@gatz Thank you. Did Bob play Fleadh more than once? I certainly remember him and Van singing One Irish Rover together at Finsbury Park (although they clearly each had their own idea about how the tune should […]

@gatz Didn’t Van come on as well.? It was a right old mess.

I was actually at that Roger Waters Wall gig at the O2 when Mr Gilmour did appear at the top of the Wall. We were encouraged pre-gig by the sight of Nick Mason taking a seat in the crowd. At the moment of […]

@duco01 Simon Russell Beale is one of our very best stage actors but sadly underused on film and TV. His Hamlet was acclaimed but he himself tells the story of rather cruel reviews in Australia. They focussed on […]

Ah yes.

@twang Race With The Devil is a film I keep up my sleeve for when people ask me, “Can you recommend anything that I may not have seen”. Had no complaints yet!

@hawkfall Coincidentally watched that this week. A long film but immersive. Are you referring to Cause Of Death or did I miss something?

@vincent Produced by the hand of Bob himself, I didn’t realise he had done any production work.

@retropath2 I read more acts to be added, so maybe more in that line. I hesitated about using the word “Americana” as it can mean all things to all people.

I might give that a watch this week then. The odd thing is, though I didn’t understand Primer ….i quite enjoyed it!

@moseleymoles Did you ever see Carruthers earlier film, Primer. I have to say it might be the only film where, about 45mins in, I just accepted that I no longer had a clue what was going on. I have rewatched it a […]

It’s nice. On first listen I couldn’t place the voice but looked it up. It’s him from Alt-j on a solo run. His voice did a lot for their first album.

@chrisf Absolutely, both versions sound like great Bond themes. Maybe JST is putting her calling card down for the next Bond?

Isn’t this a cover of the theme from the TV “Day Of The Jackal” (very Bondish). Maybe JST wrote it but the first series had Celeste singing it in a very Bondy way.

I totally get the idea of acts not wanting to go through the “encore performance” – but for fans, is it an essential part of the live performance? The chance to show how much you love them, shout and holler, etc.

She’s not even doing an audience pleasing encore of her early hits. She must be an Artist now!

James Oliver Band are a great watch too!

He seemed ageless. I saw a recent picture of him and recognised him straight away – “it’s the guy who used to come on after the creepy music, smile, and then introduce something like The Tale Of Sleepy Hollow to unsettle us.