Superbowl, you say? youtube.com/watch?v=llyk...

One of the greatest-ever country songs. youtu.be/REzVxf_e2Vs?...

Light is hanging around Afternoon’s street corner Just a little longer Just a little longer

If you're enjoying watching the curling at home, imagine what it's like watching it from the alpine bar above the rink in the basement of a Stranraer hotel as waistcoated-waiters bring you endless light (or heavy) refreshments. It's all there in the pages of Final Destination.

In my other role as a copyeditor, I've just started on my fifth book since the turn of the year. #busyboy

Cut down on your heating bills by powering your house with the contempt that Kevin Rowland shows for Richard Skinner in this 1985 Whistle Test interview. youtu.be/xOnEEqfPlVo?...

Need an ultra-romantic Valentine's present? For travel, there's Final Destination. For music, there's Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids? or Searching for Dexys Midnight Runners. For sport, there's Field of Dreams, The Bottom Corner, The Hard Yards, Three Weeks Eight Seconds, Boot Sale... Ta x

Out in paperback in April, by the way.

Anyone who's read Final Destination will know all about this place. BBC News - Our family put an ice rink in a hotel - it has bred some of the world's finest curlers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Played like a pauper, though.

Sport of kings.

And the best dog's name on this afternoon's walk? Neil.

Best dog's name on this morning's walk? Hector.

My morning routine involves emptying the dishwasher, doing the school run and taking the dog for his constitutional, but I always find time for tea and a few passages of @stephenhanley6.bsky.social's The Big Midweek. So, so good.

Somerset today.

My boys *adored* these back in the day. And good fun for parents to read out loud at bedtime.

Joe Wilkinson's dad.

Wordle in 2. Word Hurdle in 2. Worldle on the other hand... (A country that not even its inhabitants would have heard of)

Cristiano Ronaldo earns £488,000 a day and is on strike because Saudi Arabia’s PIF haven’t bought his club enough new players. Welcome to football dystopia. inews.co.uk/sport/footba...

Lovely chat and stories here from Guy Garvey and @petepaphides.bsky.social. Two of the music world's good guys. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

It's transfer deadline day, which means it's seven years since Peter Crouch and I arrived (separately) at Burnley's snowy training ground - him to sign a contract, me to interview Sean Dyche for Boot Sale.

Magnificent documentary by writer (and one time New York taxi driver) Michael Goldfarb, about Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, 70s New York and the transformed city of today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This is who runs this account (on the right).

I don't tend to read many music books these days, but once I found out my local library had this, I made an exception. Glad I did, as this was a superb read (kinda similar to the C86 book, which I enjoyed). Good work @nigetassell.bsky.social 👏 I'm looking fwd to your next endeavour

Happy birthday to @lloydcole.bsky.social who, as of today, can speed down the freeway using his just-issued bus pass.

I used to be an extra and Catherine O'Hara is on my "people who were exactly as delightful as you'd hope" list.

Seen most recently (by me, at least) being brilliant in The Studio.

The 45 is 45.

Catherine O'Hara has died. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

The best kit in West Country non-league football has to belong to Mangotsfield United. Shades of early '70s Palace.

One of the truly great pop videos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdko...

62? Forever nineteen in my eyes.

An uncontroversial observation, of course, but the opening page of John Niven's novella about The Band is tremendous.

Using ICE to distract from Epstein backfired, so let's have a war instead.

This morning's office.

I can find my way home From Sierra Leone But I'm lost without an inside pocket.

What became of the carefree you? The one who would whistle to Throbbing Gristle through Harsh times in Umberstone Covert.

Sad news about Danny Couglan youtu.be/cGCBie6dmwg?...

Rest in peace, Danny Coughlan. youtube.com/watch?v=OKXp...

Tax paid. I remain an upstanding member of society. As @imcmillan.bsky.social once told me, "it's what separates us from molluscs and chameleons and monkeys. They don't pay tax."

"Jeff, I'm stood outside the Waterstones in Shepherd's Bush and Peter Odemwingie has just pulled up. Says he's not leaving here until he's got a signed Boot Sale paperback that was promised him. No word from his agent as yet." "Thanks, Kammy." #booksky

There are a few days left before the transfer window closes, so still time to dive into its workings before it (cliche klaxon) slams shut.

An amazing self-portrait.

Imagine drumming on Double Barrel when you're 18, then going on to play on Police And Thieves, Pull Up To The Bumper, and a million crucial recordings. And, of course, Boops (a track I often get obsessed with). Like the LP title, Sly Dunbar was a Rhythm Killer. R.I.P. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVIs...

More screenings for our film GAME 12/02 - DUBLIN - Light House Cinema 13/02 - LIVERPOOL - Plaza Cinema 25/03 - LONDON - Prince Charles Cinema

Unusually, I found the odd gem on the bookshelves of the village charity shop today. There was a Patti Smith there and I snapped up a Richard Williams I didn't have (nor knew existed)

If you don't own a piece of music that Sly Dunbar played on, there's something missing in your life. RIP.

Johnny was one of the most entertaining people I've ever interviewed. Every line could have been a pull quote. Among other things, he organised the first Rock Against Racism gig, but he had his young daughters that day. They sat at the side of the stage with crisps and fizzy pop as The Clash played

Happy birthday to John Cooper Clarke. Here's Beasley Street, performed with The Invisible Girls including Vini Reilly on guitar. It's taken from the 1980 Granada TV documentary "Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt" which you can watch in full at 📺▶️ youtu.be/tYK1-AJ4BSU

I've stuck this into Google Translate and it's good news! "A delightful quest." Thanks Jan!