I was going to post a rant after yesterday’s horrendous death toll. Other countries are suffering. Cases are on the rise again here in Spain, and all non-essential businesses have closed. But the messaging is […]

Some great memories there. I don’t remember Smedley sausage rolls in a tin, but they sound like the perfect hors d’oeuvre to Corsair Tinned Chicken. What a feast.

The Wikipedia entry for Wee Georgie Wood says “his lack of inches was a constant grief to him.”

Matt Busby?

Biden will make a call for unity, but as Dana Milbank argues in today’s Washington Post, there can be no unity without truth and accountability. There are still 150 or so Republican lawmakers in Congress who deny […]

I heard he invented consciousness, and has learned to communicate with over three hundred species of trees, but the olive remains tight-lipped.

Slight tangent, but there is some great cricket chat to be had on Youtube. Sky did a series of lockdown zoom calls with David Lloyd, Botham, Paul Allott and others. There was a lovely Bob Willis tribute.

A new satellite with a narrower footprint was launched about seven years ago, and it screwed things up for receiving UK tv via satellite in Spain. You need at least a 3m dish now to pick up the signal in the south […]

Out of interest @dai what platform are you watching the cricket on in Canada? I know Willow tv offer live streaming in North America. I wouldn’t mind paying a subscription to access live Test cricket, but I’m not […]

I thought I wasn’t going to be all that bothered about this album. There’s quite a lot to take in at first. But repeated listens have revealed the beautiful textures and melodies and now I’m hooked!

Cheers Baron! And thanks to all for the positive feedback.

You know what you like?

I still think Trespass is a great album. Without Hackett or Collins. I think the late James Blast rated it their best. That pastoral sound persisted into their ’70s work, but went AWOL with The Lamb Lies Down on […]

It’s moot whether this is a conscious nod or not. But that little section stood out when I heard it.

Rest assured, this album is pan pipe negative.

Good point, well made. ‘Noodler’ was a bit throwaway.

Here’s the opening track, Mdina (The Walled City):

Genesis trainspotters can compare the guitar motif from 3.40 – 4.04 with a short instrumental passage on ‘Looking for Someone’ (3.17 – 3.34).

And here’s a […]

Did you know that Samantha Bee actually keeps bees? She was talking about it on Colbert the other night. She also gave some helpful beekeeping advice. If, when you uncover the hive, the bees all turn as one to […]

I’ve been wondering for a while what exactly is going on in the heads of folks like Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley, Republican Senators and Ivy League educated lawyers at the vanguard of Trump’s baseless charges. Then I […]