I’m sorry no I can’t be the Prime Minister of France today. It’s my turn to be one of the Sugababes.

Listen to Southern Nights / Many Rivers to Cross on your streaming service tidal.com/browse/track...

Happy Sunday! Good luck to all the runners shortly about to start the Chester Marathon. https://tidal.com/browse/track/20382646?u

Oh yes! One of the few things I miss about my working life is Madrid, I visited loads, back in the day. Reading the article, it seems like I am well out of touch. I must go back. Completely agree that this time of year is wonderful in the capital.

If you want your favourite independent creatives to make more stuff then you need to give them money, it's really that simple.

"The names Woman, married to Peter Bond, mum of two and ex-nurse, appointed to spy role"

Margarita time.

"i could have married, i've given gallons of blood and i can't stomach whelks, so that's me for you." rip. youtu.be/x5Q20sAXiMs?...

Playing next week supporting The BellRays at St Mary's Centre Chester. Should be a great night. Tue 07 Oct at St. Mary's Creative Space, Chester. www.romancandlepromotions.co.uk/thebellraysc...

Dad would have been 90 today. RIP old fellow. May the fish ‘n’ chips be beef dripping crispy and the ale cheap and plentiful. I hope all his political desires never come true.

Happy birthday Sting

Obviously this is compulsory listening, but prior to this episode I just thought of Jimmy Page as 'the guy who steals tunes from black blues artists'. In fact he's 'the guy who steals from blues, management, ex-bandmates, CURRENT bandmates, sound engineers, folkies and his singer'.

Just in from the cinema. Man! Love the piccies. Went to "One Battle After Another" after all the rave reviews. I was not disappointed. A brilliant ride: thrilling, funny, moving and beautiful. Also a jaw dropping score. Trust me! Just go! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30144839/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

The Merriam-Webster social team deserves a raise.

For those who don’t seem to quite get it yet. 🆘🇺🇸

Noakes dances like a man from Halifax.

September/October

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer. This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

I remember seeing an article in a guitar magazine with the headline "How Did Jimmy Page Approach the Blues?" and my first thought was "From behind, on tiptoe, with a pillowcase and a crowbar"

Homeward bound.

At Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury watching the people file in for Dead Ringers. I like to see Radio4 people, most appear nice, although I imagine at least half vote Reform.

Have been watching some old Michael Cockerell films (as is my wont) - and was really struck with Blair just eviscerating one of his own voters here; it's a reminder of both his supreme clarity as a communicator, but also how timid modern politicians are when faced with the concerns of the electorate

Seven piece funk and soul band The True Loves will be live at Future Yard Birkenhead tomorrow. youtu.be/fnf4eMuY0-g?...

you’re telling me this entire Siberian Orchestra is trans?

It’s superb to have such a venue 40 mins from Chester (on a cheap train). Look at this! Sounds thrilling. https://futureyard.org/listings/sky-with-the-four-suns-26/

So Starmer is backing ID cards - which I do not like - in order to facilitate this government’s ugly immigration policies - which I also do not like - and in doing so is apparently spiralling down the electoral drain and throwing votes to Farage - whom I do not like? Fan-fucking-tastic.

The return of this outstanding series Nothing drops you into the drama more quickly. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I love crisp Autumn mornings. I had 3 packets of cheese and onion for breakfast.

A London designer cycled for 20 hours to draw a world map onto his fitness app. He did this in Melbourne where I live too! Great effort!

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

This is an important one, folks. The question isn't how ID cards would improve efficiency under a humane and sensible government, it's how they would be misused by, say, Nigel Farage to target brown people or queer people or disabled people or just white migrants like me who are a little weird.

Helicon live in Birkenhead.

Psychedelia in Future Yard.

How not to illustrate the similarity of bone structures between humans & horses.

RIP and thanks to Danny Thompson.

I wonder what the powerful people with immediate access to unquestioned blanket media coverage reckon today.

Maybe the rapture did happen but Dickie Bird was the only person worthy

I was going to make a joke about homeopathy, but it didn't work.

My favourite variant of this is when you add in queerness: “He spend 50 years living in a remote hut with his close friend, where they preserved and catalogued the most extensive collection of ferns ever assembled in Britain”

Since post financial crash austerity everything has been, albeit slow, a meander down the slippery slope of fascism. We are all to blame. From voting for austerity, voting for the wrong milliband, brexit, for not marching in a millions at every signpost of hatred.

oh bravo @privateeyenews.bsky.social 🏆

This was an outstanding listen. I am inordinately proud of our armed forces. Bravery, comradeship, leadership and training. If other aspects of society could build the same trust and belief in our young people then we would be in a much better place. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

That’s so cool. Here is another music story. It is an amazing median to bring us together. bsky.app/profile/nick...

some experts say that reform uk’s plan to provide everyone in britain with one of those hoverboards from out of off of back to the future 2 “within weeks” of winning an election is “unworkabl, but it’s the sort of eye-catching policy that makes voters sit up and pay attention.

‘Anti-murder laws will be bad for the world’ says world’s biggest murderer

on a music walking tour in Manchester and regret to inform that this is roughly where the stage was when Dylan was called Judas

While since I’ve had one of these. What with being away on hols and all that. Beautiful day here in our wonderful city.

Really enjoyed this. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226236/?ref_=ext_shr_other