Dai, I have taken great solace from listening to Van this week. Started at Beautiful Vision and worked through his great run of albums after that. Of course I will go back to his early classics as well.

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In the late 80s GPO used to man a regular Saturday stall at Camden’s Electric Ballroom. He had various recordings, pamphlets and ephemera. I used to smile at the odd stray believing the stall was selling b […]

Blimey, £30 for the Half Moon Putney gig. That is steep.

One of THE best live bands I have ever seen. However yet to see them without Alan Hull but will take the plunge this time.

What I mean is the whole thing is essentially a trade show, exposing music from other countries to new audiences. That is why many of the bands are partly funded by their respective Governments. Music is a vital […]

SXSW is ultimately a Trade show with music being the product, Lamacq actually works hard in the week marketing British acts to overseas radio stations and US bookers.

I second appreciation of that Fred Rogers documentary. I saw it before ever hearing of him and it stands up as a documentary in its own right. We don’t really seem to have had an equivalent in the UK, somebody t […]

Don’t know about Terry Woods but I saw Ron Kavana as he made a brief trip to London last year. He gave up the drink some years ago and was in good voice. Lives on West Coast of Ireland and mainly plays House P […]

I’d there if Van played The Bang Sessions Live, especially Ringworm!

They are playing SXSW this year so hopefully a chance for them to grow their audience.

Hi Marwood

I remember starting The Underground Railway but really struggling with its use of the language of the era it is depicting. Does it get clearer. I’d like to read it as it seems acclaimed a leading b […]

I really like Lula Wiles as well but they seem somewhat obscure. Maybe if they play the UK we’ll be the only 2 in the crowd.

Sad to lose another legend from my youth. Saw him frequently around the watering holes of London. Last saw him berating some stewards at last year’s London Film Festival. He charged in from a long length to a […]

When was that?

Ooh, I’ll “shower” that app with my attention!

I also saw it in a cinema. My bladder was surprisingly benevolent.

I really enjoyed it. I take issue with you about Pacino’s performance. He is mainly “shouty” when playing the public Jimmy Hoffa. When he is in […]

Thanks for the review, picqued my interest to go on Spotify and now I’ll be making a purchase. Nice when that happens from a review.

Apparently that is the reason that John Wayne turned down the lead role in High Noon. He thought it was “Unamerican” that townsfolk would desert the Sheriff in his hour of need.

Who was the Labour MP suspended last year for saying that there was a “huge Jewish conspiracy against Jeremy corbyn”. He was initially reinstated but public sentiment saw him face disciplinary charges.

Out Of The Blue is one of Kermode’s films of the year so far! I liked it as well but it is not a film for laidback watching. BTW it is only very very loosely based on that Martin Amis book.