I’ve often thought Pete probably derived the greatest pleasure from his partnership with Dud not from making audiences laugh, but simply from making Dud laugh. The well known art gallery sketch where Dud struggles […]

Are niche magazines not called things like “Cheese and Cheesemen” or “Carrier Bag World” anymore? I am dissapoint.

Thanks, this is fab. Seems to have been up on Vimeo since late last year so maybe no-one is too bothered about copyright infringement, or maybe the lawyers are all self-isolating.

Martin Lee, the bloke with the moustache, always looked at least 15 years older than the others and exuded a certain “well, it was this or back to the milk round” world weariness that sat uneasily on their cheery […]

Another cancelled gig – I had a ticket for The Clash at The Liberty in Balham in early 1980. Topper Headon hurt his hand (that was the official excuse anyway) a week before, and the gig was postponed for five […]

Another cancelled gig – I had a ticket for The Clash at The Liberty in Balham in early 1980. Topper Headon hurt his hand (that was the official excuse anyway) a week before, and the gig was postponed for five […]

He certainly had a sense of humour which was evident in his delight in performance.
I was rather indifferent towards him until my then girlfriend – who adored him – dragged me to see him at the O2 in London […]

Cricketer Dean Jones, ace Aussie batsman during the late 80s and early 90s and more recently a commentator, has been dismissed by a sudden heart attack while working in India, at a mere 59.

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His intro to the show makes it sound suspiciously like an extended commercial for his own brand of hooch.

I’d like a smart toaster though.

I’m more than a little surprised that you should lump The Beatles in with the subsect of bands “a whole lot of other people didn’t get”. Whilst it may be the case that there is an increasing number of people w […]

Well?

Being effectively banned from performing in the US for four years from 1965 didn’t much aid their role in the original British invasion.

America’s loss, of course, but the cringe-inducing “Come Dancing” years […]

Is Richard Thompson on it?

Is Richard Thompson on it?

Alan Minter , British boxer who was the undisputed World Middleweight Champion in 1980 (for a few months at least, until Marvin Hagler rightly re-arranged his face for him) – has failed to beat the count at 69.

It’s really pretty good, isn’t it? Wouldn’t be out of place on Western Stars at all.

Watching the video, I’m struck by the thought that if you stuck a bandana on Van Morrison’s head …hey presto, Steve Van Zandt.

I don’t know what the Sun Studio is like these days, but I was lucky enough to visit Memphis in the early 80s and went out of my way to see it. it felt like visiting a holy shrine. Tiny little place, not done up […]

Maybe, but after the first few thousand visitors have felt suitably smug that -say- Nick Drake is in but there’s no George Micheal – I can see visitor numbers plummeting as most people would say “never heard of […]

Me and The Australians – think I saw them at the Half Moon in Putney back in ’76 but I may have been stoned.