A well-meaning friend, sent me a countryish song he had made (ordered? had assembled? magicked?) on an AI site, and sent it to me (at half two in the morning, which tells another story). ‘You can use this in your […]

Saw them at the smaller O2 venue in the Dome last year. They were good, and it was a great setlist, but they were too loud for the room and the beefed-up band removed an awful lot of any light and shade in the […]

I saw it in a live screening in our local cinema. I thought it was amazing, insightful and moving. but I’m a Welsh socialist. I’d say – cast it to the biggest screen you can and watch it all the way through if you can.

I’m properly worried. As commentators have said en masse today, Harris ran on hope beating fear, and the people chose fear. Since Trump decided to run again there’s a far more organised bunch of MAGA folk […]

She might not be the best Dem option (by a long chalk), but to overlook the VEEP woman of colour in favour of another thick-haired middle-aged white man in a suit would have had serious repercussions with a number […]

That’s positively snail-like compared with this version:

I’ve read Runnin’ with the Devil by their first manager Noel Monk, and it’s quite the eye opener, as is Sammy Hagar’s Red, though the latter author comes across (unsurprisingly) as more of a blow-hard. What both […]

One again, for me the answer is Pugwash:

I have seen it – on YouTube. It’s a clanger for sure, but a few bits of this curate’s egg are of interest. It shows a grimy London in the mid-80s that is long gone – all communication is done on brown telephones […]

IIRC you were either a ‘Whiz-Kid’ or a ‘Chip-ite’.

Watched this on DVD at the weekend. Bloody fantastic and, like the Buena Vista Social Club, a great tribute to these musicians before they died.

I saw Stevie and what I assume is this band supporting Tom Petty in 2017. They started with this song and I remember it being a lot tighter than this. I think because they have to play to a guitar with delay on […]

I’ve stayed there and I’d argue they must have some kind of agreement – Beatles music of every description is constantly played in the lobby (you can also pipe in in your room), likenesses abound and there’s a […]

I was already an Aimee Mann fan when this came out, but this sent me down a very enjoyable Harry Nilsson rabbit hole. It contains elements from three Harry songs, fact fans…

I hoped desperately that with Kiss retiring, Mr Simmons might fuck off to his mansion, count his money and not trouble the people with his boorish nonsense again. No such luck.

I like the old joke about the older woman offered tickets to see The Vienna Boys’ Choir. “No thanks”, she said “I saw them fifteen years ago. Their voices will have broken by now”.

I’ve only recently discovered Key and Peele. Their sketches have a very high chuckle rate and have very high production values, unsurprising given Jordan Peele’s next career:

Thanks for that. The singer in my new band recommended Mr Bruntnell and suggested I start with 1999’s Normal For Bridgwater, which is great (and I was pleased to see the excellent lead guitar is by James W […]

Judee Sill wrote Jesus Was A Crossmaker about him after their ill-fated relationship, so he maybe wasn’t an all round nice guy, but very few men in the Eagles gang of friends were the best in that regard.

I’m a graphic designer. Bad kerning on a poster can set me off!