Seconded on Maybe I’m Amazed.

I tend to listen to the audiobooks – I think Robert Glenister does a great job. This one is 30 hours and the GLW has dibs, but she likes it so far.
Thing I noticed just rewatching the TV series is quite how […]

I’m in the tier that isnt allowed to go to Anglesey in 10 days for our half term holiday.

Apparently.

And despite the efforts of our MP to convince (his) government that the virus only infects poor and/or […]

It suggested “Manager” for me. Which is fair enough, its kind of what I ended up being.
But its not where people start, is it? You can’t just say “I’ll be a manager”. You have to be appointed to the role. And […]

Mine too.
I’m an atheist, but has been pointed out – that’s not a major issue in the Church of England.

Yonks ago there was a newspaper photoshoot of two young lads (16?) with their shirts off to compare their physiques. One was a fit young professional footballer. The other was a dancer – he was ripped.
Darn […]

Thanks for that

I just love the Kid Charlemagne story.

Oh dear indeed.

Ah, laughing Len. Always good for a giggle.

Actually, I friends at Uni who insisted Cohen was funny. Took me about 20 years to agree. Mind you they used to drink Green Chartreuse. Maybe that helps?

Thank you, thank you. For my next song I shall be performing Richard Thompson’s There’s nothing at the end of the rainbow….

Black, black – its all black….

Terry Pratchett.
And Gil Scott-Heron
“You can depend on the folks and gravity
Cuz both of them will bring you down
You can depend on catching something Yeah
Cuz something is going around
You can depend on […]

Loud? I’ve seen My Bloody Valentine mate.
And one song by Motörhead, twice. (The rest of the gigs I heard from a concrete bunker twenty feet below the stage, which gave the optimum listening ex […]

As I mentioned elsewhere prince’s Sign o the Times is only £1.99 on iTunes.
I’ve been playing that and Stop Making Sense last two days while “working”.

And living in Grimsby, you’d welcome it I suppose?
(40 years out of Hull and the local prejudices are live and kicking)

Not quite a kindle bargain, but Prince’s concert film Sign O’ the Times is £1.99 on Itunes. Not sure if this is permanent.
80s as anything.

Its what you get when you come from Hull (and that was a good decision), study in Leeds, live in Manchester then Bradford and support Liverpool.
No, its not my original accent. But have you heard a Hull accent?

But the BBC radio adoption of Night Watch with Philip Jackson as Vimes is brilliant.
As has been said before “the pictures are better on radio”.

I believe City Watch has now been downgraded to “inspired by” […]

My wife is from “the industrial bit south of Glasgow” (as she always puts it). After 25 years in the north of England her accent is still the first thing people notice. Its only when she goes back to visit her […]

I take it everyone has seen the awful “Geordie” in the detective series Castle?