Albert Tatlock

Things seem to be improving - I wasn't able to post in an older thread yesterday, but OK today.

St David's Day tomorrow, so here's an absolute belter indeed. Time for a little cry - I'm not joking. This is the most emotional song I know. Forever associated with the Aberfan Disaster too. Short version above. Longer one below.

Just a reminder that all the reports that might be missing here due to VC being up and down (like a brides nightie) are available directly from the man himself:- https://substack.com/@paulsuwan

For some reason I never saw any of Gavin & Stacy (except the finale last Christmas but one) or anything but an odd one or two of the IT Crowd. One day when I've got nothing to do I suppose I can catch up. Big fan of Miranda though - especially her sidekick with the allure.

FYI (a) I am (b) Yesterday I was watching Jeff Buckley at the Chicago Metro in 1995 that was for some reason on BBC iPlayer. Not a huge fan (though I appreciate the commitment in his performances) but was curious. Anyway, needless to say I spent most of my time seeing if I could spot you in the front rows of the audience. Maybe before your time.

The Serpent Queen First few episodes not quite there, but once it became full time Samantha Morton it was top notch and quite funny at times too. Never got into The Great which was too whacky for me. This gets the balance right I feel.

The Unwelcome Guest. I shall keep you updated with reminders. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Interesting - there's been plenty of football ones over the years - by teams (used to be a tradition for FA Cup finalists especially in the 70s) or in association with actual artists when something like a World Cup comes around e.g. Rod Stewart for Scotland. Rugby doesn't have as much commercial muscle. This would be the most iconic (purely because many of the players had won the World Cup in 1966, and might have been one of the first actually. Featuring the worlds most famous comb-over. When entering Romania in 1986 in the depth of the night on a train -

When US football started being shown in the UK I remember there was The Fridge (wonder what happened to him) and I was a fan of John Elway. But the novelty wore off and rugby is in my DNÁ. Ta(co)

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Late to the party (free 3 months of Apple TV with a new iPad sp catching up on the 'best of' from teh past few years) - Severance. How good is this? Right up my street - slow thoughtful TV. Like all the best sc-fi, it's not all flashing lights, laser guns and CGI, just a great concept. Series 1 finale last night. Starting series 2 now. Fingers crossed (I think it's true) that it is a proper self contained set of programmes with a planned resolution, not like many of these shows where someone comes up with something that is successful so they string it out forever without said resolution e

The Greeks gave them a bad press. Filling in a few gaps after visiting Persepolis in 2019. A very long standing bucket list place done.

Every time. Ta. My heart did leap when I saw Mexico on the setlist. If only it could have been this. One of my 60s easy listening favourites, and the BBC theme song from the 68 Olympics.

(Quetzalcoa)ta(l) Nice to see Magazine also. In other news, I came up with the perfect company name for a small truck rental company: Nosferatu, with their strap line being, of course, Nosferatu the Van Hire. I’m quite proud of that and had to share. No idea why I way thinking of company names for small truck rental companies though. Quiet news day I suppose.

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.