Hi FSteve – I like the sound of the FiiO, but I’m a simple soul. If I plug it into my iMac, will it appear on my desktop and I can drag and drop? And will it take podcasts from iTunes?

Thanks to all for your advice, btw.

Thanks Mike, but downloaded the three day trial of AnyTrans and it didn’t recognise the iPod. Maybe the old thing is just knackered. But I’ve downloaded a few podcasts using WiFi, so that’ll do for now.

Thanks for the info Mike. Buggers! I just wiped the iPod in order to create a new library, so only have a handful of tunes – it’s like the old days of tape collections. Good point about wiFi and the podcasts. […]

Too right. I have a fancy Yamaha ‘put it in the slit’ CD/Radio/dock by my bed which is ace, but for the fact that it is so picky, and frequently spits out/keeps hold of without playing my various CDs from the […]

That was my first thought. Performers who had big-selling albums in the 90s, who also wrote or co-wrote the tunes, have quite a nest egg. New CD albums were £12.99 at the time, plus those CD singles at up to […]

Never done the official rock’n’roll M&G, but with most of the level of acts I like, I get to chat with them before/after if I can summon up the courage and have something to sign. I’d pay a little for Neil Finn, […]

From ‘Porridge’:

Fletch: Ahh, Pan’s People! I always liked the blonde one. Beautiful Babs. Can’t remember her name…

Have met Leo and seen his show – he’s the uncle of a good friend of mine. Having only known the two biggest hits before I saw him, I went with arms folded. Have to say, he put on a great show and had quite a few […]

Always gives me a chuckle to see multiple copies of Boyzone’s ‘Where We Belong’ in a charity shop…

Good thread. I still pull out the Stuffies first two albums (they were very much part of my student days) – great songs, great sound and certainly crap on most of the toothless ‘indie’ bands that followed them. […]

In order:
Pat Quid (seems a laugh)
Tony Pebble’ (lots of chats about his crumpetteering days, would get tiresome after a bit)
Brian Pern (very humourless, and might bring that Peruvian wife of his)
Rhythm […]

No Tai Chi bloke but yes, ‘The Legendary Little Jimmy Scott’ as he was named and billed at all times. I quite liked him, was less impressed with the band – I’d hoped for the likes of Robert Quine, Fernando […]

Great shout. That’s one of those ‘take the boxing gloves off Jimmy, and play it again’. That said, there’s D’yer Maker. And The Crunge…

Isn’t this the premise of Goodnight Sweetheart?

Lou Reed on the Magic and Loss Tour of 1991. As we took out seats at the Hammy Odeon (as it was) an announcement came over the PA: ‘Ladies and Gentlemen – please note that Lou Reed and his band will be playing the […]

Been there. Last year, as part of a day-long ‘open house’ music fest in a market town, I signed up for a solo gig to break the monotony of when my band wasn’t playing two other gigs.

It was a ‘sports’ bar, an I […]

You got there before me – I was going to post the same clip. I love the bits where Geddy and Alex give each other little looks, as if to say ‘can you believe this lot?’

South American crowds are properly mental […]

A real shocker – I didn’t know he was ill. Every time his name was announced for the News Quiz or I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, I’d mentally plump a cushion and smile – I’d be in for a good half hour. I loved the […]

Hi Mickey. I was at that Borderline gig. One of my top 5 shows.

Some many great memories: The ‘Mints starting with the Monkees’ Porpoise Song, then straight into ‘…Greg Lake’, the cover of Todd’s ‘Couldn’t I […]