Splendid! That about sums it up.

There’s a partial live at Cropredy ‘Put It There, Pal’ on YouTube which is absolutely incendiary, even by his standards.

I hadn’t listened to ‘Weld’ for donkey’s years. Sold it a couple of weeks ago for eighty quid and bought ‘Down In The Rust Bucket’ on the proceeds. On the other hand, I’d never part with ‘Tonight’s Th […]

I did that too. I also did a Venn Diagram about the three times I’ve posted about the album that changed my life. Over the course of ten years there was only one that appeared in all three lists. h […]

“…and then I got *off* the bus…”

There’s also a video… https://youtu.be/ZGO5QXHIpxw

Well…Helen’s gone to bed and is now banned from the internet until this evening, so below is the previously secret Helstock 2021 (What The Helstock) line-up…
Join us from 7:30pm GMT, 20th March at:
Youtube – […]

“If and when I go to a festival I’d rather not have to wear a mask and keep 6 feet away from others.”

I’m counting on it.

Absolute props for James Acaster and all of his Netflix specials, but especially “Cold Lasagne…”. Beautifully straddles the fine line between confessional misery lit and ‘come on, can we at least make this funny?’.

It was at Under The Bridge, the venue at Chelsea’s ground. There’s a roped off booth with two massive bouncers at the back. He’s smaller than you’d think.

I cannot commend Stewart Lee highly enough. Once you’ve read his books on how he puts the shows together there is an element of seeing behind the curtain, mind. I was minded to tell him how much I enjoyed his w […]

I have never knowingly heard any Be Bop Deluxe. Should I?

This weekend (Saturday the 20th) brings forth the annual celebration of all things concerned with Helen out of The Neighbourhood Dogs’ annual trip around the sun and [i]Helstock[/i] – this year online. For once w […]

You haven’t lived until you’ve heard a Hull record shop assistant trying to order a Tone Loc album from a distribution centre in Romford.

I think it might have pre-dated the whole MTV thing, but I was always more impressed with the unplugged version of Tesla than with the noisy electric ‘proper’ band. https://youtu.be/c3nWl1oRExU

There is a live Ducks album on Amazon, but the reviews are universally of the “…sounds like it was recorded on a cassette player from the car park” variety.

I told you it was bad news…

I think the original CD was a straight issue of the LP, then they later realised that there was legroom to stretch out a bit. The re-do had red writing on the cover rather than the green iirc. The extras bugged me […]

I don’t own it, but I knew a drummer who could identify the different drum machines on the two versions of Seal’s first album.