Yak of All Tirana Parades, in fact.

No need to get hysterical, Tiggs ..

Is it them or is it the stupid questions? Or both? Some of them are a bit empty, personality-wise. They put on a personality for the role they play, like a suit of clothes, and then when they take it off there’s […]

Reminds me of the story* of the lad who was encouraged by his parents to join the Royal Navy. On returning from his first ship posting, after spending a few months at sea, he was surprised to discover his parents […]

The hardnut approach. I like it. I am pretty unsociable (like #6 in “The Prisoner”, I am “unmutual”). Nobody invites me to anything, anyway.

According to guitarist/keyboardist Mike Keneally, for Frank Zappa’s final tour in ’88 the band rehearsed and learned 124 different pieces. And played nearly all of them at various times. They had 6 months of […]

You don’t need to invent elaborate excuses, tell lies or find something else to do to provide you with an excuse. Simply say you can’t go because you’re going to be somewhere else. If that somewhere else is your […]

Reminds me of Peter Cook being summoned to meet with Prince Andrew and Fergie. He wrote back “Sorry but I find I am watching television that evening”.

Many of the side balcony seats at Union Chapel give atrocious sightlines. Some side downstairs seats aren’t great either. Centre downstairs is OK, in my experience except the frontmost, where you can’t see the […]

Patrick: “Are youse snakes all right in the back there?” Snakes: “Are we there yet?”

Depends on what is being played and on who is playing it. If a band/artist are replicating an album pretty much note-for-note then you’d hope they’d be interesting to watch, otherwise you may as well be at home […]

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The picture in the centrefold of The Who’s “Meaty, Beaty, Big And Bouncy” is of the entrance to the Railway Hotel venue. The wall with the doorway etc. is still there* (though it doesn’t lead anywhere anymore) […]

6% is my preferred upper limit. I like to have more than one pint on a beer session and I don’t want to get pissed too early.

John Major is such an unlikely swordsman that people have probably failed to fully absorb the info. Verging on the incomprehensible. Paddy Ashdown, OTOH and you’d think it unsurprising, really. I can imagine women […]

My red wines are kept at room temperature, whatever that might be with seasonal variation etc. The ones kept in the unheated bedroom will be cooler than those in the living room.

Wasn’t that referring to J. Gielgud? Out of that gang of post-war Brit male actors, I think John Mills was the only one who was completely straight.

But I bet he will. The fucker will die or be in a care home before very long anyway.

That has the potential to suck some of the pleasure out of just wanting something to drink.Though I suppose if you have a really superb bottle of something rare, then serving it at exactly the right temperature is […]

Of course not, but going looking for problems when you’re reasonably content is daft.