I went to that and paid for my ticket, which I’m pretty sure wasn’t that much more than a tenner, but still, well played!

I can’t beat that, but I did once go and see Ride at the Old Trout in Windsor in about 1991 or 2 and didn’t realise it was sold out, with touts outside offerring spares at way out of my range. Hanging around by […]

Used to love his/her stand up from around 30 years ago, and this show does sound like a remarkable achievement but I can never quite decide whether I admire the hugely ambitious scale of Eddie’s projects or […]

Absolutely this…it’s a ridiculously jarring note tagged on to a great record.

There is one particular video on YouTube where at a gig (Bridge House maybe?) the singer calls out some racist behaviour in the crowd. Very admirable obviously but my goodness you wouldn’t want to argue with him.

Another Satellite from XTC’s Skylarking is one that does it for me every time. Although it definitely feels a bit different to the rest of the album I can’t imagine it not being there…its spacey, synthy music […]

Great track. Right up there with their best, ie Love Vigilantes, Your Silent Face, Dream Attack and Ceremony.

I’ve got a copy of that DVD…it’s actually not as bad as might be expected. I got it because I was a teenage West Ham fan and the band’s peak years of 79-81 were probably my peak as an Irons fan too. (Much more […]

It’s a really good album isn’t it, possibly their most consistent, notwithstanding the overplayed ubiquity of the title track and Girls And Boys. Jubilee and Trouble In The Message Centre are terrific as well.

That whole album by Lloyd Cole is a fabulous little gem. Just nice, hooky, tuneful songs played and sung well.

That’s great! You can hear how Teenage Fanclub might have taken some influence from there as well.

The Dukes Of Stratosphere, XTC’s homage of 1960s psychedelic pop is an entire couple of albums worth of pastiche. It’s all fantastic, both albums should be in any collection, but perhaps the most obvious “in the […]

What a lovely track. A nice unexpected delight. Not the sort of thing I would neccesarily head towards unless prompted, I love it when that happens.

Ah of course, I remember a similar chat on here last year now. I’m the same height as you and our Autosleeper Kemerton, (Peugeot Boxer) is fine for us. Hope you have a fab trip.

What kind of campervan are you hiring @fentonsteve ? If you haven’t already booked it, or driven one before, I’d err on the side of caution and not get a gigantic one. And regarding the NEC Campervan Show, I’d […]

You definitely get the impression that he was quite fortunate to very much find himself in the right place at the right time. He’s also based pretty much an entire career on it!

Yes, I’ve heard that too. I always thought it was a good sounding song but with extremely dubious lyrics.

That’s interesting to hear…I’ve usually found their other albums long term growers, not immediate at all, but found this one very quick to like and sink in. I can see with hindsight what you mean about the one […]

SEEN No films this month, and TV has been a bit thin on the ground…been eagerly awaiting the return of Slow Horses but too early to comment on that just yet. The Girlfriend (starring Robin Wright and Olivia […]

Great aren’t they @Leedsboy ? Tiny bit of a stretch in there too, essential for the (in my case) slightly expanding middle aged chap. Terrific for turn ups as well.