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Music mainly. Author of INXS On Track.
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Breaking news in Bradford. “Issues with the cushions sent have included being the wrong size or colour, as well as one set which were exactly what David and Sue wanted on one side but not on the other.” trib.al/jRgGYem

Genuinely took this off my car today a decade late. Also: try saying “next tax disc”. It can’t be done.

“Milky milky”

Local takeaway! FREEBIE DIPS! Nope.

The best rainbow I’ve seen since the one where Zippy deliberately demolished George’s tower of blocks with a wooden spoon.

This new Manic Street Preachers album is turning me into a complete fan boy again. It’s wonderful stuff.

Ploughing through CD singles at the moment and appears I’ve got a Zwan single used by the Radio 1 chart show for that one week it was a hit. It’s also got an Iron Maiden cover as B side.

…Sweet Chariot.

Fred Wedlock has not yet reached the age of 40 here. #TOTP

INXS backing singer on the left was Jay Aston Bucks Fizz replacement Shelley Preston. Which I neglected to mention in my #INXS book. #TOTP But you can read about the myth surrounding Elegantly Wasted. amzn.eu/d/gijeL4x

Bonus points if you can name the album posing this Yazz question.

Is Brian Eno sexy?

This guy needs to meet Musk immediately. Covered in Joop.

He never beat St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion) in my opinion.

How a new year starts How a new year ends

Everyone should read this.

Wonderful Christmas Time by McCartney is the best Christmas song ever. The cheap production values and lyrical banality cheerfully evoke the tackiness of Xmas as well the happy festive spirit. I’ll also happily defend the Frog Chorus and the reggae bit in Live And Let Die.

Merry Christmas. Here’s James Dean Bradfield performing Last Christmas in 1996, very much in the song’s wilderness years when it was not deemed cool to cover it. Except it really really was. youtu.be/FR3cf0t5DGQ?...

Another word to ban in 2025 that’s becoming over used in click bait articles to iconic proportions - “beloved”.