russel mael making me envious

Although it's no fun getting old, l'm also envious of older people who have had the opportunity to attend classic gigs back in the good old days. After watching the 'Word in your Ear' youtube interview with Russel Mael from Sparks, my envy meter has gone off the scale. He's seen The Beatles (twice), Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd etc, all during their earliest tours of The States, and he still looks great. I am currently green. Very green.

Toodle pip

john shuttleworth at northallerton forum

Much better than l thought it would be, and an excellent  night was had by all - despite the fact that l was driving. Technically, l'm also going to put this down as a claim that l've seen Jilted John.

Toodle pip

Roxy Music - Editions Of You Musikladen

donald trump versus china cartoons

More please. 

Toodle pip

Gabriels - Love and Hate in a Different Time (Short Film)

the excellent elon musk / hitler / tesla / x cartoon

I've posted this before but what can l say?  I like it a lot.

 Toodle pip

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - What Ever Happened To My Rock And Roll (Punk Song}

the maga hats - made in china

 The Maga Hats - made in China.  You couldn't make this sort of crap up. I'd laugh if it wasn't so tragic.

Toodle pip

The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down!

The Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods

RIP Clem Burke

If you wanted to be a cool rock star during the punk wars, you had to up your game by some margin to even attempt to be cooler than Clem Burke, the Drummer from Blondie, who has rather sadly just passed away. 

Toodle pip

Curve - Fait Accompli

Exuma, The Obeah Man

the nirvana concert l wish l had gone to

 This was Nirvana's first ever UK show, at The Riverside (old version) in Newcastle, and l was going to go to it, but it was really miserable weather and l couldn't be bothered. How l now regret that decision!

Toodle pip

Alice Cooper - Under My Wheels (1971)

born to boogie - the boogie film of the century!

 I was a massive T. Rex fan and went to see this at my local picture house when it came out, but to say l was disappointed is a massive understatement. Parts of it were excellent (such as the concert footage) but there was way too much padding and buggering about.  I've still bought the DVD, and as that has a lot more live on stage action, it's a much more satisfying experience.

Toodle pip

Iggy & The Stooges - Search And Destroy (Bowie Mix)

Badly Drawn Boy - Silent Sigh

it's not going well for daniel hannan

Daniel Hannan - A modern day prophet.  

How it started.

How it's going.

Toodle pip

the sun is big

The sun is big - very big.  Luckily it is quite a long way away (93 million miles give or take one or two). 

Toodle pip

one day you're cool.....

 Life is cruel.  One day you're cool, then, without warning, you turn into a mad old granny.

Toodle pip

the economist's new front cover

I don't read The Economist, but this is an excellent front cover after the idiotic Donald Trump tariffs. Nearly makes me want to go out and buy it.

Toodle pip

Nine Inch Nails - Copy of a (VEVO Presents)

THUS LOVE - All Pleasure (Official Video)

Val Kilmer RIP

A damn fine actor, but this is probably his greatest work.

Toodle pip

 

good news at last from the wisconsin supeme court election

All this despite Elon Musk spending millions trying to rig the election. Hurrah!!

Full story here.

Toodle pip

todays apparently the day for the trump tarrifs

 

Jacob Alon - Fairy in a Bottle (Later... with Jools Holland)

THUS LOVE - In Tandem (Official Video)

time magazine - donald trump the worst president ever

This is a fake Time Magazine cover naming Donald Trump as the worst president ever. However, it should be a real one.

 Toodle pip

good news at last - marine le pen found guilty

Some excellent result from France, as Marine Le Pen is found guilty of embezzlement, although of course our right wing press see things differently.  They wouldn't hold the same views if this was a Labour politician.

And of course she had previously called for politicians to be ineligible for life for the same kind of crime. A dangerous hate mongering right wing git.

Toodle pip

Eddie And The Hot Rods "Gloria/Satisfaction" Live at The Marquee EP

Lone Star - Flying In The Reel (Peel Session)

reading rock festival 1977 line up

 l may have been very young whippersnapper at the time, but l was one of the attendees at Reading Festival in 1977, hitch hiking down, putting up with the mud everywhere, not washing for three days (no change there) and seeing the occasional excellent act.  Aerosmith, Thin Lizzy, Lone Star, Eddie and The Hot Rods and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band in particular.  The only bonus of being an old git is being old enough at the time to go to festivals like this. All for £7.95!!

Toodle pip

long gone catterick memories

The past was a different country. 

Toodle pip

Nucleus - Elastic Rock

the new private eye cover nails it again

Buy it now. 

Toodle pip

what america has become

 This.  All day long.  What America has become.

Toodle pip

the swasitcar cartoons keep on coming

More please. 

Toodle pip

simon taylor's bez needs a meal photograph

Simon Taylor has a photographic book with loads of images from Manchester gigs from 1987 onwards.  Here's a fantastic picture of Bez from The Happy Mondays looking like he could do with eating something rather than just Ecstasy. Just say no kids (but what happy times!).

Toodle pip

this is not a spiral illusion

Despite the fact l know this is not a spiral, it still does my head in when my brain tries to convince me otherwise. 

Toodle pip

Eddie & The Hot Rods - Wooly Bully (So It Goes, Granada TV 17th July 1976)

Eddie and the Hot Rods - Beginning Of The End

the painting donald trump had taken down

If Donald Trump hates it so much, let's share it!

Toodle pip

leave the chips cartoon

I can relate to this as this is how my parrot treats me.

 Toodle pip

Chris Spedding - Guitar Jamboree（1978）

Nine Inch Nails - Wish

why donald trump looks so orange

More please.

 

Toodle pip

The Count Five - Psychotic Reaction

laurence fox charged with sex offence

 Once again - fingers crossed.

Toodle pip

pet hegseth - liar extraordinaire

 

high waisted trouser madness

Mavis, are you sure these trousers look good, or are you taking the piss? 

Toodle pip

yet more white house madness - texting war plans

In any other administration, heads would be rolling for these incompetent buffoons, but it seems no-one is accountable for anything under Donald Trump's leadership, which is a very bad thing indeed.

 

Toodle pip

have l been to strawberry fields in new york?

 Oh yes indeed. Drugs may have been taken.

Toodle pip

Slade - How Does It Feel? (1975) Russel Harty

the pub - high expectations dashed again

 What l was hoping for from yesterdays visit to the pub.

Versus the actual reality.

Toodle pip