Is it just me or does Brian Eno seem like the worst kind of unbearable, pretentious twerp? I don’t think I’ve ever read anything about him where he doesn’t give off a strong whiff of talent leeching starf*cker. I […]

I believe Nottingham Forest had a player called Paul McGregor, who was in a Britpop type band called “Merc.” He also went on to turn out for Plymouth and Northampton.

It’s usually an essential listen, certainly the podcast I have stuck with the longest. I’m firmly in the Al and Taylor camp…Al is a great host and it’s much less fun when Taylor isn’t on. Price and Stubbs are […]

Completely agree with this Vulpes. For all the same reasons as you, I really want to like their stuff more than I do but there’s just something getting in the way that I can’t quite put my finger on. “Hard work” […]

I discovered The Jayhawks when the old GLR station used to play them a fair bit. Really good band, although I do feel more recent albums are catchier. The Louris and Olson “duo” album is a lovely, understated […]

I’ve only ever used RingGo, which seems to be used pretty much everywhere round here, no problems whatsoever with it. But I loathe paying to park anywhere, and it does niggle that there is now seemingly zero […]

Damn…I completely forgot about that Sunhouse album! Steve, what’s the Colourfield double album? Thanks.

Very interesting stuff…we’re planning a trip to Islay and Jura next year, having been to Arran, Campbeltown, Mull Of Kintyre and the Isle of Gigha last summer and found all the areas, beautiful, as well as […]

My goodness yes, well played Mr Kilmer…

West London’s Chiswick: John Entwistle Kim Wilde Ian Gillan Phil Collins I’m guessing these could have been born in the same maternity hospital as me as it used to serve a sizeable number of West London suburbs […]

Oh isn’t Bill Is Dead just truly fabulous? A rare moment of reflective, almost tender (post-coital?) oversharing from MES. The band are superb on this too.

Just finished it all, and it was absolutely superb, all of it. A very minor criticism would be that the last episode wasn’t quite in the same league as the others-it hammered home the “just a normal family” point […]

Outside! Now!

Yes, Monster was where I started to lose touch as well. Not keen on much at all post Berry, although there is a very occasional gem to be found.

I remember reading the book and wondering why David Nobbs bothered with the Jimmy and Linda storyline. It just seemed gratuitous, unnecessary and could easily have been left out with no effect on the rest of the […]

A great song. My fav REM will always be the first three albums but this is fab too.

Thanks Colin, I would probably have retired in 2 or three years anyway so this isn’t quite as drastic as it might first seem, but it really was time to put my sanity first. I’m fortunate to have a very supportive […]

Seen Not a lot, quite frankly, apart from a charming comedy show on (I think) iplayer called The Cockfields, with a quality cast including Sue Johnston, Joe Wilkinson, Susannah Fielding and the wonderful Ben […]

I’ve always been a fan of Orange Juice and Edwyn, so this gives me a bit of a lump in my throat. Will try to get along to one of these. I do hope he’s in the best of health but I can just imagine that with his […]

Dry The Rain is a fabulous and wonderful song.