#NowPlaying Depeche Mode

Not sure I’d even miss it if the World Cup didn’t happen, or was compromised beyond recognition by boycotts. It’s already going to be bloated and grotesque, and difficult to enjoy within the environment it’s being staged in. Never thought I’d say that I don’t care about the World Cup

#NowPlaying Thompson Twins

#NowPlaying Feeder

#NowPlaying Seal

The world’s longest sausage

Trump’s been getting a lot of stick for the content of his speech. But credit where it’s due, at least he stayed awake the whole time which must have been a challenge for many of the audience

#NowPlaying Tom Waits

#NowPlaying Guillemots

#NowPlaying Dave Edmunds

#NowPlaying Van Morrison

Given that we only ever see that-thing-I’m-not-going-to-name-for-algorithm-reasons mentioned in the context of it not actually being a Thing, just a marketing construct, maybe we just don’t need even to mention it any more?

#NowPlaying Queen

#NowPlaying Eels

#NowPlaying Duran Duran

#NowPlaying Sky

Given the circumstances under which it was discovered that Jenrick was going to defect from the Tories, it looks like he’s got exactly the skill set to fit in at Reform

#NowPlaying Allman Brothers

#NowPlaying Tori Amos

#NowPlaying Cat Stevens

#NowPlaying Kraftwerk

#NowPlaying Kristin Hersh

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#NowPlaying Bread / David Gates

#NowPlaying 10 000 Maniacs

#NowPlaying 10cc

#NowPlaying Neil Sedaka

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#NowPlaying Throwing Muses

#NowPlaying Focus

#NowPlaying Madness

#NowPlaying Bruce Hornsby

Happy birthday to all the horses

#NowPlaying Joy Division / New Order

#NowPlaying Emerson, Lake & Palmer

#NowPlaying Stevie Wonder

Heads up for New Year - if you put the most recent Taylor Swift album on to start at 23:43:17, you’ll be asleep by ten to midnight

#NowPlaying Rainbow

#NowPlaying Aimee Mann

#NowPlaying Belle & Sebastian

#NowPlaying Lenny Kravitz

“Who turned out the lights?”

#NowPlaying Steve Earle

This is where my daughters are sleeping this Christmas #DuvetKnowItsChristmas

#NowPlaying Nick Lowe

#NowPlaying Blow Monkeys