Possibly some unforgettable support bands that could fill in the gaps but, obviously, I can’t remember who they are.

Ash
British Sea Power
Eliza Carthy
Duke Special
Elbow
Field Music
John Grant
P J H […]

Yes I’m also even more aware than usual of the need to try and not waste food. I’ve probably got about a third of the parsnips I grew last year left on the allotment and by this time they do start to get a bit woo […]

I was due to see John Shuttleworth this evening at the Nottingham Playhouse (all 750 seats sold) but it has been postponed. Probably not the daftest idea at the moment but disappointing none the less.

John was […]

Nick Drake – Pink Moon

The Queen is Dead (on the basis of Hatful of Hollow being a compilation album).

Also, possibly not too familiar on here, but a shout out for Free All Angels by Ash.

Not sure I concur with your thoughts on their final two albums but at least we agree on TCOS.

Laughing Stock in particular is an absolute favourite of mine.

Talk Talk – The Colour of Spring.

I have a rather sweet tooth so chocolate and cake are my go to snacks. I’ve all but given up biscuits though and a family bag of crisps can last me several weeks.

On the chocolate front, fruit and nut T […]

Great to meet up with @fentonsteve after my A Certain Ratio no show at the back end of last year.

It’s a first for me to hear an album played live in its entirety so soon after its release. I thought bands o […]

Season 2 has always made me a little skeptical of all future seasons but, to be fair, it never quite hit those depths again although it has never hit the heights of Season 1 for me. Not quite the same now without […]

Yes, when he fell into the river and was carried downstream, my immediate thought was ‘well, no-one’s going to be able to read that letter now’.

They must have laminated it beforehand.

Agree with others, it’s a great way to see theatre that you wouldn’t otherwise see very easily if you lived outside London.

I’ve seen the aforementioned Frankenstein, Hangmen with David Morrissey and David Hare’ […]

I can’t possibly pick one but here’s my faves, more from the start of the decade than the end.

Massive Attack – Heligoland
John Grant – Queen of Denmark
Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
This is the Kit – Wri […]

An abiding memory of watching John Player Sunday League cricket at Trent Bridge as a kid in the 70s would have been when Notts were playing Warwickshire and wondering why Bob Willis used his great long run up in […]

Despite having lived in Nottingham all my life, Fopp and Rough Trade are the only record shops I’m really aware of these days.

There is a Forever Records in Cobden Chambers off Pelham Street and there’s als […]

Plenty by New Order too, discounting compilations:

Ceremony
Procession
Everything’s Gone Green
Temptation
Blue Monday
Confusion
Thieves Like Us
Touched By The Hand Of God
World In Motion

He was once the special guest on View From The Boundary on TMS and played 1952 Vincent Black Lightning which was posted on the TMS webpage or similar. It must have been a tour by India as you could see either […]

I’ve seen Bjorn Again once, years ago, and I agree that they were great. I’ve never seen ABBA so can’t strictly make the comparison but just the fact that that there was just the four of them with a bass playe […]