A fine cat indeed. She found us just before J was born and although we took her home Woody just kept returning, crossing the dangerous bypass and making the 2 mile jaunt across open country. She was so named because very early on she scaled the horse chestnut tree and put a wood pigeon to […]

My son’s whole face lit up the moment this this ad appeared last night “You’ll love this Dad”. I was not disappointed. A mad muppet caper movie ad  with some pathos and fun for the purple protagonist combined with an anthemic soundtrack from East 17’s – “It’s Alright” and without any product placement and only […]

Ian Fraser ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister. 1945 – 2015. The mighty godfather of brutal bass bashing has sadly passed away, and what a true legend he was. Lemmy was me and my metal mates gateway drug into the so called New Wave of British Heavy Metal via Motörheads stone cold classic Overkill album – Stay Clean, Damage […]

A man of few words who looks rather like Ian Macshane, the loveable antiques rogue – Lovejoy – but this man just let’s his guitar do all the talking. Before he kicks off, I catch a glimpse of him on stage but with his back to the audience and in the darkness with just a […]

Sunday always seems a little weird for attending a major show event and as we queued at the back of the 02 in a cold and sterile waiting area with no music and little to stimulate interest in passing the hours, you begin to have doubts about why are you doing this……. but once inside […]

Sitting with an enthusiastic set of expectant devotees in the ground floor arena of the Albert Hall, David Gilmour delivered an accomplished set of old and new songs ; new from smash hit Rattle that Lock album, kicking off with 5am and follow up with A Boat Lies Waiting, Another Tongue and the marvellous enigmatic […]

Big numbers turned out last night at Wembley on a very hot evening – London was baking with 3O°C + temperatures to watch the greatest Australian rock band ever. ACDC stood up to be counted – a blaze of sound triumphed their arrival on stage – the lyrics sung by Brian Johnson ( flat cap […]

The Royal Festival Hall was packed on Friday with anticipation of meeting a musical giant. Burt Bacharach songs have been covered in there hundreds by a whole host of great musicians and in a variety of styles. One of my all standing favourites is Walk on By the original and a nerve chilling cover by […]

Where do rainbows come from Daddy? Good question and although we all know about the pot of gold and the yellow brick road the rainbow is still a feat of  environmental excellence. A stella event we rather take for granted and my mind turns back to a prism lesson in class all very dull, but […]