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!

I believe a close relative of Jon is responsible for the terrible cover. I think I’ll be buying it, and making my own cover, as I have done in the past.

Thanks!

That’s it! When I bought the place (2003) they were all old-fashioned bulbs. It’s the pettiness that gets me.

When I moved into my flat (which was a real fixer-upper to say the least) the only thing we insisted on was that the ancient boiler (which I was going to replace asap) didn’t kill me. The surveyor had noticed it […]

Got to see him do Shakespeare a few years back. An immense presence, and lightness of touch in his acting, as well as that amazing voice. Also, this:

I love this. When it starts dragging on, just detune the bottom string….

Doh! That’s the two Jellyfish mainmen, 2nd para nothing to do with the Supper’s Ready Hitmakers…

An interesting SDM for me is when the late, great, David Longdon of Big Big Train fame lost out on the Genesis singing gig in favour of The Bloke Out Of Stiltskin. With David’s Gabriel-ly voice the Calling All […]

I dimly remember that Dido was brought in at short notice after the planned cover story (Travis, I think) was embargoed by the Scots’ record company when their album release was held up. Ring any bells with a […]

I met Mark when I was a newly graduated design student and the ‘job needs experience/can’t get experience without a job’ Catch-22 situation was beginning to bite. A (print) advert from Q called out for a junior […]

Loved Screen Test as well. RIP Brian.

Saw the lineup with Michael in the early 2000s at SBE. An amazing show.

CSM shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a piece on Oasis ever since his fawning gold-star review of Be Here Now in Mojo. Let’s see if I can dig it out… Ahem: “Don’t Go Away and Stand By me may well be the most […]