Demons and Wizards – Uriah Heep
Snow Goose – Camel
Snafu
Nils Lofgren
Any Trouble -Where are all the Nice Girls?

Here, There & Everywhere
I Feel Fine
I Am …sorry, nearly added a third

In another universe (and to be honest with a slightly different voice) Ed Sheehan would be opening for Ron Sexsmith on world tours.

Style and character play their part. Sampras and Lendl seemed machine-like to me, whereas long streaks of Barcelona playing beautiful football or the F1 drivers of the 70s letting it all hang out, opposite locking […]

Bebmbnethfbnts – all my a-f grades have dropped by one. I stood. Ofqal didn’t deliver.

My comment about private schools is evidenced by 40% of all CAGs downgraded at my local
Independent day school with a cohort of 140 students, including Maths grades ending up worse than the previous three years […]

The government’s handling of the results process is a national scandal, and this situation was totally avoidable. The government’s highest concern is that these A Level results were in line with previous res […]

Sorry to hear of your loss. The world will feel a strange place and plenty of music – in my experience – helps at times of radical loss, particularly if it has strong connections.

Ben Webster’s version of D […]

Check my privilege? I don’t think so. I have people to do that for me.

1 – Apocalypse Now – 1979
2 – Life of Brian – 1979
3 – Psycho – 1960
4 – Taxi Driver – 1976
5 – The Jungle Book – 1967
6 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – 1975
7 – The Exorcist – 1973
8 – Midnight C […]

Why live life on Twitter? Seems to be a lot of people seeking affirmation by indignantly stating binary entitled views, all in a pretty intolerant tone. There are serious conversations to be had about life right […]

Oops! That’s the one.

1- Just a Little Lovin – Shelby Lynne
2- Transcendental Blues – Steve Earle
3- Modern Times – Bob Dylan
4- Ling Player, Late Bloomer – Ron Sexsmith
5- Look Out – Elvis Costello
6- Essence -Lucinda […]

1- Imperial Bedroom – Elvis Costello
2- Get Happy – Elvis Costello
3- Graceland – Paul Simon
4- Bring the Family – John Hiatt
5- Girlfriend – Matthew Sweet
6- It’s a Shame About Ray – The Lemonheads
7- R […]

And then Shelby does it again with ‘I Don’t Want To Hear About it Anymore‘. Reduced me to tears at Bush Hall performance when touring over here.

Now we’re motoring…

Miss Ross’ ‘I’m Coming Out’ starts as the soundtrack for a queue on the slip road before its throttle opens up and it bounces into fast lane cruise’. Sort of music that makes you want to […]

What’s your Number 1? And why?

For me, I feel I achieve high levels of wellbeing when I’m channelling Olivia Newton-John, particularly when the song starts to soar and I change up a gear vocally and mechanically.

1 – Blood on the Tracks – Bob Dylan
2 – Sticky Fingers – Rolling Stones
3 – Layla – Derek and the Dominoes
4 – Who’s Next – The Who
5 – My Aim is True – Elvis Costello
6 – Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie
7 – H […]