With books my general rule of thumb is to give it 50 pages (or at a stretch 75 if unsure). I’m pretty sure by then if it’s working for me.
Having said that, my attention span for books has collapsed during the […]

You can’t back pedal from that kind of shite.
Truly disgusting, especially from somebody whose entire career was constructed upon African American music. That kind of diatribe can’t be attributed to being a pis […]

Absolutely agree, deram- the music is always first & the format is pretty much irrelevant to him.
Despite his love of vintage music ( & his greasy barnet), I never had the impression he was a nostalgic type. […]

I too have lot of time for Lamar- his is a genuine passion, it’s not an affectation- those Doo Wop, Reggae & psychedelic tracks he espouses really do move him beyond words.
He’s also the only deejay I know who […]

Happy to give interviews to supine UK media & yet very reluctant to give any interviews to the FBI.

Glad you like it, I think it’s amongst the very best things on YouTube.
An old pal sent me the clip a couple of months back with the message ‘Your day just got better’.
Boy, was he right!

With all due respect to the Fabs (& Elvis, of course) – I don’t think anything can top this on the Ed Sullivan Show. So many questions, not least of which is ‘how did this happen?’
When ‘far out’ meant just that!

I agree that Lee’s best stuff generates great momentum, and he pops visually ( Do The Right Thing & Malcom X spring immediately spring to mind)-but I think my issue with him repeatedly is his ‘ I’ve got somet […]

Da 5 Bloods is truly truly a steaming pile, akin to what one might expect from a first time feature director given a generous budget but having no real clues.
The fact Lee is a veteran director with decades under […]

Boom!

Have an ‘Up’! ( see post above).

Great call, RH!
I hadn’t heard that name in years, or I confess even thought about him.
Me & Mrs Jim went to the Chuckle Club regularly in the 90s & Eugene was a gorgeous host & MC . We were pretty skint at t […]

Today I bumped into the lead singer of Wales’ biggest rock band as he walked his dog in the woods. I’m pretty sure he clocked me clocking him in that split second when that happens- & obviously I left him alo […]

I agree with just about all the endorsements above – excepting Jerry Sadowitz who I always found was actively trying too hard to antagonise the sensitive types-I felt he was almost *desperate* to offend. I saw […]

I’ve seen loads of stand ups over the years – the last one I saw was Jimmy Carr (just before the pandemic was declared) – I went out of curiosity, not ‘liking’ him much, but damn he is very accomplished & funny. […]

Can I be the first to observe that the most extraordinary aspect of the ‘bombshell interview’ was Oprah’s barnet?
Extraordinary!

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Jack, first & foremost I’d say how sorry I am to learn of your situation & urge you not to beat yourself up about it, but recognise that you’ve taken the most important step of all – acknowledging the issue & see […]

The original gatefold vinyl of Thin Lizzy’s ‘Live and Dangerous’ .
Amongst the credits to the road crew, Celtic & Man Utd etc. was a shout out to ‘all the boys in the H-Blocks’
That is conspicuously absent fr […]