I usually have my phone on silent but if I’m somewhere noisy and expecting a call then the ringtone that cuts through it all for me is this:

Still sounding good this year performed by RT on tour

And these…

Alright then, I’ll do it if no-one else is going to…

At the risk of trying everyone’s patience with more of the same, I was dragged to see Ken Dodd by my parents when I was, I think, 15 and far too cool to waste my time on a useless old git like him (this would have […]

When I saw the headline, I wondered whether he had finally apologised for wearing a tutu and generally being pretentious on his 2009 tour. Now that would be something worth apologising for.

That tour […]

Not as bad as I remembered…

Man Man Man
Welsh Rockers

Great review. I was not familiar with the Unthanks’ work before last night – though I’ve heard the so-called “dodgy prog” song plenty of times as performed by King Crimson.

I thought the whole show was […]

In a previous job, I worked with a thoroughly down-to-earth normal bloke from the North West called Michael Jackson and with another perfectly normal chap called Brian Wilson.

We’re not going on after Chas’n’Dave
I don’t care, I don’t care
Hello boys, there’s a change of plan
You’re going on after Crispy Ambulance

HMHB – Running Order Squabble Fest

Congratulations on being Lovelesslovelessnessless

The correct answer is…

…Trout Mask Replica.

Scary cover. Scarier contents.

And continuing the theme of OGWT and humour…

Love OGWT. This is my favourite clip – though not just for the music. The amusing bit is around 7:20.

Seagull is a bit too much of a keeno for my taste. Monkman comes over as slightly intense but is always quick to applaud the other team and never indulges in “gamesmanship” such as taking a long time to answer […]

And then there are the clowns, always from Yorkshire, who begin, “Eh oop.” I can’t think of anything unpleasant enough to do to them. Perhaps they should all be forced to spend the rest of their lives in each […]

I reckon you should be hoping for free-flowing running rugby – and I suspect Eddie Jones’ pre-match comments have been intended to encourage the French to try it. In a war of attrition, England’s pack might find […]

I won’t be drinking the beer, that’s how ill I feel.

The trouble with France is that you just don’t know how they’ll perform. As long as the scrum is sound and the French forwards don’t make much headway in […]

Yup. I’m probably just as excited as you, Scarlet. I may have a stinking cold but I’ll be at Twickenham this afternoon, cheering for as long as my throat lasts. It could be a close game – England’s makeshift […]