You can’t spell whiner.

In the good old days, when we had record shops, I went into the Virgin Megastore and said “I’ve no idea who it is, but it goes like this and I sang a melody to them. They listened patiently then played me the 12” of Aikea-Guinea, which I promptly bought and still treasure.

Shorty Blackwell, Shorty Blackwell, be friends with me.

Living in West Sussex, I know places like this, and I’m thankful.

The exceptions were, of course, Johnny Walker, Kid Jensen and, naturally, the great John Peel.

The reason they had a no-singles policy in the UK is because of the quality of the UK radio broadcasts. It was only a.m. and, with a few minor exceptions, dj’d in prime time by pillocks who loved the sound of their own voices too much. And the government imposed restrictions how much music v talk.

The Other Valley. Look up the reviews.

What they should do, is replace them with CJs pressers from the West Wing.

XTC -Books Are Burning- YouTube video by egidio sabbadini

youtu.be/rpI8aj52rKU?.... Then there’s Books Are Burning by XTC, with truly one of the best twin guitar solos of all time.

My own favs: “Oh! A tree in motion” (Poetry in motion) and “As the melatron explodes” (As the miller told his tale).

There’s a term for this: Mondegreen.

Sun setting behind the trees at dusk.

This was my attempt on an iPhone 17

Stunning. Sorry Aretha, but THE best singer of the 60s.

Lonely This Christmas was the best Elvis song he never recorded.

Beige-Oran

Jenson Button at the Japanese Grand Prix “You don’t want a tail wind up the esses “. Well, quite. #jensonbutton

The sun sets behind the tree branches in West Sussex.

West Sussex sunset.

I just watched a totally unrealistic SciFi drama about a space crew returning from a moon only to find Earth devastated by a man-made disaster. #themidnightsky

Let’s hope the artwork lives up to Frank Hampson’s vision.

Beautiful song.

“I'll go and get my baton.”
“Please do that.”
“It's in Chicago.”

Great though all the characters were, and the scripts were funny, thoughtful and endearing, but we were only watching for one reason: Felicitations.

This is disingenuous and you know it. Starship flights to date have been intentionally sub-orbital as they learn more about the world’s first, fully reusable rocket.

Ditto to bar staff.

Leveraged buyout. The Glaziers used this to ‘buy’ Manchester United, thus saddling the club with a debt that is still not paid off. The Premier League has now effectively banned this type of investment.

Wow! Don’t you look handsome without your hat. Oh no, wait: that’s Jared.

Tutti Frutti?

You’re missing out the best one: V2000 from Phillips.

Just wait a few years to revisit this location and watch multiple Starship and New Glenn rockets lines up for launch.