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After the tedium of last nights highly anticipated Manchester United versus Liverpool game, something to wake me up. Utah Saints - 'Fu...

It's amazing that, apart from Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, all of the original rock and roll legends are still alive, with Chuck ...

Two items in the news recently. First of all, there's been trains cancelled because of offensive graffiti on their sides. These have ...

Another favourite song from a few years ago. Okkervil River with John Allyn Smith sails. Will Sheff, the main man in the band is hugely un...

An ipod favourite - Stars' 'Dead Hearts' toodle pip

My fortune awaits! toodle pip

This is kind of old news, as it is a bill for England fans drinks at The Euros. Obviously very expensive, but l am more impressed with t...

If this isn't England's new strip soon, something has gone terribly wrong. Like the team. toodle pip 

I'm rather pleased to say that work has started on resurrecting Darlington football club's iconic tin shed at their new ground at ...

Although l do think that novels, poems and songs are different, l also think that Bob Dylan receiving the Nobel prize in literature today ...

Usually, the flasher and more expensive turntables and equipment gets, the more wallet punishing they are to repair, and, like cars, it...

Something fairly recent for a change, just to prove l'm not a complete old fart when it comes to my musical tastes. Here's Savages...

Two songs from The Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music , although the David Johansen one (Old Dog Blue) is from a celebratory tri...

Sometimes it may change, but his is probably my favourite Roxy Music song - 'Editions of You', from their 'For Your Pleasure...

Something a bit different today, Gomorrha - 'l Turned to See Who's Voice It Was'. Two minutes of hippy religious singing, then ...

This photograph makes me laugh every time I see it. It's Scooty, son of Bez, both of whom are well known in the Catterick area. New arm...

I know that l sometimes drive too fast, as evidenced by the fact that I've just had two speeding notices against me in the last month, ...

Two songs called 'Revolution' today, and neither of them is the famous Beatles one. Lord Jamar's version is pretty recent, and...

I woke up at 4.35am last night and couldn't get back to sleep, so l stuck on the trusty old ipod and listened to Shack's 'HMS F...

Only a day after the Conservatives said they were the party to stand up to the rich and powerful, with lots of talk about equality, they ha...

Although the website behind the 'Stop recruiting kids to the Army' campaign is American, l have been arguing this for many years ...

I can't remember where l copied this newspaper article from, but if it's true, there are plenty of coincidences contained within. ...

Theresa May has stated earlier today (yesterday now) that The Conservative government will 'Stand up for the weak...Up to the powerful...

Ever seen a really small baby panda cub with an adult one before? I hadn't, but l sure have now. Altogether now.......AAHHhhhhhhhhhh ...

You can say what you like about a lot of the old punk bands and music, but one thing you can't deny, is that some of the shows were a ...

The ground breaking masterpiece that was Nirvana's 'Nevermind' album is now 25 years old. The time has flown by, and if the pas...

We've just had a catastrophe at work, as the kettle that is in use more or less constantly, gave up the ghost and puffed out it's l...

Two tracks by a couple of the early Rock and Rollers. First, the silky voiced scouser that went by the name of Billy Fury with 'Wondro...

And on the note of being free in the last post -  Here's The Soup Dragons , with their version of The Rolling Stones'  'I'm...

Well, l've been out and about the last few days, but it's back to normal now, so here's the first blog for a few days (so much ...

Well l have a pretty good idea what l will be listening to over this Christmas - the new Bob Dylan box set of the 1966 tour. A mere 36 disc...

I haven't posted about movies or books for a while, but one of the recent films l enjoyed was the 2014 one by Lenny Abrahamson -  '...

Nudists made from stones.  What's not to like? Insert your own jokes about them being 'rock hard' etc. toodle pip

I know this Yougov poll is out of date, as it is from 2013, but let's face it, the public's perception will still be pretty skewer...

 To demonstrate how time is flying by, one of my sisters girls (Kelly) has just given birth to her first baby, who her and her partner Ja...

Another oldie, with some vocal mannerisms similar to Kevin Ayers. The Strawbs with 'The Man Who Called Himself Jesus'. Mostly known...

Kevin Ayers - Shouting in a Bucket Blues. A man who's later lifestyle l may try and emulate - living abroad and drinking lots of wine....

While watching the Keith Richards TV Takeover on BBC4 this weekend, he showed a clip of Hoagy Carmichael , and related the tale of speaking...

When Steve Jones gets bored on long haul flights, he defaces the in flight magazines. Good man. I only wish l had thought about doing thi...

An inspired and hilarious response in the feedback section for Marshall amps. toodle pip

Fingers crossed! toodle pip

More stuff found while cleaning up. All of which belonged to the FPO. Some of the exercises in the self help books have been completed, bu...

Two tracks today from Sonic Youth. I love them both, but prefer the raucous version of The Kinks'  'Victoria', from the 1988 Jo...

Today's video. Lambchop - 'Up with people', an old favourite, from their Nixon album. It grows on you the more you hear it. ...

Also found while cleaning the spare room. Coincidentally, it was 10 years ago to the day that the FPO and myself went to Edinburgh to drin...

While trying to sort out some crap in the spare room today, l came across this little lot, a load of badges from gig going many moons ago....