Among the thoughts, theories and assorted old hokey in the firing line this week you will happily find   rock biopics someone ought to be making  memories of Drummie Zeb and Aswad at Nottingham Boat Club  the time British Forces radio t

Welcome to this weeks pod in which various white-hot topics are brought in for questioning, among them   Whatever happened to Dando Shaft?  Alastair Sim, Terry-Thomas and flowsy saxophones in The Belles of St Trinians  Does it matter

In bold and vigorous pursuit of entertainment we steer via the following topics   Thora Hird with a rifle.  acts who wrote rejected songs for Bond movies.  the legend of Van Duren.  hilariously awful revelations about the private

Our weekly stroll through the sunlit uplands of rock and roll visits the following topics Bob Dylans worst lyrics musicians in movies, actors who made albums (Judi Dench?) and the slight return of the Stackwaddy game why Hole in The Ground is the gr

While Mark Ellen is away in his French chateau, David Hepworth goes off on one about Bruce Springsteen tours and why you can't use "dynamic pricing" in the world of live music and why the concert-going audience can always be divided into the bringer and t

In which we paddle our conversational canoe through the rock and roll backwaters, stopping off this week at … … the closure of Word magazine ten years ago and what we miss – and don’t miss - about it. … who in their right mind in this day and ag

High in the conversational mix this week …  … the return the Stackwaddy game! - do Ben & Jerry’s do a Bohemian Raspberry? Are there really Apple Music genres called Pillow Talk and Countrypolitan? … Errol Flynn and his dachshund water-s

Nearly every Island act seemed impossibly hip, characterful and charismatic and much of that was down to the vision and long-term belief of the man who founded the label and ran it for 30 years. Chris Blackwell beams in from Goldeneye, the Ian Fleming est

On June 18, along with four guests, we held a party for Paul McCartney on his 80th in front of a big crowd in the magical tented arena at Opera Holland Park in West London. This was a lot of fun from start to finish, fond memories, forgotten songs, new an

On June 18 we laid on a celebration of all things McCartney on his 80th in the magical tented arena at Opera Holland Park in West London. People came from all corners of the globe. It turned out to be a feast of fond memories, forgotten songs, fresh persp