Sutherland Brothers & Quiver. Gavin (was it?) had a wonderful pop sensibility and produced beautiful catchy songs over a range of albums. They still sound good: ‘Arms of May’, ‘Secrets’ etc

Morley’s NME pieces became tiresome for me, but so did plenty of others trying to polish some pretty second rate turdy music in the 80s. I never had him down as a Dylan man until his genuinely excellent edition o […]

It’s all about the early years. First car was a hand-me-down Renault 4 (terrifyingly unstable to corner at speed). In my mind I was living the lyrics of ‘Thunder Road’ – except I wasn’t. And it all ended trying […]

Oh no! Another list of the same rockiest albums we each love. Really? Nothing new and of no interest surely? Danger of this ‘forum’ (sic) disappearing up its own wotsit with this thread.

Marvin Gaye’s sultry, magnificent ‘Midnight Love’ takes a turn for the bouncier with the totally joyous ‘My Love is Waiting’. Thanks are given in the spoken intro to Jesus, Mr Larkinon(?) and others before th […]

Saw The Who play an awesome Christmas gig (1976) at the Hammersmith Odeon, Roger donning a ‘George Davies is Innocent’ T shirt. Went for a pee as the the last chords windmilled to an end and then came back to sta […]

After any injury no matter how much it hurts: ‘Tis but a scratch..’

Maybe it’s a talent enhancer for some but the undeniable truth is that it makes most people unutterably boring – a genuine drag. Obviously not me, of course.

ABC Leppard

Charlie Parker & the Rumour

Dr John Hiatt

What?! He had a brilliant pop voice on his first 5 albums – all masterpieces. Have a re-listen to Get Happy if you’ve forgotten. After that, he stretched it all too far at times, and the results were sometimes m […]

It’s always awful. When I was young we spent time in the highlands of Scotland. One of our dogs became seriously ill with stomach issues. The local crofters all work with dogs which they love and respect. They a […]

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 […]