Bea just carved a Watchmen pumpkin which put me in mind of this song...

This image was shown to me by Bea who is a big Little Theatre (Bath) fan - she was saying to me - 'it's a picture of Bill Murray asl...

Susan and I are going to see this at a preview screening at the Little Theatre Bath. It's the new film by Jane Campion and is based on K...

A contender for the greatest record ever made by anybody. I always associate it with Radstock as when I was a kid and we'd come here vis...

I am getting a bit of an education on songs I don't know too - listen to this and see what big hit of recent years took elements from it...

WFMU played this last night on their rock and soul stream - I was moved - I love this song and it's great to know you're not alone i...

The new movie by Ang Lee looks fun. 'A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generatio...

A live version from 1964 complete with raunchy guitar in place of the strings, perfectly demonstrating the point that the Beatles owed a gre...

It's been a while since I had a current pop video on this blog but this goes on for it being a great rendition of the Shirelles' hit...

This is for my son who I know will appreciate this - THE Man in his prime..the hardest working man in showbusiness...I used to always play J...

Crank this bad boy up - love this stuff - wish I could play the fife like that - I've been trying... drumming-wise I could probably mana...

Maybe he's a little hoarse.

'Can I be excused from the gallant 600?' As it's the 25th of October, the date of the battle of Balaclava how about listening to...

I know we keep raving about WFMU's Rock and Soul stream (scroll down the page and it's on the bottom left - day or night) but it is ...

Heard this for the first time on WFMU just now and fell in love with its wobbly Diddleyesque guitar - see if you don't immediately start...

I love this song. Ichiban just played a version by Les Monsruos and it got me wanting to hear the original - this must be the Animals crowni...

Since we discovered the WFMU Ichiban stream our house has been jumpin' with the sound of great oldies. They played the original of this...

Strange sort of day today - about lunchtime a robin flew in our kitchen - we took photos which I'll put up and then a squirrel came and ...

You can't have Eddie Cochran without a little Gene Vincent can you?

Red was enthusing about these recently released live recordings of Woody Guthrie . The first ever example of such a thing - details here . A...