Have a go at the BBC…

...by all means. There's plenty to have a go at them for and just because something is easy doesn't means it's not worth doing. Just not for buying The Wire, Mad Men and the football. ...read the full post →

Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you?…

...Did she die in vain?...brave Hungarian peasant girl, she forced King John to sign the pledge at Runnymede and close the boozers at half past ten. Is all this to be forgotten? ...read the full post →

It happened this week…

This week in music history - November 19th to November 25th - with who was born and who died. ...read the full post →

It happened this week…

This week in music history - November 1st to November 7th - with who was born, who died and what happened this week in years gone past. ...read the full post →

The B.B.C. didn’t let me down…

The B.B.C.'s coverage of the New York Giants v Miami Dolphins at Wembley was exactly as I suspected it would be, fronted by a muppet and not enough real highlights of the game. But it was good to have Jimmy Armfield back on 5Live's football broadcast on Sunday. ...read the full post →

R.I.P. “Fluff”…

Sad news about the death of radio DJ Alan 'Fluff' Freeman, aged 79, who was one of the only DJs to play heavy rock on Radio 1. ...read the full post →

B.B.C. rate Purple album shocker…

Deep Purple's album "In Rock" has been added to the BBC Radio 2 Critical List ...read the full post →