Pete Shelley gave me loads of genuine joyous moments – this is really sad news & 63 is no age at all.

Hooray!
Great post!

Honestly, only a fool …oh I see what you did there…

‘I haven’t had a c*nt all night, drinkstable…’

‘…and neither do YOU, theatre!’

I hope your pain passes soon Beezer.
I get flare ups of back pain periodically, but generally a bit of a maintenance regime keeps it at bay – the yoga/ Pilates route is definitely the way to go IMO. The […]

Great thread.
I too share the notion that silence is underrated, & is a topic that can be looked at from many angles.
Pretty much all of the greatest music is dependent on the spaces between the sound to work & […]

A bloke checks in with his family at the hotel, which makes great play of being a ‘Family’ hotel, and very ‘Family Friendly’ – after getting the room key & the Wi Fi code he says to the receptionist ‘ I take it […]

The FT describes Seamus Milne as ‘a massive Beatles fan & keen guitar player’ & he’s a Liverppol FC supporter, Corbyn’ s fave band is The Animals & his fave track is ‘Imagine’ (ugh) – he also knows the difference […]

Nice review, Johnny.

I’m officially jealous, having briefly tried for a ticket months back, but with no luck ( unsurprisingly). Due to his age, the odds me seeing him live are getting slimmer but I can […]

Yikes! Friday night ‘over relaxation’ produces an horrendous misquote – the Gregory line should read ‘ Men of brutality, show some humanity’.
I felt the need to correct that or risk being drummed out of the […]

I like the idea of Best Dressed Chicken as a primer or touchstone akin to Kind Of Blue – I reckon you’re onto something. In those pre internet days, we took great delight in identifying or better still obtaining […]

I seem to recall quite enjoying ‘Present Arms In Dub’ but it was a long time ago.
The main reason your mission can’t fail Paul is because of the obvious connection between your beloved hip hop & the bass culture […]

I totally agree atcf – Soul Jazz do great work in making available stuff that might otherwise get forgotten if one doesn’t own the single – like ‘Ring The Alarm’ by Tenor Saw on ‘200% Dynamite’ – just […]

You DO love Reggae really Paul, because you’re a chap with taste.
I can’t conceive of a world without Reggae anymore than a world without Rock ‘n Roll or Jazz.
My starting point for those wanting to go a bit […]

Don’t know if this link will work (hope so) – anyhow, it’s my fave YouTube clip right now & the kind of community centre I’d LOVE to go to!
The title is James Brown Super Bad Line Dance just in case it flops. Check it out.

I’ve been listening to the Amazing Grace album quite a bit this last week or two ( powerful stuff) – I think her send off did her justice in the same spirit.

After any violent coughing fit (of the sort that induce tears in the eyes & offers of glasses of water) the response is always ‘That’s got it!’ in tribute to the beloved Bob Fleming of Fast Show fame.

‘The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcategory’.
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson – the description is of a futuristic pizza delivery man.

Great pick, duc
‘John Foster Dulles ain’t nothing but the name of an airport now’…