Albert Tatlock

Hewn from fine Welsh anthracite, but sadly a flawed reject from the outside half factory. You will have to google that.

Firstly, a delayed ‘ta’ due to a long day trip back to the Motherland to watch Cardiff v Racing 92 (from Paris) in the Euro Challenge Cup. A great game/result and atmosphere at the Queen of rugby venues Cardiff Arms Park. I do miss the people of Cardiff, much nicer than Londoners. Secondly to get back on point. The Monkees were a core influence. Summer holiday weekday morning BBC schedules throughout the late 60s to mid 70s consisted of cycling repeats of:- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0qgUfvBw_FM “The Crab With The Golden Claws” is still my go to quote in Herge’s Ad

I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

As an aspiring Bbop minion, I hope his Supreme Majesty will delight in this entry made on his behalf - faithfully pasted from https://paulsuwan.substack.com/p/jeff-tweedy-7-january-2026-largo Any formatting mess-ups are mine. If his Holiness doesn't want potential future interference (no guarantees I will do it again mind after VC had another wobble) then please shout. And lo it came to pass that Bbop spake unto the VC community:- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fingers crossed JT has enough time to learn the chords and serenade you tonight . . .

I think you need an intern.

Another nice one. A two cuppa morning. Ta. I'm a-talkin' 'bout the inane rambler Everybody got to read Well I'm a-talkin' 'bout the keyboard gambler The one you spied in vids before I'm readin' down the post so sadly A-listen and you'll hear me groan Well I'm a talkin' 'bout those US spellings That stuff has really got to go (Yeah c'mon) Talkin' 'bout the inane rambler The one you spied in vids before I'm talkin' 'bout the grammar mangler Did you see him not drop a 'u' at all He don't give Jeff a hoot of warning A-picking up those lyric woes

Ta. Will keep SubStack in mind as a back-up option for future tea break VC outage crises. I wonder if you're going to retrospectively copy/paste all you old reports there to make it a full archive back-up. That would really be a Wilco MVP labour of love.

Ta and Merry Christmas. Front row, second from left, pulling a cracker (as we used to say).

No idea how many times I’ve watched this, but always brings a smile, which is especially needed on this shortest day of the year. Only gets better after this. Possibly my answer to that age old question of ‘if you could go back in time to one day/place’. That day in Feb 68 at Abbey Road, before John and Paul got too hairy. And I could watch George eating baked beans all day. So meticulous with his knife and fork work. Also, I ve had beans on toast for Christmas meal, twice. True story.

Ta. Big fan of No Milk Today, as I’ve said before. Noise jams - not so much.

The Eddie and the Hot Rods song? That was one of the very early punk/New Wave songs on the radio that was as influential (to us listeners) as the Sex Pistols at the time. Good choice if so. Also, ta.

In the absence of Show Reports, I have drifted into watching The Daily Beast videos during my tea break. British presenter who talks quickly, which I like.

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.