Oh dear! Where do I start? One of my big regrets is not ever seeing The Band. Oh wait: I have. It turns out they were at Wembley, along with CSNY (I actually remember that I saw them, even though no images of […]

Hawkwind’s acoustic sets were pretty neat. Then, after a break, we were straight in to the usual chugging rhythms, whooshing noises, etc. What’s not to like. Btw, even my dad – who thought all ‘pop music […]

Mike Oldfield’s “4 a.m. in the morning”.

Yep. Got it, but it took some thinking about and, to be fair, others had hinted at it/guessed it already. Indeed, reading the quote again, I can see why many would have perhaps agreed that this was a fair and […]

I am obviously the sort of person who gets “into a lather over musicianly virtues”! This is about one of my favourites by one of my all-time favourites. On the other hand, the NME was never really one of my fav […]

I 100% agree with this. I hate it when albums come to their ‘proper’ end… and then carry on with alternative versions or bonus tracks. Here’s two examples that spring to mind. My CD version of Love’s Forever C […]

Every decade or so since the 1970s I try to ‘get into’ the Grateful Dead. This time, I’ve had Cornell 5/8/77 on in the car. I got to the end of all 3 CDs yesterday It’s an improvement on most other things I’ve […]

King Crimson’s 21st Century Schizoid Man has a few. A Google search declares such a pause to called be a caesura. I didn’t know that.

I have been searching the memory banks on this one, but got there finally. It was Another Close Shave by John Dowie way back in 1977. It contained some ‘memorable’ songs such Naked Noolies in the Moonlight. I see […]

The Mighty Tull on the Thick as a Brick Tour in 1972, at the Colston Hall, Bristol. There was then a mere 52-year gap because of various reasons, cancellations, living abroad, etc, followed by seeing them at the […]

Thank you. That’s the blighter! I had Eagle delivered as a lad, but somehow acquired a few of the older annuals such as Wizard, Lion, etc, from jumble sales or the like. I also seem to remember some bloke with a m […]

Maggot Malone. The ‘Jerries’ were usually referred to as Sausage Munchers, Squareheads, etc. Another ‘hero’ in another comic (nope, no idea about names) had a faithful accomplice, maybe with a turban or similar […]

That’s a good point. I hadn’t thought of it that way before. Thank you.

I have yet to ‘read’ any of his books. However, I have heard the first two Thursday Murder Club books on audio cd whilst holidaying across Western Europe in the motorhome. I was convinced I would find them naf […]

Thank you. That’s one heck of a playlist…. so much so, I’ve just subscribed to Spotify and am looking forward to having a listen. Some of them are very familiar, but others will be new to me.

There’s some good advice above, especially about trying before buying. I have had a motorhome (to me a ‘camper’ is a VW-type vehicle) for over twelve years now. I have zero regrets. Living in Europe, I have only […]

I am in the same boat: I was there but remember almost nothing other than odd fragments. SAHB for example. They were at everything I went to for a number of years. Couldn’t stand them then, probably wouldn’t lik […]

I agree: The Beach Boys. In my case, however, it is simply for my favourite song of all time – God Only Knows. As well as still getting a thrill hearing it every time, I have also used this song as a way of […]

I am sorry for your loss. I have a note attached to my will to say I want Steely Dan’s version of East St Louis Toodle-oo played when I go. If the timing is right then the gong should sound as the curtain c […]

Read. Enjoyed. Wiped small tear from eye unnoticed by others. Thank you.