Albert Tatlock

Nice to hear. When asked in an early interview what they got up to after a gig, the drummer replied that he liked to have plenty of water and an early night, ending with "I'm quite set in my ways", which made me laugh for someone so young.

London! London! London! Come on, you must have loads of airmiles burning a hole in your pocket JT.

Metro Manila Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle - best comedy on TV at present. Clever and funny.

Turks & Caicos - Nighy & Walken

Moderator edit: See all Tweedy solo tour shows listed at Wilcoworld: http://wilcoworld.net/#!/shows/ Couple More JT Solo Shows Announced http://www.jambase.com/Articles/121095/Jeff-Tweedy-Adds-A-Pair-Of-Solo-Dates On June 5 Tweedy will play the Masonic Temple in Detroit. Then, on June 10, Jeff brings his solo show to the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C. Pre-sales for both shows take place on Wednesday, March 26, at 10 a.m. ET. The general on-sales follow on Friday, March 28, at 10 a.m. ET. These two headlining dates come in addition to festival appearances at Mountain Jam in Hunt

Gene Clark music bio just finished on BBC4. Very informative. Reminded me I once had that McGuinn Clark and Hillman LP back in the day, but apart from that and the Byrds I don't know any of his (solo) work - alot of which sounded great from the film snippets. Dillard and Clark for example. Any recommendations or an introductory compilation to go for? Edit : it was this film. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/alternate-take/new-film-reveals-the-sad-flight-of-the-byrds-gene-clark-20140219

A few minutes enjoyment reading this today ... http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/12/stranglers-40-years-fights-drugs-ufos

Not been to Olympia but I get the impression it's not the best of sites. I would recommend Mystras (on the side of the mountain above Sparta which itself has little in the way of remains - Mystras is A deserted Byzantine town, and Napflio as a base for Mycenae (and it also has Tiryns on the edge of the town for the real Homer geeks).

Well, that was largely the result of another border-defining mess after WWI. BTW, I am equally supportive of the aspirations of the western Ukrainians. They have expressed their own need for self determination very bravely. Don't confuse an assessment of a situation with personal preferences for an ideal world. What I am saying is that there are so many examples from history that it is just not worth forcing an unnatural single state to exist. It only leads to tension for extremists to exploit e.g. your example with Hitler and now this with Putin (or if not the cunning but sane Putin, then

I think its hard to argue against ethnic demographics - we've seen the result of arbitrary borders in the Balkans, the Middle East, and Africa before. Ukraine should be split in half and the eastern part given back to Russia. The maps here show it starkly. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/12/09/this-one-map-helps-explain-ukraines-protests/ Not what anyone really wants to hear, but its what the local majorities on the ground actually want.

http://youtu.be/0wgxLWjRZEw The magnificent Matt Berry is also now appearing in Vic & Bobs's House of Fools - a comedy series so thrown together that is's hard to believe that someone commissioned it, but it has moments of surreal genius.

Each to their own. Could say the same about anyone playing blues/gospel/jazz/etc ...High energy rock'n'roll never gets old for me. Their album is patchy when it gets to writing their own material and therefore somewhat disappointing, but I was/am just so taken with them as individuals - I want to see someone tear the house down - doesn't seem to happen enough with young bands these days. The bass player especially is most excellent.

Turn on: Beatles discussions Turn off: Grateful Dead discussions

Jerry Lee. Sex on a stool. No competition.

Nice piece by Billy Bragg http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/28/pete-seeger-folk-singer-activist-music-make-difference

Pretty funny. I've always thought they were massively overrated and derivative, but he's always come across as engaging the couple of times i've seen him on chat shows etc (British ones where he can swear), and I'll give him credit for the self depracation displayed tthere.

New Elbow goodness ...

Well bless me. All these years I have been hearing it as "strange fire" - though it is truly one of my favs. Which sort of says something about the way I process music I suppose ...

As a 'native speaker', I would still argue for eeh-up, which is a northern expression of greeting/acknowlegement/warning http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ay%20up! In context being - 'look out' the next track's piano is starting ...

^^^ And at the other end, the "Eyup" (Lennon?) before While My Guitar Gently Weeps starts.

No idea where or when ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyWmWIyww90

I'm not a guitar player so can't access the difficulty - but as young lads George and Paul had a party piece playing a Bach classical tune. The interweb tells me that it was 'Bourree'. George might have been able to had he been so inclined? http://willybrauch.de/In_Their_Own_Words/mccartney_on_harrison2011.htm

So un-PC.

Just in case you don't know, this was a parody of Hughie Green, the presenter of Opportunity Knocks - a sort of foreunner of Britain/US's Got Talent. The winner of a range of variety acts (as initially indocated by an audience 'clapometer' but finally by viewers postcards) came back the next week to face a new set of contenders until defeated. One winner with a Beatles connection was Mary Hopkin. It did generate several lasting stars. That is the only drum solo I can tolerate.