Look, plantar fascitis sucks but I think this guy has bigger issues going on

Bots are shit. Spotify just invited me to buy tickets for Genesis (the band) at Kentish Town Forum on Sunday. Wow, some small-scale reunion show? No, brief research elsewhere showed it is in fact an Israeli stand up comedian whose show is called Genesis. Fucks sake.

I had to skip McCartney singing The Days We left Behibd on SNL. Too painful.

Hey I forgot to tell y’all about this. It dropped at the start of the month. My bad. Hear me chuntering on about how I misnavigated the 1980s! open.spotify.com/episode/5I8g...

Anyone on here coming down for The Great Escape? Heads up, it’s currently hailing.

Kinks fans! At what point does See My Friend, sung, released and chart documented in the singular, start being referred to as See My Friends by Ray and others. Khronikler Doug Hinman never refers to it in the singular, implying it was always a misprint.

Glorious.

How did Smashing Pumpkins get away with that terrible Mellon Collie pun? Fancy making a massive double album and then doing that…

Now playing: 20 years on, album 4 at last.

Delighted to learn that the Dutch have an expression for sweating the small stuff which translates as “ant fucking”.

Now playing. Screen ready atmos by top class four-stringer.

No self-respecting president should feel the need to reveal the raw nerve that can be touched.

RIP the great Keith Altham. Shame he never got around to THE book.

Wordle 1,749 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Minge

Wordle 1,747 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Hmm

I thoroughly recommend this too! www.eelpierecords.com/uploads/1/1/...

This has snuck into Record Store Day. Not in all listings, though. www.eelpierecords.com/uploads/1/1/...

I note that, despite the major iOS update, Apple still hasn’t managed to restore the ability to convert Pages to Word on mobile devices. Why FFS? It was doable for decades.

Does anyone on here know for certain what’s playing after Van sings “When the foghorn blows” on Into The Mystic? I always assumed it was a low organ put through a Leslie speaker, but now I wonder if it’s just brass or perhaps a mix of the two…?Great noise, whatever it is.

Still hating the latest Apple mobile iOS. Using the Mail app is now like trying to read through a riot of balloons and sausages.

It’s been said before, but woah, Kevin Rowland’s autobiography is astonishing. His rocky journey from childhood confusion to chronic lead singer syndrome to late-breaking self-awareness is unlike anything you’ve ever read before. Excellent use of various C words too.

Startling news that Suella Braverman has defected to the Great British Bake-Off.

Startling news that Suella Braverman has defected to the Great British Bake-Off.

This is THE Aretha album.

Thinking of writing a book about a group of failed pop musicians called “Hey Hey We’re The Manqués”

Steve Jobs would have hated the new IOS. Fussy, busy, buggy and plastic.

My favourite artefact of the moment: Selenge by Celine Dessberg, a French-Mongolian harpist, no less.

This is brilliant. Spoiler: Jim wasn’t a shaman. www.andyzax.com/thegameofjim

I think it’s safe to assume that I’m the only person in the world right now with Dubuque Blues by The Association stuck in my head…

It's obscene that people are sleeping rough in weather like this. For the next few days we'll donate the proceeds from digital sales of Ad Astra Per Croydon to @sheltercharity.bsky.social It's only £2, so pls consider it even if you've got a copy. And pls repost! colossive.com/product/ad-a...

‘There will always be anger in the world as long as there is clingfilm.’ Big Jim Patterson

Coming soon to Hove: a great hi-fi, a great record, introduced by yours truly, with coffee, beer and good company. Come on down! capsulerecords.co.uk/products/the...

capsulerecords.co.uk/products/the... Next month, I’ll be sitting in room listening to this great album. Join me!

Now playing, the Boylan brothers’ delightful psych pop curiosity.

I quite liked Add To Playlist when it began, but now it sounds like Blue Peter circa 1971.

Every time I'm in a restaurant I remember Kevin McAleer's reply to a waiter who told him the Soup Of The Day. "Where there any other contenders?" "Um, no?" "A hollow victory, then".

Thanks a whole lot to everyone who gave You’re Not On The List a spin this year. More coming soon, I hope.

It’ll be jazzy this Christmas… open.spotify.com/playlist/5Ta...

It’s beginning to feel a lot like time to remind you that this annual treat is available for your Yuletide musical pleasure. Available on all reputable platforms, and others too! open.spotify.com/episode/6GLC...

Local tree has developed its own external brain.

Just discovered that the guy who wrote the Oscar winning Secret Love and Grammy winning Shadow of Your Smile also wrote the theme song for the TV cartoon Spider Man: I give you, Paul Francis Webster “Listen bud, he’s got radioactive blood”

David Bowie And More In The New Issue Of MOJO! Fifty years after Station To Station, we investigate the torrid investiture of The Thin White Duke. Plus! Chrissie Hynde, Squeeze, Elvis Presley, Arctic Monkeys, Dennis Wilson, the essential 2026 preview and more! More info and to order a copy here 👇

New MOJO ahoy and I have a bunch of stuff in it about the story of Heartbreak Hotel, Honeybus and How To Buy the Isley Brothers. Enjoy!

Just discovered that the guy who wrote the Oscar winning Secret Love and Grammy winning Shadow of Your Smile also wrote the theme song for the TV cartoon Spider Man: I give you, Paul Francis Webster “Listen bud, he’s got radioactive blood”

Keep being invited to download a game called Fruit Hole. Just makes me laugh.

New MOJO ahoy and I have a bunch of stuff in it about the story of Heartbreak Hotel, Honeybus and How To Buy the Isley Brothers. Enjoy!

Sad to hear about the passing of Steve Cropper. Here’s a chat I had with him in 2021 about his skills as a songwriter. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Sad to hear about the passing of Steve Cropper. Here’s a chat I had with him in 2021 about his skills as a songwriter. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

It’s beginning to feel a lot like time to remind you that this annual treat is available for your Yuletide musical pleasure. Available on all reputable platforms, and others too! open.spotify.com/episode/6GLC...

NYT Pips #94 Easy 1:36 Medium 2:29 Hard 1:39