That over-singing, ‘why sing one note when twenty warbling all over the shop will make you sound really soulful and emotional?’

Mr Kermode – I usually like what he likes.

The Peter Bradshaw review wasn’t great but Mark Kermode gave it a glowing 5 star review and I know with which reviewer I am more likely to agree.

I am 56 at the end of the week and have been playing in bands, on and off, since I was 18. ( I know, I started late). I am looking forward to becoming an overnight sensation sometime very soon and then having a […]

Hamish Hawk – This, whatever it is, needs improvement.

(i) Sugar Sugar – The Archies
ii) Ride A White Swan – T Rex
(iii)– Picture This – Blondie
(iv) – The Man Don’t Give A Fuck – Super Furry Animals
(v)– Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell
(vi– Living For The […]

Chelsea boots – 2 pairs black , 1 pair dark tan, 1 pair light tan, 1 pair RM Williams dark tan (regularly resoled)
Suede desert Boots – 1 pair chocolate Brown, 1 pair tan
Converse – 1 red, 1 blue
Brogues – 1 […]

Like you, this was the last one I bought( until The Next Day) , thinking it just sounded like a poor imitation of David Bowie. It always reminds me (or would if I ever played it) of a lot of early 80s bands that […]

Frantz and Weymouth

1. Hamish Hawk – Heavy Elevator
2. Pokey Lafarge – In the Blossom of Their Shade
3.Robert Plant & Alison Kraus – Raise the Roof
4. James McMurtry – The Horses and the Hounds

Any sport you don’t like can be dismissed with some reductive description though:
F1 – driving round in circles. Football – chasing a bag of leather around and trying to kick it between two sticks. I quite like […]

1 and 2 more or less equally
3 in the car or train etc.
Whatever Echo is classed as in the kitchen

– Consolation Prize by Orange Juice

Couldn’t agree more. When the locks were more luxuriant Pluko/ Black & White was the only choice. Even named a band after it.
Sadly, no longer needed with the No 1 all over

I had the Scars album Author Author! way back in the early 80s and foolishly took it in for some cash at a Record & Tape exchange. Wish I still had it but can’t find it anywhere

It’s Only Make Believe – the Glen Campbell version rising a key in each verse to make it especially difficult…

Connection: A Clockwork Orange

Not sure it’s an actual solo but…from about 1.50