From ’85, this has various Two-Toners, ex-Two-Toners and reggae stars – pretty catchy, but only made no. 33

Really pleased for you @Kid-Dynamite. Pleased also to see the Belfast store survive.

We wait and we wonder what’s happening with the online business.

I think “The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apt.” by Father John Misty counts here (sort of…)

Tears For Fears single-only track was The Way You Are – Mother’s Talk was on Songs From The Big Chair.

I know Thomas Harris has a new book out this year – could be him?

Referencing the same movie, from their great (half) Christmas album, Smith & Burrows:

The one that immediately springs to mind is E=MC2 by Big Audio Dynamite – basically a trawl through the filmography to that point of the (recently) late Nic Roeg – Walkabout, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Don’t L […]

Not sure if the new album has been covered here yet, so just in case:

It’s only available from the website until the end of February when it goes on wider release, but it is predictably wonderful (though in f […]

Thanks @Kaisfatdad

I may start using IMDb for this – Rotten Tomatoes does much the same, allows you to rate (out of 5, but allows half-marks) and lets you write a review, but frustratingly (very) occasionally […]

According to Rotten Tomatoes, where I rate every film I watch, I’ve seen 276 films in 2018 (plus a few where for some reason it doesn’t allow a rating) – these were not all new films obviously, but the follo […]

No – really gets on my nerves too!

@kid-dynamite – DP? – I remember you well – people used to think I had an encyclopaedic knowledge of music,, but you put me to shame! Small world.

You might enjoy this @tony-japanese & @freddy-steady – http://www.getintothis.co.uk/2018/12/hmv-was-a-place-for-open-minded-obsessives-why-the-guardian-are-so-wrong-about-the-music-giant/
I worked with Ian in […]

@freddy-steady I definitely don’t miss Christmas at the coalface of retail – it’s often quite miserable, and the stress of seeing your shop getting wrecked in those two weeks up to the Day, when each day’s trade […]

Disappointing to hear you say good riddance to the chain over one not great incident in the Belfast store, Colin. The store is, I think, due to celebrate it’s 25th year in Belfast in 2019. Full disclosure – I u […]

If artists had to stand on their own and weren’t allowed to “feat.” anyone, the current pop charts would collapse.

It has an art house cinema release in the UK too – I saw it in Belfast the day before the TV screening with a decent-sized crowd in attendance, and it has been playing in selected venues across the UK for the last […]

What a great review Tigger – whets the appetite not just to hear the new package but, for me at least, to go back to listen to my least-played Beatles album from a fresh perspective.

I haven’t seen any evidence yet that she hasn’t replaced his didgeridoo playing, just that you can still hear a didgeridoo on the track – I’d imagine it wouldn’t be hard to replicate the original perform […]