First Evil Dead film. Saw it when I was about ten. Didn't like it much. Now the *next* two, on the other hand...

I've got @lynncorrigan.bsky.social to thank for a love of Jackie Leven that seems to get deeper the older I get. I'm deeply grateful. This is the one that made me fall and fall hard for him - "Ballad of a Simple Heart" from "The Argyll Cycle Volume 1". www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YS6...

I've been evangelical about "Love Over Gold" for decades now, so consider my vote cast on this one...

Speaking as a Swansea City fan, my answer to the question posed here is "No, not one bit".

If it stays there long enough Ronnie Dio's going to appear and start singing underneath it.

Startled to see a clip from The Twin Dilemma on BBC London news just now. Colin being interviewed about his staged Sherlock Holmes radio drama, and there it was. Colin and Maurice Denham cliffhanging out of episode 3. Blimey.

I've been terribly excited since I heard their superb new album as well. Throw Soft Machine's new one in for consideration while we're at it.

Science literacy rates are at an all time low

Right up at the top of the second page - 100 Club listing for Maynard Ferguson and His Big Band. Worked with Kenton. Prado. Part of the Birdland Dream Band, and bandleader on the Simon Dee Show, which is why Gertan Klauber grunts "That will DO, Maynard" in the first episode of The Goodies.

I'm oddly relieved to hear this as well.

"Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia" God, even his writing tips *sing*. He's extraordinary.

I've just read a thing where someone suggests that Trump was told to tell everyone that Jesus image was doctored, but because he is who he is he went off on one and said instead it was meant to be him as a Doctor. It does sound horribly likely.

Scully is of course, unconscious five minutes from the end of the episode as said evidence flies straight over her head with a huge sign that says, "Hello we're some women from Venus and over there are some men from Mars", so misses it all.

An incredibly happy memory - one Sunday afternoon at the Cameo in Edinburgh, about to settle into a double bill of Bringing Up Baby and Raising Arizona. As the curtain goes up, my mate appears with black coffee and some Hershey bars. Less happy memory - seconds later on actually eating the Hershey.

"New Earth" is a very odd story. On the one hand, there's a ton of lovely world building, it looks great, the Cat Nuns are brilliant and it makes you sorry for a big old face in a jar. On the other hand, it's got "Oh baby, I'm beating out a SAMBA!" in it. Ah well. Can't like *everything*.

I've just remembered that back in 2007, people who rented Doctor Who - The Complete Second Series from Netflix (yes, that long ago) got a nasty surprise 32 minutes into New Earth, when it suddenly turned into a scene from "Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Beginning". Funny the things you forget.

Continuing a current theme, I've just almost typed the words "The Best of the Lovin' Sponful", which if I'm honest sounds like an album that one of those occasional partial Goon reunions Milligan indulged in would come up with. A record of Goon Songs done by him and Sellers, probably.

Giving notes to god's direct report could lead JD to an eternity without soft furnishings

If this was a human being I'd sort of trail around after it staring lovingly and making moon-eyes. *Fantastic* record. Which is the case more often than not where Doves are concerned.

J.D Vance says the Pope "should be more careful when talking about theology". I think the Pope's all across that one, if I'm honest. Theology is kinda his thing.

I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but the full 6 minute monty of "Let's Go To San Francisco" by The Flower Pot Men is a wonderful thing. Those Beach Boys harmonies. All that mellotron. The horns. Everything, *including* the kitchen sink. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW63...

Barbican's running a "1996 - 30 Years On" event, starting tomorrow. Some of the exhibits are up already in preparation. Can't begin to tell you how profoundly strange it is to see stuff that's been lying around my house (album covers, copies of NME, Q etc) suddenly appearing in glass cases.

This photo of The Lovin' Spoonful (from the booklet of the "A's and B's" compilation). It's just a suspicion, but I think some of these men might be in a state of altered awareness.

This is Missy. She escaped from her backyard and ran straight to daycare, where she had a spa day and got to play with her boyfriend. Lessons were learned, but not the ones her parents probably hoped. 13/10 (TT: spotsplaceyqr)

I’m sorry WHAT

About halfway through "Lost In Hollywood Again", last year's generally splendid live album by the Graham Bonnet Band. If I end up listening to Rainbow's "Down To Earth" and Graham's "Line-Up" before the night's out, you'll know the reason why.

Born on this day, Terrance Dicks. I know he was aware of what he meant to so many of us and what a fire he lit under us - mainly because I think we all told him anytime we ever saw him. I wouldn't have been the only person to get the reading bug after being bitten by a radioactive Terrance.

