I saw Hawkwind in Bristol on their ‘Masters of the Universe’ tour a few years ago. It was very good (imo). The best, and nicest, surprise – despite calls from the audience to the contrary – was that they didn’t […]

Roger that!

I still didn’t find it that easy to get! Indeed, for a moment at first I thought it was a certain Dave (David?) Gilmour. More important, it’s just a great song anyway so thanks for posting it.

Sounds like Mark Knopfler to me, and very good it is too (as are many others on this thread, especially the first one which was new to me)!

Many years ago my guitar tutor reckoned that once I could master the […]

Gangsters, a thriller set in Birmingham from the late 1970s. Probably rubbish by today’s standards, but I never did see the last episode. Theme tune was by Dave Greenslade and I can still hum it (sort of).

Oh, […]

Yebbut we had something the others didn’t have: well-honed indolence and total incompetence. All the same, do you think I am owed some royalties or the like for coming up with the name first (not that anybody […]

Many thanks to Rigid Digit for starting this thread. It has brought back many happy memories.

Apart from the obvious ability to make mix tapes etc, and listen to them alone or with friends wherever, there was […]

Two long shots (but two of my favourites): Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails and The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up. Oh – and I’m taking a real punt on this – King Crimson’s ITCOTCK (and those who read that as […]

I pretty much agree with your approach, the main advantage being the ‘element of surprise’. The only concession I make to any system is that all CDs are stored on shelves according to packaging. So standard […]

I have been trying to think of something witty or profound to say about that clip for over a day now… but have failed miserably. I will therefore just say thanks to Colin for posting it. It was truly fabulous!

Thank you for a fabulous review! I am not sure I will be putting it in my ‘wish list’ however, as I know I will never play it all…. but have since popped Focus 3 in there and will sit on that for a while.

I […]

That’s one of the strange beauties of this site I suppose: you have revived some memories from the recesses of my brain of Bolan’s hippy era [shudders]. The true low point, of course, was the John Peel spoken […]

Roxy Music – July 1972 – Kensington Court Club, Newport, South Wales.

Was it the best concert I ever saw? Who knows! I do know that it was the most memorable though, and therefore the one I would most like to see […]

Eleanor Rigby
Here Comes The Sun

My interest is piqued, but my piggy bank is pretty much just coins, buttons and paper clips. Which one would you recommend if I could stretch to buying just one: S&M or S&M2?

Many thanks for the review. Just as last year’s review of Down to the River made me hesitate indefinitely on buying it, this review of Bless Your Heart has guaranteed that it is already in my Wish List.

But […]

I agree with what Martin Hairnet says about Firth of Forth. It’s got great instrumental bits, but the lyrics were by Adrian Mole I suspect, especially the ‘majestic’ bit.

Then again, when it was released, I was […]

1 – Blade Runner – 1982
2 – The Godfather – 1972
3 – Groundhog Day – 1993
4 – The Dark Knight – 2008
5 – Back To The Future – 1985
6 – North By Northwest – 1959
7 – The Grapes Of Wrath – 1940
8 – The Third […]

Home movies! ‘Ere, you’re not related to that Mr LaPage that Steely Dan sang about in “Everyone’s Gone To The Movies” are you? But yes, we seem to be on the same hymn sheet about a few things, including that […]