I think it would have been around the start of 1994 when I opened a Compuserve account. The hope was that it would make it easy to buy CDs direct from the US. I never did that with Compuserve but by early 1995, […]

I think they may have done it in a different order to that because the ChatGPT list is pretty similar.

The best one that I’ve learned recently is the hack to use your phone to test fuses. Simply hold one end of the fuse and prod the other end on the screen. Having the calculator app open is good. If you can press […]

I tend to agree about Bob & Paul, but W&G is well down the list because I’m in the camp that has never understood the appeal. I saw bits of the one that was on this but I struggle to get past the gurning faces – […]

1. Kimmi Bitter – Old School 2. Brenna MacMillan – Dear Life 3. Bright Eyes – Five Dice, All Threes 4. Nick Lowe – Indoor Safari 5. Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well 6. Miranda Lambert – Postcards From Texas 7. […]

I ‘admit’ to being a Spotify subscriber. I realise that the artists aren’t being paid as much as they would have been if I’d bought all the CDs but a. I’m not about to do that b. I don’t know of an equivalent […]

I didn’t realise that was real wedding footage! I saw NL with Rockpile in 1979 and I’ve got my ticket to see him in London in February. I wouldn’t be surprised if this creeps into the set! I think he may be the […]

I kind of wish I could write like that for may periods in my life but I can tell you just what I was doing at Christmas 1979 because it was the only year in my life that I kept a daily diary. The word bored or […]

I also hate Christmas. Actually, hate is now far too strong a word because I realised that I hated the whole of December because of the impending ‘doom’ which didn’t seem right. I worked all year and I should have […]

The last time I went to the Moth Club, on my short stroll back to my car, I passed a block of flats set well back from the road where someone was playing music probably louder than the gig is just been to! It it […]

A light (4-4.5%) golden summer ale is my favourite. Preferably in a pub garden on a light golden summer’s day.

I notice that there are very few overlaps. Here are my 5 (most recent first) BODEGA. (I think you’re supposed to capitalise it!). Cambridge Junction 2 Cat Clyde solo Lexington Esther Rose solo Lexington Emily […]

Great question! If I had to choose one song that really defines me, I think it would have to be “The Weight” by The Band. It’s a song that perfectly encapsulates the journey of life—the burdens we carry, the peo […]

I’m a bit surprised by the choice of Caroline Rose album, I think the latest one is vastly superior. Otherwise, I’ll investigate further in case I missed something. I often look at Paste weekly lists and potted […]

The Beach Boys sing on Cottonfields “It was down in Louisiana Just about a mile from Texarkana”. A quick look at the map shows that it’s at least 25 miles as the crow flies.

It does to me too. Is seems very short sighted in this day and age to not have a backup of the work which is essentially your livelihood. As soon as I had a song on the page I’d be taking a picture of it. Also, […]

I’m not sure when the change happened because it’s one of the few things Letchworth was famous for, but these days there are several pubs in Letchworth. Many of them are featured in Simon Pegg’s Worlds End. I […]

It;s a lot easier to praise online sketch stuff because there’s a tendency to go by recommendations and consequently only what the best sketches. If you do that with ‘recent’ BBC sketch shows, then I think the […]

I’ve listened to it a few times now and although there’s not a duffer on there, and it really is a fine album, its a bit of a disappointment because it doesn’t really feel like a new album. At least half of the […]

Does that mean you don’t like her earlier ones? I think “You Made It This Far” is on a par with the last two.