Big Country / Restless Natives James / Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) Leonard Cohen / Ain’t No Cure For Love Bob Seger &Continue reading
Isolation Blues #1
Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music / Let’s Stick Together Clash / Know Your Rights Stevie Nicks / Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around Stevie Wonder /Continue reading
You can take the M road…
My car pulled away with arms waving from every window, plus the sunroof. Fortunately it wasn’t a bunch of teenage TWOC merchants taking the piss,Continue reading
Spare the rod…
…Spoil the chances of producing yet another generation who believe that the best way to teach a child respect is to beat it into them. ToContinue reading
No Shit Sherlock!
As someone who has been quite rightly much maligned over the years for his lazy, unacademic, non journalistic writing and occasional ranting, I’ve got to sayContinue reading
What point are you trying to make?
It’s said that a picture can paint a thousand words; they certainly provide a simple straightforward means of setting an agenda. Consequently since the death of Fidel Castro lastContinue reading
Let’s make a movie
I’ve had four screenplay ideas for absolutely ages (the first one occurred to me in 1993 and even the most recent came about in theContinue reading
I, Daniel Blake
Let’s be clear, I really like the Olympic Studios; sitting at the very front in one of their comfortable reclining seats with my feet upContinue reading
Life has its compensations!
Manoeuvring the Majesty out of the small front garden in Finsbury Park was easy peasy – even with a mangled leg. As I reversed theContinue reading
Nostalgia Trip
Well it looks like I’ve managed to talk Roger into a regular slot, so I guess I’d better introduce myself. My name is Dave (David really,Continue reading