Happy 75th birthday to Peter Davison, best known to us all of course for his showstopping appearance as "audience member going bonkers" to Dave Clark's "Everybody Get Together" on TotP.

This is Sadie. She was finally reunited with her human, astronaut Christina Koch, after her mom’s voyage around the moon took her the furthest any human has ever been from their dog. She can't wait to hear all about the universe. 14/10 (IG: astro_christina)

Just finished Joseph Lidster's "Aliens of London" novelisation. Out of all the Targets, I never expected that story to be the one that would have me surreptitiously wiping a sentimental tear out of my eye and claiming the room was a bit dusty but nonetheless, there we are. I'm happy with that.

Japanese sci-fi: two robots in space, yearning American sci-fi: man gets the author's beliefs on polygamy confirmed by the aliens of ramalama IV french sci-fi: two horny bounty hunters visit the Galaxy of Breasts British sci-fi: nuclear war. Everyone dead. America's fault

Annie Jones, who played Jane in Neighbours, just mentioned an upcoming auction for one of the most iconic pieces of 80s art - Mrs Mangle’s portrait. Imagine owning this! Iconic! www.instagram.com/anniejonesxx...

<Upturned bucket on a podium> Your Party's Awae This Week

When Mark Kelly suddenly starts imitating Rick Wright - twice - in the last couple of minutes of Marillion's "Neverland". Those synth trills, but with enormous Grand Piano Chord Triplets hammering away behind them.

Shared that thing of Trump being blasphemous. Deleted it. Nobody needs their timelines clogged with that thing turning up repeatedly.

2000AD. I was there for Prog #1 and I'm still here. Fantastic Four very, very close behind. Still the two comics I never miss an issue of.

I like this good news thing, folks. We should definitely do more of it.

JD VANCE Well, that wasn't the best weekend, was it? I mean, two seriously important things they gave me to do, and I messed them both up. Still, at least I've got you, honey. You still believe in me don't you? <With a massiv sproing and a pop, sofa collapses>

Listening to Paul Weller's "Hit Parade" and after all these years, still can't get over how he went from the perfect ending ("Beat Surrender" - The Jam) to the perfect start (the joyous yelp of "Speak Like A Child" - The Style Council) with barely a breath. Love those two records so much.

Look all I'm saying is, more records should have drum breaks that sound like someone pushing a vending machine down a flight of steps. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8fd...

I genuinely managed to miss "Panic", Alexei Sayle's 1985 album. Only found out it existed today. Not only is it pretty much co-written with (and produced by) Chaz Jankel, it's got "Didn't You Kill My Brother" on it, and ALSO "Play That Funky Music Jewish Boy" and "Word Association".

101 years of Oliver Postgate. Difficult to express what his work means to me. Between them, Postgate and Firmin produced magic. Beautiful stories. Wonderful visuals, even better noises. All tied together by *that* voice. My happy place is made by Smallfilms. I think it always will be.

While reading the news from Budapest, take a moment to look at this photo of Hungarian-American Bela Lugosi at an antifascist rally in Los Angeles during the war.

Nothing I can add to this will possible top it, so I guess I'll just Leave In Silence.

Robert Plant with Saving Grace perform a breathtaking "Ramble On" for The Late Show. That man has absolutely nailed the whole rock-star-growing-old-with-dignity problem, hasn't he? That band suits him to a tee. They just *fit* together. Love this very, very much.

Hard to express how much I love Pipkins in full flight, but given that in this single off-air VHS episode a monkey feeds cornflakes to a garden gnome, an egotistical ostrich refuses to sing and an itinerant Irish badger shows up ("it's true, as sure as I'm wobblin' on me fence here")...

Dug out the first volume of Network's "Look Back on 70s TV" sampler series last night. There's an early episode of "Rainbow" on there (scary Bungle, etc). You can see how it plays in the same park as Sesame Street, can't you? Not a bad thing at all but you can definitely spot some similarities.

THE KESSEL RUN (Hal Needham / George Lucas, 1979) Jabba the Hutt, a Tatooine crime lord, offers one million galactic credits to anyone able to smuggle 95 kilokets of glimmerstim spice from Kessel to the Si'Klaata Cluster in time for the Kinn-taas Festival.  1/2

Since Georgia Brown's on "The Good Old Days" tonight, please enjoy with my compliments this remarkable documentary from the always superb "One Pair of Eyes" strand. "Who Are The Cockneys Now?" Is really quite something. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Just remembered that this Godley and Creme video exists. "Goodbye Blue Sky" is a *wonderful* record. Drenched in harmonica. Londonbeat on backing vocals. Gorgeous songs, shuddering with nuclear terror. The promo for the single though, is the most Eighties thing that's ever Eightied.