That’s a proper tune, that.

I’ll second the recommendation for the Serpent from @Chrisf – superb stuff, thoroughly enjoyed it earlier this year.

Also on iPlayer – all of Inspector Montalbano if you’ve not watched it. Can be a bit daft […]

Ha ha, I love those abbreviations. There’s one on the A49 near Weaverham in Cheshire which is abbreviated “W’HAM” which either makes sing “Freedom” or think of Julian Dicks.

Impossible to find, even with a map.

Hophouse lager tastes even better when mixed with a can of Kopparberg rose. Snakebite is much more palatable than ever I thought it would be.

I’ll do Generation Terrorists if you like:

Bin
Natwest-Barclays-Midland-Lloyds
Born To End
Repeat (Stars and Stripes)
Another Invented Disease
So Dead
Damn Dog
Crucifix Kiss

Leaving you with:
Slash n […]

Mark and Lard did a competition once when the first Lord of the Rings film came out in the cinema called “Lord of the Things”. They pretended to be hobbits or elves, but obviously that just meant they pitch shi […]

The Kings of Leigh-on-Sea with their big hit “Essex on Fire”.

This is a cover, but I think the Pixies give it a bit of extra oomph…

Finally got round to watching Stewart Lee’s documentary King Rocker about Robert Lloyd over a few lunchtimes after the kids had gone back to school. Not a performer I had ever really seen or heard but that didn’t […]

It was on the Horror Channel last night, and I flicked onto it 5-10 minutes before the bit you’re referring to Paul. It’s brilliant.

Crucial vs Alabama 3
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious vs Jackson 5
S Club vs Shed 7

Fairly sure when we’ve driven through the village of Woore in Shropshire, I’ve either gone “Wooooooorrrrre” in a “comedy” laddish voice (annoying my wife) or sung

“Woore, huh! What is it good for?”

Seem to remember REM’s was quite good – their version of “Love is All Around” is a much gentler affair than Wet Wet Wet’s fairly bombastic cover.

TV mainly for me this month. We finished watching the Serpent which was magnificent – Jenna Coleman was superb and Tahar Rahim mesmerising as Charles Sobhraj. We’ve also been enjoying The Great (Huzzah!) – a […]

This is a fine record – bit “Sky Sports Roundup” but still, worth posting on here.

Reckon there will be some Nazareth in there (This Flight Tonight?)

Did a pop pub quiz with a mate of mine in a pub called the Crown in Oxford 25 or so years ago, and the guy who set it (sent to the pub on a […]

Re Opera and musical bits between the shouting – funnily enough I’ve listened to the below a couple of times over the past few days. Not sure why I did, but it is lovely (see also the Intermezzo from the […]

Ha ha, I love this clip. All passion.

Masterful. You could tell how much he loved what he was watching. The commentary for the Lineker hat-trick in 1986 is outstanding – passionate but non-biased which is exactly what you want.

If you ever get a […]