildo’, which is more accurate, in fairness.

Anyone remember dear old Pamela trying to grope/de-trouser poor old Nick Owen on TVAM? She’d get a short prison sentence for that, these days.

There’s certainly a link between social media (of which Twitter is a part of) and mental health issues.

I’ve very rarely ever had a falling out on any online medium, but this could simply be because I lack the […]