What is ridiculous is that you can get that whole estate for the price of an end terrace in London…

Apologies for the late delivery from Avalon… 1. The Tubs – Cotton Crown 2. Lily Allen – West End Girl 3. Robert Plant – Saving Grace 4. Stereolab – instant Holograms on Metal Film 5. Warrington Runcorn […]

Not really got much to add but… 1. The Beatles Anthology 4 – I dont play any of the Anthology records much but they are very interesting. 2. Husker Du – The Miracle Year. I saw them in Leeds in 1986, and they […]

Which is only fair, given them nicking the intro to Ricki dont lose that number from Horace Silver’s Song for my father (apparently) and Gaucho from Keith Jarrett…

Seen: the Diplomat ahead od Season 3, and Andor ahead of Season 2 (yes I know i am behind the times). Had never seen Knives out till just now, and they were great fun so off to the premier on Wednesday (the […]

GLW listened to the audiobook fairly obsessively – she loved it. Robert Glenister is superb. I was listening to the new Slow Horses (Clown Town) and Sean Barrett is also superb. The choice of narrator is so […]

Read: Finished a re-read of V by Pynchon which started before we went to Malta in May and finished this month. Currently read a History of the Bible (for light relief) before starting Nick Harkaway’s Sleeper […]

It’s not a huge regret but my mates saying “oh god not another bloody Irish band you are trying to drag us along to” is why I never saw U2 at Leeds Uni…

I regret missing Nirvana at the Riverside. And Oasis (when they famously had a fight with the audience). God I loved that place.

Saw The Cure on their last tour from the last row of the First Direct Arena in Leeds – and it was surprisingly good sound and visuals. Not a great fan of enormodomes either, but they can work.

Most expensive ticket I ever bought (MCR) but worth it.

1. First Concert – The Pirates in a nightclub in Hull 2. Last Concert – Rag n Bone man – I was basically the driver for the night but better than I expected 3. Worst Concert- a recent one. Ian Brown live and […]

And surely this is all rather time limited – they have to make their money NOW. I’m not sure my 23 year old have ever heard of Bruce. (they HAVE heard of the Beatles). Soon us olds will be gone, or broke (or […]

First time I saw it was a 6th form school trip in Manchester – we were right at the front. Half the kids didnt go back for the 2nd half! Saw it loads of times at the Hyde Park Cinema in Leeds – but never been a […]

I assume she is a big fan of Kung Fu Panda.

John Cale has written music for Dylan Thomas poems, though I’m not convinced by them

I love LYR

And of course Talking Heads inspired The Undertones wonderful More Songs about Chocolate and Girls on Hypnotised.

One of the things that bonded my GLW and I during our fairly brief engagement was Tom Lehrer. We probably deserve each other. Obvs we love The Elements, and Pigeons… but a particular favourite of mine was […]

A delightful arrogance from Chloe Kelly, which is obnoxious in real life but rather fun in athletes and rock stars. (no idea what she is like in real life) A friend’s son was invited to “help”* at Saint […]