I feel that the honours system is most useful in looking at those who have turned down honours – by and large a far more impressive list of people than those who accept

For what it’s worth my take on this whole sorry show is this. I don’t really understood all of the implications of trade tariffs, customs unions, backstops etc and have no real clue as to whether we will be bet […]

Another Low one here. I guess we have more in common here than I thought

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Another Argyle fan here. Attended my first game 50 years ago – 1-0 win over Halifax and I can still remember the goal, a 30 yard screamer from Colin Sullivan. Unfortunately I don’t get down to Home Park more t […]

Sorry for being so predictable but David Byrne was head and shoulders above everyone else this year (and I suspect just about any year)

1 All Melody – Nils Frahm
2 Resolve – Poppy Ackroyd
3 Body – The Necks
4 Your Queen is a Reptile – Sons of Kemet
5 American Utopia- David Byrne
6 Re-member- Ólafur Arnalds
7 Prodigal Son – Ry Cooper
8 […]

Oops!! That’s an F for me

Taking into account your name I would recommend Eminent Hipsters by Donald Fagen. Not really a biography as such but well worth a read

Whenever I leave the house I will regale the family with “Alan Sithee” in honour of Fred Trueman on T’indoor league

Not to mention Batman!!! Puh-leeze!!

Currently about 800 pages into Paul Auster’s 4321, and really enjoying it. It is a long read but worth it, although juggling the 4 strands does take a bit of effort. I haven’t read the Saunders book yet but the […]

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Three words:
House of Cards

Hunky Dory
Low
Station to Station
Scary Monsters
Blackstar

Haven’t posted for a while but here’s my top ten for this year:
1. Blackstar – Bowie
2. Blackened Cities – Melanie de Biasio
3. Lines – Waclaw Zimpel
4. The Still – The Still
5. Trance Frendz – Olafur […]

Many thanks to both of you. Echoing the comments above, this site is my first internet visit every day, and usually my last visit as well

Great post which could end up costing me money. As no one seems to hav claimed the Waclaw Zimpel I will try to put a short review together as it is one of the few that I have heard, ironically as a result of the […]

“I felt a Beano coming on….” Hmmm another Afterword euphemism?