I saw them at Rock City way back and I reckon there were 25 of them then too. Took them an age to get on stage. I can’t remember if they went through the rigmarole of clearing off at the end and then coming back f […]

Birmingham Poly, 1988-92.

Being from Nottingham I lived too close to Brum to get into halls and was on a fruitless search of bedsits when I bumped into a couple of lads from Cannock and we ended up renting a […]

I’ve never been a big rugby fan but I saw the great Barbarians try by Gareth Edwards against the All Blacks again recently. Great commentary by Cliff Morgan who I can also remember presenting Sport on Four on R […]

Motörhead, Sherwood fuckin’ Forest (as Lemmy described it), north Notts, 2003.

My only experience of Lemmy and co (not really my thing but I thought it was something I should experience at least once) and bo […]

The Ansthruther Fish Bar is as good as the hype. I haven’t tasted fish that tastes so much of the sea as I have there.

I had fish and chips at The Little Fish and Chip Shop in Southwold on a much needed week a […]

A pea mix is chips and peas in the East Midlands.

Exactly. Look where America’s aggressive foreign policy since his presidency has got the world.

Watched this on Saturday evening and can heartily recommend it. From asking his favourite bands and performers to do fundraising gigs during the presidential race to inviting them to perform at White House garden […]

Having a social diary that is double booked does raise questions about the ‘dull’ persona you regularly purport to have.

Never happens to me.

Or a jitteh in Notts.

Keeping my sanity and helping my mum keep hers has probably been my biggest achievement of the year.

Lockdown started almost to the day one year on from us losing my sister to cancer. I know I was still […]

Love Duke Special, I must have seen him play live at least 15 times over the years and own pretty much every record he’s made.

I was rhythm guitarist in a covers band for four or five years in the early 2000s along with Scott on lead guitar, Mark on vocals, Andy on drums and Rob and later Steve on bass. We did loads of punk and ska stuff […]

Doves – The Universal Want
A Certain Ratio – ACR Loco
Laura Marling – Song for our Daughter
EOB – Earth
This is the Kit – Off Off On
Field Music – Making a New World
Laura Veirs – My Echo
Scott Matthews – […]

Merry Christmas one and all from a most infrequent poster on here but one who enjoys the wit and wisdom of all you lot on a daily basis, this thread included.

A lovely day in south Notts which started with a […]

@fentonsteve According to Wiki Field Music was released on 10 January. It’s going on my list anyway.

Seems like a lifetime ago, as does the gig.

Quite possibly doesn’t meet the title of the thread because I wouldn’t describe Wales as ‘foreign’ and there’s probably as much English dialogue as there is Welsh, but I really enjoyed the three series of Hinter […]

Yes, I never quite worked out why Fopp moved to the Broadmarsh. Cheaper rent I assume but there must have been a significant drop in footfall.

Rough Trade is OK although they do split the genres more than is […]

Yes I dread to think how much I spent in there over the years. A fortune I suspect but still not enough.

I found a Selectadisc carrier bag recently. I’m tempted to frame it.