When I think on, I suspect she was supporting Teardrop Explodes on the Wilder tour.

That didn’t register with me, so I figure not. It clearly had an impact elsewhere, but I am wary of re-opening that particular box. Arpeggios anyone?

Not a pet, but a proper working horse, more beloved for all that, as Tom Walsh’s lyrics lay bare. Tom and Nick are part of the Lancastrian travelling community and familiar from sessions in the county.

I really can’t let this moment pass.

I’ll throw this one out there. Have any other members of the blog seen Our Virginia live? I suspect it was a rare outing and I couldn’t even tell you which year – early 80s I would think.

Not catalogued yet, so here is the basis for my estimate:
10 Bennos from Ikea, each with 12 shelves which can accommodate approx 15 CDs. If rammed full, that would be 1800 CDs, but there are some shelves […]

Interesting to hear that. Apart from iterations that included band members, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone cover a Crimson track before.

Well it looks like Terry’s from Brookside from here.

I suspect, rather like my status at work, that I have quietly and unnoticed become ‘an old hand’. If you want to carbon date my attendance, I arrived just in time to enjoy the epoch-defining ‘Pop Stars Breaking Wind’ thread.

That’s sad. Non-pet owners like me often trivialise how deeply felt can be the loss of a pet. They/we shouldn’t.

Even in childhood, I leaned towards instrumental music. I won’t post a link, ’cause it’s over an hour long, but I strongly recommend Steve Reich’s Music for Eighteen Musicians.

Elsewhere, I find comfort in […]

Hurdy Gurdies and medieval polyphonic ensembles irrelevant? That’s a fight where I come from.

Thanks for that. I maybe a few steps closer to getting it, and to removing some incorrect assumptions.

You’ve not come across Joe Broughton’s Conservatoire Folk Ensemble, have you?

But in all of this, for Bitcoin to acquire value i.e. for someone to sell it and make money from the transaction, someone else must have put something in (or lost it, I suppose), or someone has added value […]

I’ve beaten you to it, once you rearrange the words to ‘side of my right upper arm’.

Yes. Nothing more to say.

and where would you like this tattoo of a hamper inking, Mr Dai?

The first time I heard it performed was by The Young ‘Uns. It was an instant ‘I will start learning to sing this song tomorrow’ moment, as they will find when I host the folk club on St George’s Day.