Oh, I turned my back on Nazareth I used to think that it mattered

'Politicians have become glorified pundits.'

"and they'd use No Need For Nails”

Just caught up with last night's The 1% Club, which is styled as a test of 'logic and common sense'. Inviting Mr Logic onto the show therefore, could only lead to one result.

Referee: “You know the rules, and so do I”

I don't want to bore you all with fantasy football exploits, but my #HMHB themed team name being in 38th position overall out of 100k+ in the Telegraph competition isn't to be sniffed at.

"I know what it's like to have fallen in love with someone you shouldn't have fallen in love with. And by the way, that's a song, by the Buzzcocks". Tonight's Corrie, as Grandma reasons with small boy who, in a far-fetched plot, has been groomed by his athletics coach.

Words & Music - Bridgewater Hall 2004. Mark. E. Smith - Wheelchair bound, screeching incomprehensible nonsense into background noise of drilling. Pete Shelley - Solo versions of Buzzcocks classics. Soothed crowd. JCC - Ace. Howard Devoto - Started deconstructing 'Hound Dog' lyrics. Time to leave.

New Gwendoline Riley novel day is a good day #BookSky

Share a Magazine cover you love. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFLg...

New Title: Friday Night Fever: Inside The Cult Of Half Man Half Biscuit by Steve Hill. Signed and numbered advance copies, now open for pre-order: www.route-online.com/all-books/fr...

Bilbao, 1982 - we bought tickets for Eng v Czechoslovakia and Eng v Kuwait for £1.50 each from the ground, a few days before the tournament started. The sold out France match set us back £10 from a tout. Now look at the state of this.

Enjoyed this Shoot! magazine-style 'Focus On' each Smith, featured in a 1984 issue of Look-in. Andy Rourke answered the Favourite Groups and Favourite TV Show questions most satisfactorily.

Each of The Smiths answer a questionnaire in Look-In magazine, March 1984. For example, Mike's favourite drink is a Golden Cadillac cocktail Scan by Nick Stuckenborg via Illness As Art www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

'Love You More', 'Strange Town' and 'The Cutter' please.

It's tight but he is just on

Wait, it's not this bloke that's been sacked? Should probably sack him as well, just to be sure.

'Who cares about "Anarchy in the UK" in the face of the outrage borne of having a slightly spoiled relative?' Happy birthday to 'My Perfect Cousin'.

Gene were marvellous btw. The singer may have his demons, but his vocal range is still incredible and his stage persona more Moz-like than ever. A great night.

I would suggest that this LP is not given the appropriate love and respect that it deserves. Without sounding like faint praise, there is not one less than wonderful song on it. Mystery Action - Mister Reaction!! Now on the MBRS Ahead of a new LP on the horizon, apparently. buff.ly/4Z45tn2

Ugarte booked twice for Uruguay without being sent off. Fantastic. It has brought back happy memories of Graham Poll dishing out yellow cards to the same Croatian player over and over again, in what was one of the highlights of the 2006 World Cup.

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Don’t get me wrong I’m worried about the cost of living too but it’s a very 2026 thing to report a war more in terms of what it’s doing to the economy than how many people are getting incinerated every day.

I'm afraid this lineup leaves me and Erika with no choice - 'Only (a weekend in Whitby)' it has to be.

Mark E Smith's sister quizzes Pete Shelley during his 'Close Up' with @davehaslam.bsky.social at Manchester Gorilla, 10th June 2018. A truly special night, and Caroline's contribution meets the #FallFriday criteria in my book.

#NP - Helen Love's fab new EP. Cheers @precrecs.bsky.social

The good news is that I'm going to see Gene tonight - hurrah! The not quite so good news is that they're playing the ludicrously overcrowded deathtrap that is the Albert Hall.

Post a non-religious picture you think of as holy.

My vote is totally objective. In no way does it just reflect the club I support, and the cheating, biting, preening players I dislike the most intensely. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

The full story is here. The most amazing piece I read last year. www.ft.com/content/cd59...

On Buzzcocks' Chronology, there's an early 'Promises' demo. Diggle had a tune, but told the band he'd 'left the words at home' so improvised with 'All of the children laying it down/I'll make a cup of tea all on my own'. Thankfully, Pete lost patience and wrote the lyric himself.

Whilst pre-election leafleting for the Greens in Burnage, one chap accosted me on his doorstep, looked to the skies while folding his hands in prayer, and said "only one person gets my vote, and that's Jehovah." I told him I didn't think Jehovah was on the ballot paper, but he wasn't convinced.

The East Anglian rivalry is really hotting up. I dread to think who Norwich will turn to now.

Patience - Dizzy Spells (2019) Former Veronica Falls frontwoman Roxanne Clifford (aka Patience) with a sparkling solo album of 80s style synth-pop gems. It's an absolute treat. #5DebutAlbums1519

Bumped into a great lad I hadn't seen in thirty years in a pub at Wembley yesterday. He recognised me after all this time, and started telling his dad how much I'd looked after him at work when he was a teenager in the mid-90s. It was a bloody lovely moment, I don't mind telling you.

Dennis on the big screen - the hero of my first Wembley trip, fifty years and a few weeks ago. More of the same please, blues.

The new Mo Salah.

Still the greatest song of the decade to date.

That Summer!

Spent too long trying to find my next door but one neighbour on this (I know he's there somewhere). I've given up now!

I will make exception to my rule about EDMs to stand up for democracy and for refugees. Making them fear deportation does nothing for border control, economy or their sanity. ask other MPs sign EDM 2908 and ensure Parliament has a say on how we treat those we have already given sanctuary.

Show someone who absolutely rocks a hat (that isn't Indiana Jones)

'Escape (The Piña Colada Song)' by Rupert Holmes. I'd tell them anything they needed to hear before a single play had ended.

Really enjoying this. It's not difficult to work out who the middle-aged, vegan, anti-Muslim UK singer is based on, and his radicalised young acolyte being called 'David' (as in 'The National Front Disco' going David) is more than coincidence, I reckon.

And the clubs at the scene of all of these crimes against English football. Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal.   But of course they didn’t break any rules. They penned the rulebook.

When I hear the word cheating in English football, what I think of is the clubs who lobbied for the sharing of gate receipts to cease in 1983. I think of the clubs who led a grab for a larger share of tv money in 1985 which had previously been split more evenly throughout the football league.

There are quite a few on here conflating Chelsea's self-reporting of historical secret payments with City's charges - which have been vehemently denied from the outset and of which we're still awaiting the hearing's findings. Don't jump the gun, lads, or you could end up looking decidedly silly.

A huge thanks to everyone who's contacted #Waitrose, urging them to stop running ads on GB News' website. - LOTS of comments on their social media now ❤️‍🔥💪 Now it's time to keep the pressure. 🚨 TAKE ACTION 👉 [email protected] Keep urging #Waitrose to #StopFundingHate.

ShelleyDevoto - 'Til the Stars In His Eyes Are Dead (2002) To acknowledge Mr Trafford's 74th birthday, here's the highlight of the Buzzkunst reunion album. A real back to their roots punky nugget. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1aU...