Can confirm this absolutely true. When discussing the forthcoming Marty Supreme film - which I'm very much looking forward to - with my mate earlier, I casually used the name 'Tiffany Chevrolet' and he didn't bat an eyelid.

#NewWaveNovember (1978-80) 16--Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What a Waste (1978) One definition of New Wave is punk sensibility with better musicians. The Blockheads were certainly that - and Dury was a poet, not just a lyricist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmop...

The Primitives are forty years old today. First show , Coventry, 14/11/85. They've re-released Thru The Flowers to mark the anniversary. And it's now sounding swell on the Late Show. buff.ly/IawOAdj

Tempted though I am, it's not quite the weather for 'The First Picture of You', so here's my 20p and let's kick the weekend off with 'Orgasm Addict', 'The Day the World Turned Day-Glo' & 'Panic'.

Yesterday I saw a burly builder, I'd say mid-forties, answer his 'This Charming Man' ringtoned phone. Without wishing to stereotype, it struck me how a man of his demographic would almost certainly have dismissed The Smiths as fey and effeminate forty years ago. Funny how perception changes.

There's been quite a fuss surrounding Hatful of Hollow's 41st anniversary. My own story goes like this: I bought it from Piccadilly Records, before heading to Manchester YMCA to practise table tennis with a few other full-time players of that time. It wasn't a universally popular choice.

So clear. So concise.

I used to play in the same football team as the lad on the receiving end of this shocking incident. It's fair to say he's milked it a bit over the years and I suppose you can't blame him. Still, it must feel strange to have a lifelong claim to fame of being a dartboard in human form.

Now THAT’S how you paint a flag where everyone can see it.

The new Carol Morley film is currently being shot literally round the corner from our house. I'm a fan of Carol's stuff and, though I haven't read the book, really looking forward to this one.

Mancunians (and yonners I suppose): For all your glass needs, don't even fucking consider the fash-aligned Droylsden Glass.

Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.

Well I'm glad that's been put to bed. I'm sure that's the end of the matter, as far as Liverpool and their fans are concerned.

Starmer currently resembles The Fast Show's Indecisive Dave, stood at the bar in between Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski.

It's a nice story and I may even pop along to watch @wdcfc.bsky.social play them this Sunday. Ultimately though, it's hard to see what can be gained by these players winning 13-0 every week.

As Christmas approaches I often think of poor John Sheridan, and whether or not he's now in the happy position of being able to buy his kids a present or two.

I'd like to believe Big Mal named Enoch Powell MP as the 'person in the world you'd most like to meet' in order to give him a good old-fashioned kicking, but his choice of apartheid South Africa as 'best country visited' probably refutes that idea, sadly.

The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship

"City, tearing scousers apart again" Ian Curtis will be looking down on proceedings with a huge grin this evening. 🪽

Hats off to a woman called Sarah we met in the street on Friday night, while looking for a suitable pre-gig pub. She'd driven solo ("my husband likes Bruce Springsteen") from North London to Wolverhampton to watch the mighty #HMHB, and joined us for a few beers. Great commitment.

#HMHB on a Friday night. Nothing like it. Ready to go in Wolverhampton!

The new reworked version of our first single. The video is a pictorial history of the band.

All of this unpleasantness could be avoided by banning adults who spit on children from the ground entirely.

"A man in his seventies dancing to Northern Soul Go man fucking go!" My favourite and easily most played track of the year. Just wonderful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCaf...

Why scrapping VAR for offside decisions should never ever be even considered. Well at least not while Haaland is still at City.

Really enjoyed this sparkling debut and would be very surprised if a TV or big screen adaptation isn't on the horizon.

'Weeks famously stated he found Morrissey “devious, truculent and unreliable” and Marr “willing to embroider his evidence to a point where he became less credible”.' Much was made of Judge Weeks' famous appraisal of Morrissey, but not so that of Marr, who somehow emerged with his reputation intact.

From The Office to degenerating into the nasty, punchdown, scoffing, comedically clueless, transphobic patron saint of wankers you are today. James Acaster called you out for the worse than worthless "edgelord" that you are. But you're too remote, too doubledown, too stupid to take that on board.

'I remember seeing what looked like a proper football hooligan crying his eyes out to The Drugs Don’t Work.' It begs the obvious question...

The Bookmark, Urmston, Jan/Feb 1972. Bought for 50p, aged 8, after being bedazzled by the Gibb bros on TotP. Will have been consigned to the dustbin of history (or just the dustbin) in the ground zero purge of 1977/78.

"It's all about you, It's all about you, Anthony Taylor - it's all about you" Quite right too. Lovely to receive some overdue recognition from our fans.

Extract in The Times from the Mike Joyce memoir, which is published on Thursday. Looking forward to reading not only 'his side of the story', but also about his time in Buzzcocks. The only musician to have been a member of my two all-time favourite bands! www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...

Like any right-thinking person, I hate to listen to the bigoted Reform types routinely showcased on #bbcqt. However, Matthew Goodwin's performance tonight was surely a case of 'give 'em enough rope'. Only the most unhinged swivel-eyed loon could think he emerged with a shred of credibility.

I mean the question is obviously rhetorical, but what about the other stuff? Slurping the last of a drink through a straw? Crunching boiled sweets? Chomping foul-smelling popcorn? All of this behaviour is equally impolite, yet somehow deemed acceptable to many.

Watching a gig, especially while close to the front, while trying to keep abreast of score updates is not ideal. Anyway, City scraped through, and this classic was the final song. So all's well and all that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztC8...

Just back from I Swear, which I found very enjoyable. Really well acted with some great comic moments, not least Maxine Peake's hilarious attempt at a Scottish accent.

Luckily, Erika loves the Prims too, and has agreed that spending Valentine's Night in Barcelona is a splendid idea. Hurrah!

Tbf, there are much stronger arguments in favour of immigration.

might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen

Frankie & The Heartstrings - Hunger (2011) Superb debut from Sunderland's finest. Clearly 80s influenced (Orange Juice/Dexys/Smiths are reference points) but still managing to sound fresh and exhilarating. #RIPDaveHarper #5debutalbums1014

My next-door neighbour @traincurator.bsky.social is as avid a Buzzcocks fan as I am, but considerably more artistic. This is last year's rather cool pumpkin effort.

Villa scored from one corner and almost another through the use of innovative ideas. Presumably, James French, City's new set-piece coach earns a handsome salary to undertake the highly skilled job of asking Foden to float every single corner and free-kick hopefully into the six-yard box.

Our tour begins 3 weeks today. Tix here👉 www.seetickets.com/search?q=pri...

Iain Dale, Christian Calgie, and Mike 'Concrete' Graham have all gone that bit too far with their online racist bile over the past few days. Dale & Calgie have issued grovelling apologies, but Graham, suspended by Talk, is laughably claiming to have been 'hacked'. Love to see it.

Without being aware of a single word of this, our prime minister was nevertheless happy to blithely tweet 'this is the wrong decision'. The man is demonstrably not fit for purpose.

Gave him the kick up the arse he needed!

Pep's obsession with the underwhelming Savinho is increasingly bizarre. Bobb is so much better than him on the right hand side it's embarrassing. Just don't get it at all.

'Choosing to stand with the far-right foreign football hooligan against the local police force: this, apparently, is what British patriotism looks like in 2025. Truly, we are through the looking-glass here.' Easily the best piece I've read on the whole, sorry shitshow.

'Roadrunner', 'Love You More' and 'Blue Moon' (wouldn't be able to resist) would be 20p very well spent.

Pleased to report that the Priestnall Allotment & Garden Society Resistance is now up and running.