One for the Wilco fans

David Ford did a very unofficial set late morning at Latitude in 2009, it was announced via his twitter feed and it was basically him with an acoustic guitar playing songs to about 20-30 people. The GLW didn’t m […]

It’s working for me, I don’t want it to though!

Alien, it’s my favourite film of all time, and not just because of Sigourney Weaver in vest and pants, oh no, not just for that…

Scotch for me too, I love highland, lowland and particularly Speyside but I usually prefer to glug Famous Grouse than sip Macallan.

I drink too much and must cut down a bit tomorrow.

New Spoon.

Mostly sporting, the first I remember was a Barnsley v Swindon match in the late seventies, the ball goes out for a goal kick and bounces into the crowd, I catch the ball and return it throw-in style to the […]

Whisky.

Couldn’t stand the smell or taste, couldn’t understand how people could like it, then while I was working at a school as a printer I helped out by playing drums in the school’s production of Godsp […]

Do you mean the interview with Nick’s biographer Will Birch? If so it takes place on the 22nd July according to the email I got.

Chimney sweep due so I can’t take the dogs out, I’ve spent the time with chillies. I’ve made 3 jars of chilli ketchup and a chilli con carne for dinner.

My thoughts exactly Sal, I see something that amuses me and I share it, to me that’s what Facebook is good at.

Every rhyme that Leonard Cohen makes to arrive at Hallelujah.

Clunkier than the clunkiest clunker in Clunksville, Clunkshire, Clunkland.

Mine isn’t.

The Squeeze 5 incher was “If I didn’t love you”, I have a copy, I also have (for some unknown reason) a 6 inch single by Westworld.

Took me over 30 minutes to get a 4

The Family Cat to Jaques Bultinck

Stop it! You’re making me think in pictures.

King of America – Elvis Costello
I’m Your Man – Leonard Cohen
New Adventures in Hi-Fi – R.E.M.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – Wilco
Grand Prix – Teenage Fanclub

Probably – I dare say you could quote 3 consecutive […]

I suppose the Mermaid Avenue songs with Billy Bragg are adaptations rather than covers so yes. I have a live recording of a full set of covers though.

Had a hot-pot meal with friends in Chengdu, one of the specialities was deep fried goose intestines which are seen as quite a delicacy in the area.

To replicate both taste and texture, deep fry some knicker elastic.

Jeez that’s a beautiful sound…