Albert Tatlock

I was thinking a while ago about the punk + Nazis thing. Suppose punk would have been ‘cancelled’ now. Makes you think what the next youth rebellion will be though, if they can be bothered to look up from their mobiles . . . On the trend setting claim front, I still attest that I started the sports rap look by sitting for an afternoon in 1984 in a pretty run down (as was all of NYC then) Washington Square wearing my track suit bottoms watching body popping (or whatever it was called then) after finishing my PGCE in maths and PE (hence the tracky bottoms) at St Luke’s, then visiting

I wasn’t there then, but it was probably all face paint and dandy highwaymen by then. The attached sums up what was going down in Cardiff at the time. That makes it sound like quite a big venue but by today’s health and safety standards it would probably be ticketed for about 800. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p0m4hf43 Were you listening to this? I heard it advertised. Any good?

Found this. Disappointed not to see any gobbing. Kids these days . . .

What do you call it when someone is living vicariously through someone also living vicariously? (Apart from very, very sad)

Feel free To greet each report with a 'Ta' without ever being complacent Since a tea break without one leaves me feeling Pretty Vacant (and you don't care . . .) Feel free On a personal note, at the time I thought that Sid Vicious marked a downturn in punk into moronic behaviour from which it never recovered, and it became more about mohawks than music. As teenagers we were just the typical drab scruffy kids you see in most audience video shots from that time, not fashionistas. Buzzcocks/Stranglers/Undertones/The Jam/Specials) were more my cultural compadres. There w

Been catching up on some clips of the oddities that I could find. Thinking of You would be my pick of theirs, one of the very few spandex disco songs that have stayed with me (the only 'disco' single I ever bought I think), but the above is outrageously good. Also mighty fine. This also popped up while I was at it. Been thinking about some London possibilities (apart from Waterloo Sunset or Ian Dury - Sweet Gene Vincent that I think he's done before but could

Well it’s obvious no one is going to mess with you so there won’t be any funny business. Plus there’s ol’ Sima ‘Slugger‘ Cunningham of course as the second line of defence. A veritable blizzard of tid today. Feel free To shout a whiny strained ‘ta’ To get heard above all those Okies braying ‘yee-ha!’ Feel free

Ta. T'was thirty three years ago today, Uncle Tupelo rolled up here to play. Twang's been going in and out of style, And it's often known to raise some bile. Now may I introduce to you the act they've transformed to? Jeffrey Scot Tweedy's side project family band. We’re Jeffrey Scot Tweedy's side project family band, We hope our new album you all know, We’re Jeffrey Scot Tweedy's side project family band, Even if not we're going to give it a go. Jeffrey Scot Tweedy's, Jeffrey Scott Tweedy's, Jeffrey Scot Tweedy's side project family band.

Stretching the space-time continuum a bit there - hope the website can stand the strain. Feel free To sing ta ta ta ta-ta-ta ta Which is Hey Jude improved by replacement of the na's Feel free

Ha ha. I would have seconded your vote. A fellow crypt-kicker. Ta.

I had to look that up though from the context I could guess of course. Here we call it potholing.

Pretty damn good for an amateur. Ta.

Feel free To spend a moment awarding Bbop's review a 'Ta' Though he'd do it anyway 'cos he's a star Feel free ('cos he's OCD didn't scan - and I should know)

Feel free To politely thank Bbop with a 'Ta' Since I was well brought up by my Ma Feel Free When I first heard Parking Lot, my very first thought after one sentence was along the lines of 'Thank God it's JT's old voice back rather than whispering Jeff'. Still a bit too much whispering around for me, but a definite improvement in the percentages on this release. Also, I hope that Sammy is feeling at home now. Is it just me - but I was always finding his shyness/awkwardness on stage quite distracting (only from video that I have seen). I'm not trying to be mean because

Stereophonic - the semi-musical play not the Stereophonics band.

I'm wondering if it is significant that on WilcoWorld all the US shows on the tour say ''Full band performance", but none on the European leg do. Hmmm. I did try looking at the HSB stream a few times but of course the time difference didn't work out for me and I couldn't see any saved sets to watch (might be worth keeping an eye out for the archives to be updated with 2025 sets). Weather seemed gorgeous though from some YouTube bits and pieces I have seen, and the band really put some life into the songs (played live - duh!) but sounding brighter if you know what I mean, and with more en

He's back!

Bastards the lot of you! (See that's what jealousy can do to a man)

I will certainly shower you with praise if they finally do The Unwelcome Guest

Spangly leotards all round. I think you're on to a winner (as long as they don't forget the spare pairs of socks - except Pat of course who doesn't need that). And to think that in this day and age it would probably be possible to AI-up an image of that, but I don't think we want to go there now or it will spoil the surprise at SS.

The King Must Die - Mary Renault. Next will be either Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy. (50% of my reading is historical fiction, the other 40% historical non-fiction, with 10% for oddities) or And Away - Bob Mortimer (falls into the oddity bucket) Here's a question for you. My answer shocked my wife when it came up a few weeks ago. When I read I hear the words in my head like I am my own audio book, which means I can't read quicker than the words can be spoken - and no quicker than 'normal' speech, not forced quick speech. I suppose I like to savour the words.

The pen is mightier than the sword, but glad my quill only dealt you a glancing blow.

You being Gríma Wormtongue in the court of King Tweedy to my Saruman, what's the news on the e.t.a. of the client written version of Feel Free? Asking for a friend who may have submitted a couplet.

Ta. Music of the spheres indeed.

Listening now . . .