Possibly Pratchett’s greatest

“So-cialist werker” (outside Smiths near HMV). Always pronounced the same way.
Sometimes (perversely) with the NF on the other side of the square – and without any trouble.

Its ruined for me now

I don’t think that will make much difference in the final standings…

1. More Adventurous – Rilo Kiley
2. Record – Tracey Thorn
3. Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
4. Black River Falls – Cathal Coughlan
5. Seventh Tree – Goldfrapp
6. Sunken Condos – Donald Fagen
7. Original […]

They’ve not given up. They wanted “herd immunity”, i.e. for the virus to let rip and kill off the elderly and disabled, and now they are going to get it.

Glad I’m not the only one. I don’t mind meeting mates in a pub for a pint, but I’ve never got the traditional thing of having a local “where everyone knows your name”. The GLW on the other hand understands it […]

just yesterday I fired up my Ipod shuffles (apparently I have 3, though 2 used to be the kids) in anticipation of the gyms eventually reopening. They are great for that sort of thing.
Otherwise I just use my […]

Thanks. Allowed me to express my opinions. I am sure it will be spun to death by the Torygraph, but still…. we have to try to maintain democratic oversight despite our lord Cummings.

so, Farn (rather than Fahren)

China Crisis are playing in a pub half a mile from me next year (rearranged from this). A pub. (ok, a micro brewery – but in the west of Bradford) It seems odd that a band who were TOTP big would playing such […]

read the preview of Billy – and bought it at the Chic Murray story. And yes, its so much in his voice it is like an audiobook.

I only saw him once – in Hull in a snowstorm. No buses so I to walk 3 miles each way.
Worth it. I couldn’t breath by the end.

I wonder about the economics of it all. With a severely curtailed (if not abandoned) summer festival season, is it worth trying to tour this summer? If you are a folky with just a guitar (or Billy Bragg), it will […]

It’s funny, I used to like Elvis C, saw him in concert a few times, had every album up till King of America. But I just fell off the Elvis train around then, and don’t really see the point now. If I listen to any […]

It may sound like a low bar, but it is what my wife and I set as our target. Our mothers had seven marriages between them, so we had no idea what a functional family actually looked like. We read books (thank Prof […]

Given how high it is in our 80/90s poll, has anyone matched up the tunes on Get Happy to the inspirations? Didn’t Elvis and Nick say that they took a old of Motown records and wrote new tunes on top?

As always personal views – The Nightfly is pretty much a Steely Dan album, and imho better than the last 2 SD albums. His latest album Sunken Condos is my favourite from either Becker, Fagen or SD since then. […]

Fantastic. Thanks for all that hard work.
To thank you for it, tonight we’re arranging a small reception just for you
Behind the big casino by the sea

Its my favourite on the album…. I know I have no taste.