The BEAT boys last night at the Hammy O

Right on cue after a great night with BEAT, Facebook hit me with the memory of discovering Petra Haden… youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Off to see BEAT tonight. Steve Vai and Danny Carey may seem like unusual additions to the lineup, but I'm sure they'll do a great job of all this hits like Mirror in the Bathroom, Hands Off She's Mine etc.

When you're on a call and the other person says, "Bear with me", then it goes quiet... how do you know they've really got a bear with them?

Help, I’m in a meeting and we’re being shown a presentation that uses Comic Sans.

Tales of Love and Loss at the Linbury

But Spurs have just had one their best weekends!

A Des conducts A Des

David Byrne at the “Hammersmith Odeon” (as those of us of a certain age will always know it)

Nothing like chilling to the relaxing sounds of Peter Hammill on a Sunday evening… 😊

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at ENO/London Coliseum

Pierrot Lunaire at the Linbury

Many well-dressed people In several locations Are kissing quite a bit Happy #ValentinesDay ❤️ youtu.be/JDKCC8Ife5U?...

So the owl was superb but the bunny was bad?

#DavidsMonthOfMusic - I'm late to the party (no surprise) but I'll try to catch up... Day 1 - the last song you sang I stumbled through this at an open mic last week... #Utopia #ToddRundgren

Please excuse my smug face, but I’ve just changed a set of nylon guitar strings without the carbon trebles slipping.

Into the Woods at the Bridge Theatre

I see it’s the Van der Graaf Generator derby today @joebankswriter.bsky.social

Reading my first Agatha Christie novel, and it’s full of twists and turns: you’ll never believe what just happened to Roger Ackroyd 😮

Name the Steely Dan song...

So I guess the long-rumoured collaboration between Dire Straits and Chris Rea is never going to happen now.

LinkedIn targeting with pin-point accuracy here…

If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

Last Days at the Linbury - for the third time!

Partenope at ENO

Dead Man Walking at ENO

The Makropulos Case at the ROH… judiciously snapped before the appearance of the production team.

Todd Rundgren at the London Palladium

#PeterHammill making a blurry exit from the #RoyalFestivalHall stage…

At last, LinkedIn suggests my dream job…

I hope Madonna enjoys the extra exposure she'll get from my remix of this track! #GlobalRemixChallenge #Madonna #RayOfLight

Curtain raiser for an imaginary curtain...

After a somewhat extended sabbatical, I’ll be back on stage in two week’s time 🎭 Come to picturesque Otford for a play… with murder in it! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/otf...

Adapt and survive… #cfc

Is it by scoring more goals than them?

My Plans for the weekend...

Semele at the ROH

Half time shows can do one #cwc

Most of A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall falls into seven-bar phrases (3 + 4). But each bar has three beats, so one could say that it's in 21/8. From which we conclude that #BobIsProg

White smoke: Pope Black smoke: Nope

Die Walküre at the ROH

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 21,1951

Mary Queen of Scots at ENO, with nonagenarian composer Thea Musgrave in attendance. #enomaryqos

Festen at the ROH

Exploring new bass textures with the aid of a Nike trainer sock. #JustDoIt

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller January 2,1947

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Happy Rush Day to all those who celebrate!

Whammed by BBC Radio news 😭

Greetings to the steady stream of new followers! I've just had a belated follow-back session, so you'd better behave now that I'm watching you 👀