And lo, on the 12th day, the ladybird hotel was transferred to its temporary new grounds. Alas, there may well be some escapees in the bloody house.

With his love of vinyl you would of thought he’d get the label to put the speed on it.

Oh that was disappointing.

57 years ago today, Edwin Starr released "Twenty-Five Miles." (The words "to Georgia" aren't actually in the title). Here's Bill Doggett's hard swinging instrumental version, also released in 1969. #1001CoverSongs Song # 93: youtu.be/gADXp2MGxNA?...

Has anyone got a light? 2025.

Turn up the bass. & the Moog. youtu.be/RLbchIebH9g?...

Present from daughter. She knows how to treat her old man.

Another ska blues I don’t know what Christmas down the black.

"Chris Rea, singer aged 22, from Middlesbrough, promotes his new single, So Much Love, which he wrote while working for his fathers ice cream company." #RIPChrisRea

It’s, almost, Christmas!

Early start.

Theresa Villiers on Badenoch. Oddly I hope she's right but this is the latest in the Telegraph's 'Whisper it' series. The record of this series is not good.... (thread)

It sometimes amazes me that my son with his snotty nose, soggy nappy, screw top blond hair, Iggle Piggle doll and onesie is driving over to my mother in laws in his own car. The sentiments not 100% right but, what a belter. youtu.be/a83HC_9VXG4?...

Posting a Year End Best Album List is really only meaningful when posted alongside the Best Album Forecast from the start of that year, so we can assess the accuracy of the music fan. Deviations of more than 30% between the two lists might indicate that more rigorous music listening is required.

Unhip sounds delivered by mail. As a 13yo I drooled over a mate’s copy of the booklet. I now have my own copy. Less drooling will ensue. But it’s still a nice booklet.

New digital only from the greatest lyricist this side of Rotherhithe. All suede points of reference present. www.chrisdifford.com

I’m very incredibly surprised AND shocked by this. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Have just had the first run at putting the tree up. I can’t say it and the swarm of ladybirds brought out the festive best in me. I’ll try again tomorrow.

Neighbours are off to sunny climbs until spring so I can play Belgium panel beater techno at all sorts of volume!

"Sony is defending against the claim. Its lawyer, Robert Howe KC, told the court in his written submissions that the producers of the albums owned the original recording copyright, not the musicians". The record industry defined in one paragraph.

Me and jr laughing like drains to Ticket to Ride from Anthology ep4. John & Paul losing it, George using his guitar as a life preserver. Refer madness! youtu.be/SyNt5zm3U_M?...

Got back from a general Christmas meal/time in town to find out the boy’s beaten Market Harborough RFC for the first time ever in his playing career. It’s a Christmas (early) miracle!

Looking forward to the return of The Hundred. #Skips

Of course "FIFA Peace Prize" is Italian for "Jumbo Nonce Cunt".

Found a copy of State of Our Union. Image #2 The Long Ryders were just so damn nice & cool. Image #3 The seller, Nick, is so damn nice & cool.

Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐

Leave no man behind! Shit.

I’d forgotten about this. Complete with cut out magazine page (Smash Hits covering a reissue?) lyrics. I’m A Man, Waltz For Lumumba, Keep On Running, Mini Mike etc etc

Apart from the haircuts, well 84 mod, innit.

I do wonder what sort of entertainer Chris Mason wanted to be when he grew up.

So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”

Oh my darling can’t you see, you mean so much to me!

An itch you can’t scratch.

I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are

Rome, 1967. It’s full of thieving, lazy, bastards. Don’t go there! youtu.be/ZonEH9afP3A?...

How much am I bid?

From a year when I was mainly listening to the first Sabres album and this.

Sunday church bells and I start singing A Man of Great Promise.

Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪

Oh Clare!

TOTPs 1981 contains my initial exposure to pop music. The Jam had no significant hits in 81 and I wonder if they hadn’t come back in 82, I may have been slightly more optimistic about life….

Hello Nottingham.

Booking a train ticket and the app has asked me to confirm my age in order to personalise my experience . Have entered 19. I expect cheekbones, raves/clubs and a sense of wonder.

Damn straight.

Enough with the joanna!

Jeeeezzzzzzz!

Literally went for a wee and missed it. #cricket

Today's news reminded me of the greatest interview ever. Mani causing utter chaos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6HR0-1wsJw