I suppose it was more on the previous thread than this, but there seems to be much resistance amongst us ageing stick-in-the-muds to the repurposing of existing words and out-and-out neologisms, when this is both […]

Worra buncha C*nutes, railing against the inevitability of ever-evolving language. Now, if you were to get worked up over folk’s constant misuse of understated and overstated (so easy to avoid altogether but – o […]

Ooh! Count me in. I see real money-making potential in this Stroppy Alexa™️ idea of yours, Dr V.
“Alexa, what’s the capital city of Bolivia?”
“Are you too lazy to open a book or are you just too thick to re […]

It’s a great song, indeed. But if I’m allowed 2009 that just opens a whole new can of worms..

I would have picked That Look You Give That Guy except I’m pretty sure it’s from the oughts..

Problem solved!

Drink taken and a careless scroll down my music throws up:

Grace Jones – William’s Blood
Murs – Lemon Juice
Kehlani – CRZY
Steps – Scared Of The Dark
Julian Cope – The Armenian Genocide
Frank Orange – […]

Ackchewrly I’ve known Beatlesband to work provided
1. It’s late enough
2. Yer crowd is well drunk and has already demonstrated a willingness to bop to allsorts.
(Helps if you’ve got a lot of olds and – needl […]

The Queen Is Dead – are our albums transitioning now? (Some girls are bigger than others indeed!)

Those who speak of a “journey” are exhibiting their grasp of spacetime. The rest of us are the fish who do not see the water…

or Fernando don’t dey dough?

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Gizza Gizza
Gizza Job On Your Worksite🎵

They were right, though..

7’6”!
Did you only accept lifts from cars with sunroofs/ soft tops?

15,000 songs – does this guy even like music?

Er… that’ll be The Last Shadow Puppets..

For the movies, I think you could have put Moon and The Raid in your B list, Leicester.
On the Guardian’s music list, I’m startled by the placing of The Streets – I still dig out the first two albums de tem […]

Second hand record: has scratches all over it
Kitten: the scratches are all on your arms.
Do I get the job?

Well, I know I’m not wild about Tom Waits or The Wilburys but as you were kind enough to post I will give the others a spin (quite optimistic about John Hiatt and and Lyle Lovett, who would have been in my “ […]

The recent “nominate an album for each year” thread reminded me what a washout/blind spot the white American music of the 80s and early 90s was for me. Much of what was being upped by the mags (Jane’s Addic […]