Before I Get Old, his book about The Who, has been re-read by me so many times it must be imprinted on my brain.

First time I watched The Wicker Man I thought I’d never want to put myself through it again. It’s now one of my most-watched movies.

I remember watching Asterix vs Caesar with the kids and thinking that the theme song, Astérix est là, sounded just like Plastic Bertrand – and sure enough, it was composed and performed by the man himself. Fair play to him.

I remember Eels doing that on the Daisies of the Galaxy tour, prompting everyone to rush back in. A bit annoying really, seemed to be increasing the risk of injury for no good reason (not that I saw any such […]

Freshers week at Leeds uni… It Bites did Calling All the Heroes early in the set, which felt weird until it returned for the encore

Not only that, but one of the leaders of the Oxfordshire “Raise the Colours” charmers has other concerns of his own:

I had an Applause for a while too. The fingerboard wasn’t aluminium but it did replicate the Ovation experience of being impossible to play sitting down.

Saw Black Box Recorder at the Palladium. After a somewhat shaky start, they settled into it and by the end I was happy – it was nice to have seen them again. Less great was the trip home; I came round in an […]

I’ve always fancied having Teenage Fanclub’s “Gene Clark”. Maybe it’s the 3 minute guitar solo before any words kick in

On the Oxford Utd fan forums there is general amusement given that we were one of the spied-upon clubs (for a match which we won). Unsurprisingly you can also find the odd argument that instant relegation would be […]

I have a 5.1 setup for home cinema, with a dedicated BR player and also an Xbox which acts as a useful backup. Also my desktop has a BR drive so I can rip to FLAC. I like the audio BRs, and find that these […]

Nice. Video made me think of Midsommar though

Saw them touring “A Dream Is All We Know” and they were great – exactly what you’d expect, and all the better for it. The brothers being Brian and Michael is still amusing, I wonder if they get asked to cover that song…

The Ára “fully immersive listening experience” is coming to Oxford in June. Apparently we get not only the sights and the sounds from the orchestral tour, but the smells too. How much more Tap could it be?

Agreed that Dominance & Submission is superior to Reaper, though my personal favourite of Buck’s is the Some Enchanted Evening version of Astronomy. I see Glen TIlbrook is mentioned below – how about Another […]

The “Page 94” podcast by Private Eye mentioned this very recently. They said that the Brenda nickname was reported in 1971 as having originated in the palace by her own private staff. Diana was known referred […]

I’m with you on slot loaders, having had issues with Cyrus and IIRC Arcam too. Wouldn’t have another.

Yay!

Please don’t… Ipswich having a storming end to the season, starting with thrashing Pompey, would be very helpful to Oxford. We can but hope.