Martin S

Martin S wrote a new post, Patreon 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Goodness me, it must be six months or so since I last came here. Life has changed significantly as lockdown (v1) pretty well coincided with my planned retirement from the day job. All plans had to be abandoned or […]
Martin S commented on the post, Richard Thompson and lots more live-streams 1 year ago

John Otway is doing a Facebook live gig tomorrow at 8PM uk time.
Martin S commented on the post, The Brits 1 year, 1 month ago

As an update for the Afterword faithful, it turns out that the Dave bloke about of who there is much publicity today, is not the bloke who used to sing with Chas.
Martin S wrote a new post, The Brits 1 year, 1 month ago

Having only realised it was on just a few hours previously, something unusual came over me and I vowed to give the Brit awards broadcast my full attention. Conscious that I’ve given my age away by using the word “ […]
Martin S commented on the post, Blogger Takeover LX 1 year, 2 months ago

Strangely I’m listening to less music lately. Not sure why, something possibly to do with getting back into the band business. That said on a sleepless night last night at around 2 in the morning I listened to T […]
Martin S commented on the post, Blogger Takeover LIX 1 year, 3 months ago

With December being more suited to playlists than albums, there’s nothing new to report. Due to joining a new (old) covers band, I’m having to immerse myself in genres hitherto foreign to me, namely funk. Rat […]
Martin S commented on the post, A Night In With The Irishman. 1 year, 4 months ago

We sat down on Saturday evening determined to go the whole nine yards. I checked the time at the start, it was about eight o’clock. I had a conversation with myself. Is it too late to start? Will I make it to 1 […]
Martin S commented on the post, Sitcoms do Brexit… 1 year, 4 months ago

On the Buses
Blakey, absolutely a leaver
Jack and Stan both remainers (What? Miss out on all them foreign birds?)

The entire cast of Mind Your Language? Probably not as clear cut as the TV times would have us believe.
Martin S commented on the post, The Royal Question 1 year, 5 months ago

We would indeed but they would all be turned into Wetherspoons
Martin S commented on the post, Big Big Train 1 year, 5 months ago

Glad you had the presence of mind to shake things up! I think I’m now getting too old for all this sort of thing!
Martin S commented on the post, Big Big Train 1 year, 5 months ago

I’ve been a fan for a few years now and was at the Hackney gig too. Unfortunately for me and anyone who was sat on either side of the stalls, the experience was a poor one. Bloody great speaker stacks positioned […]
Martin S commented on the post, Blogger Takeover LVII 1 year, 5 months ago

Really impressed with the Netflix series “Unbelievable”. Some great performances in this with Merritt Wever the pick of the bunch. Amazing story, highly recommended.

Finally got to see the Joker the other day […]
Martin S commented on the post, For those of a certain age. 1 year, 6 months ago

Fun fact. All of Five Star went to my school (a long time after I did of course)
Martin S commented on the post, Albums of the Decade (Revisited) 1 year, 6 months ago

Certainly in no particular order but these have been my most go to on Spotify (from the current decade anyway)

The River and the Thread – Rosanne cash
Love Fear and the Time Machine – Riverside
Storm […]
Martin S commented on the post, Blogger Takeover LVI 1 year, 6 months ago

No cinema trips to report this month but have been enjoying “captured” on the BBC and of course “State of the union” which if you haven’t seen it comes in ten minute chunks. Both Rosamund Pike and Chris O’Dowd ar […]
Martin S wrote a new post, Abstinence? 1 year, 6 months ago

A couple of people on the “things we don’t drink anymore” thread mentioned total abstinence. This seems to be a growing pastime not just in the young but increasingly with long term drinkers who have become “sobe […]
Martin S commented on the post, Your first……. 1 year, 6 months ago

I was wondering if Back Home was mine too, but I think it was bought for me by my nan rather than my own purchase.
Martin S commented on the post, Your first……. 1 year, 6 months ago

Some of these firsts look to cool to be true! As you’ll see below mine don’t fall into that category.

Single – Beg Steal or Borrow – The new Seekers

Album – Ride a White Swan (cheap music for pleasure rel […]
Martin S commented on the post, Cooling off after The Ashes 1 year, 6 months ago

For anyone with cricket withdrawal symptoms, I watched “the edge” yesterday which is showing on Amazon prime in the uk. Quite riveting stuff. I was expecting a gentle review of English cricket over the last ten […]
Martin S commented on the post, Blow Your Own Trumpet 1 year, 7 months ago

I can take one look at a beautifully coiled set of leads or cables, and with the blink of an eye magically transform them into a tangled mess of Brexit proportions.
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