There’s a great video of them performing it with EH in the audience that’s well worth seeking out.

I thought I’d watch to set on the red button but, while she seems hard to dislike, I’m a bit baffled by her apparent universal appeal among those 30 or 40 years younger than me because it just seemed dull to me. […]

I’ll probably end up watching quite a lot but I can’t be bothered to plan anything and it’s quite unlikely that I’ll watch a full set of anyone. The wall to wall 6 music coverage this week has already made me a […]

How is that an obsolete skill?!

I can do that… and wiggle my ears at the same time…. it’s as useful today as it’s ever been!

I found the bottom dropped out of that particular market when they introduced those new fangled VideoPlus codes!

We used to do that at work where the extensions to ring were just 4 digits. It was also possible to ‘add’ a couple of extra clicks when you had two phones for the same extension and you wanted to annoy the person […]

I’m not sure we should forget the classic Freshies song “I’m in Love with the Girl on the Manchester Virgin Megastore Check-out Desk”.

There’s Johnny Winter & Edgar Winter
There are some sisters too:
Dolly Parton & Stella Parton
Aretha Franklin & Erma Franklin

I think I’ve only taken cash out once since March 2020. I was queuing at a supermarket till at the weekend that was cash only. The first 4 people that joined the queue behind me had to leave because they didn’t […]

There’s presumably a FOMO element to it. We watched a few bits of it last night out of curiosity and it was, as expected, not top our tastes so we watched something else. Just occasionally a big event, aimed at […]

I rarely watch BBC4 shows when they’re broadcast so downloading them on catchup is fine by me.
What seems most destructive as far as the BBC is concerned is not even attempting to get children into the habit of […]

I’ve seen people being a mug of tea on stage a number of times. Nick Lowe did a few weeks back. However, on Monday night I went to see Margo Cilker* and she took the teapot on stage too!

*she was very very […]

I was unaware until last week that it was classified as a comedy. I’m not sure what category I thought it was in but that’s probably it’s strength.

I would agree about the Essential collection with a couple of caveats.
1. It doesn’t include my favourite WM track which is “Turn Me Loose and Let Me Swing” it’s just a joy from beginning to end.
2. Some of […]

I wouldn’t class them as a record shop either but then in many towns they, and/or WHSmith would have been the only record outlet. I bought my first record in a small electrical retailer in the local village – the […]

There are far more (and have been for years) here:

I know the jails are full but it doesn’t have to be one or the other!

I well recall declaring, on hearing and loving ‘Upside Down’ that Jesus & Mary Chain wouldn’t manage another single let alone a whole album.
A few years earlier, after hearing that Barry Andrews had left XTC that […]

One thing that surprised me is that Boz Scaggs’ ‘Middleman’ is one of the best known album covers of our time.