To be fair, I imagine the ovation for SoH was as much for being there, these past 4 decades, and in recognition. Old folkies get a lot of support from ther even older folkie audience. I see them on the 23rd of […]

I only have three: Public Enemy, PSB and Happy Mondays. I have to say that despite the competition, Pills , Thrills & Bellyaches is a perfectly respectable choice for album of the year. It’s a really good album.

That’s because of the football on Boxing Day.

@Mike_H

Sorry, sir, the Van Morrison threads are further down the page

I watched that episode of The West Wing a few months ago and it stopped me in my tracks. And you’re right, it’s not just the prescience of it, it’s the beautiful writing, and acting. CJ’s ‘You really are very […]

Yep, there is. Maria is the featured vocalist on the track Get A Grip from the most recent ACR album, ACR Loco. This is a live-in-the-studio version from the album launch (virtual) gig:

Also… both Gemma and […]

When I worked in Waterloo, we had a couple of Walkman Pros on the hire stock that were out a lot of the time. I always assumed they were with print journalists but maybe not…..

The first All About Eve album is essential then!

It’s well written shite by a man from the Gladwell school of surface thought masquerading as deepness.

I thought it was going to end up like that when he said the Peasants’ Revolt marked the start of the end of […]

Whoa! That Bamboos version is sooo much better than Blakey’s original!

Happy birthday, KFD. 🙂

I agree with mini by the way. I find her gloves irresistible.

Honestly, Sockpuppet Amnesty is the best of the lot.

Your teenage son calls you “daddy”? Are you minor members of the Swedish Royal Family by any chance?

Yes Arthur Alexander was a great singer/songwriter. The Beatles covered Anna and Soldier Of Love. The Stones did You Better Move On. All the Merseybeat bands played A Shot of Rhythm And Blues. Ry Cooder did Go […]

Thankfully not. You just can’t get the staff these days, and you can’t seem to get the milkmaids either.

I can tell you’re out of sorts – I said I’d give you one up there, and not even a murmer.

Great Balls of Fire (magni globi ignis)
A curious ailment, unrecorded until a mass outbreak in mid C20 America. Sufferers complained of shaken nerves and rattled brains, but as an unexpected side effect the […]

Damn. I have only found their LP this year.

https://flic.kr/p/Gw3ycs

I daren’t press play – those four look like the Republican Party Presidential candidates.