This is good from the ever-reliable Bendor Grosvenor: https://www.arthistorynews.com/articles/5303_Shredding_Banksy

Man alive, I miss Bap. Good on you, bigstevie.

Chuck Prophet cancelled last night at Bush Hall, and we were informed during Jesse Malin’s support set. Jesse was a hero and carried on for another blistering hour after the announcement, really saving the day. […]

Thanks, Beezer. Much appreciated!

Nice review. Thanks. I was there both nights, and they were both ace. As much as I love the Goners and revel in Sonny Landreth as his sideman, I missed Doug Lancio on guitar who has been on the past few tours […]

Thanks for your service!

Maria McKee: “Life Is Sweet” / “After Life” appear in two different versions; first on “Life Is Sweet” then on “High Dive”.

Both times they are terrific.

Well, Reading was my one hundred and seventh Marillion show since 1986. There are a lot of us of a similar vintage who have followed the band for thirty-plus years.

Why? Vincent is right that they “mix it u […]

Thanks, @niallb. A much appreciated public service; I hadn’t spotted the announcement.

Thanks, Retro. I was shamefully unaware that this was coming out.

How many enticing boxes can one record tick: Shelby? Allison? Teddy T? Nick Cave cover? RT’s rhythm section? Benmont Tench? And Doug […]

What he said.

That’s the kind of concise, precise and succinct summary of the task in the classroom which I ought to save and share with my Department colleagues (and our ITT placement student) in […]

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Well, it would be a rather miserable old world if we all agreed on everything, wouldn’t it Bri?

Anyway, over the past couple of decades I’ve had far more colourfully aggressive observations made directly to my […]

As far as modern poets go, aside from Simon Armitage (new collection “The Unaccompanied” is terrific), Alice Oswald is worth reading.

I am a secondary school English teacher and my sixth formers seem to enjoy […]

Never having seen them before, or watched a live video, I was rather surprised at how little Janick got to have a go at. Dave Murray certainly did so much more of the heavy lifting than I thought he would. […]

Great minds think alike, fools seldom differ etc etc.

Your post is amusingly coincidental, Mr DBP.

Last night was my first ever Maiden gig and when my sister asked me what it was like, the most apposite […]

Forigve me if I’m repeating a very well-worn anecdote, but it’s one of my favourite TP moments of kismet. Frank Silva’s on-screen role as Bob was seemingly utterly unintended:

“Frank Silva: It was an accident. I […]

It was his farewell Radio Two Saturday / Sunday overnight show last weekend. It’ll be on iPlayer for the next month.

I remember when he did his final Radio One programme back in the ’90s he ended with the […]

Oooh! No! That’s the best bit of “Butch Cassidy…”! If only because each year I’m luck enough to get to go on holiday to the wonderful Utah desert and visit the house and garden where that scene was filmed. […]

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There’s a cheap deal from the Spanish tax-dodgers at the mo, apparently.

Via here: http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/deal/deal-alert-vangelis-delectus-box/