Seven Days In

Groucho Marx once remarked on the educational value of television. "Every time someone turns on the TV, I go into another room an...

Today I stumbled across another wonderful find ,  under The Tyne Bridge , next to Popolos , the Long Play Cafe . This place is gorgeou...

This is  just a short post although we have got into April and there is so much happening this month. I have picked up my bass guitar for...

RSD 2015 Sorry I've not blooged for a while , no real reason apart from laziness , but it has been remarked upon , and I need need ...

Hot Chilli I was going to do a post on Whitby when I got back from a good weekend on Monday but due to my extreme laziness. Whitby ...

My friend Royston posted a link to this blog post from KFMX   (Lubbock's Rock Station) about the legacy of illegal downloading. I...

Buy More Records Well although I didn't see anyone I knew apart from the guys at Reflex and RPM ,yesterday was an excellent d...

A Magpie ... on the way to pick my books up for World Book Night. When I got there they were nowhere to be found. One for sorrow! ...

Great North Passion Well Good Friday is here, the weather is wonderful, and there is a lot of things on and to do. I was intending to to...

Number One I have just been into Newcastle to dispose of an awful Alcatel Tribe phone, donated it via CEX to a Muscular Dystrophy...

It's the end of another week, and it's been mostly work, sleep, eat and travel. I have World Book Night and National Record Sto...

The title is a quote from Sir Henry Rawlinson the creation of the wonderful Vivian Stanshall, and is particularly relevant to the sense o...

This is my seven hundredth blog post and this morning I was informed that I have eighteen copies of The Humans by Matt Haig to give awa...

Well still the docs are looking for clues for why my left couple of fingers don't work properly , though it's coming back slowly I t...

Well I've jusst finished the excellent Tony Benn biography by Jad Adams , discovering lots of things about someone who must be close...

Amazon.co.uk Widgets I was just checking through my music that I had ripped to my network drive and was suprised to find that apparentl...

It's been about a month since I ditched Twitter and Instagram. One of the reasons for doing so is no matter how good your picture or ...

I've just receved my email that I'm been chosen as a giver for World Book Night 2013. One shocking fact is that a third of the ho...

Amazon.co.uk Widgets Was just off to bed and this question sprang to mind. Why Vinyl . Audiophiles talk about the warmth missing from d...

I've just spent a rainy day in Worcester , despite a laborious trek to the wrong Park and Ride (but which took me where I wanted) . Amaz...