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I've been listening to this song a lot since I bought 'Manhattan' and trying to figure out the words (though I've not quite got them all). Of course, listening repeatedly and deciphering the lyrics of ...

Thank you, simplekate & Jeff, for your replies - turns out I do know who both those people are, and have probably seen both of them play in some form or another.

Of course, I realise I am six m ...

He played it last week as well.
I like Marc Riley's show a lot - it's probably thing to spirit of John Peel.

I spent four years in St. Andrews as a student, and in that time the only band that played the student union was the Sneaker Pimps. Who weren't very good. I had to do all my gig-going in the holidays. ...

I'm going as well, and really looking forwarding to it. I've not been before, but the combination of indie music and steam trains seems too good to miss.

There was barely any rain, just a little bit on Saturday morning before the music started - I didn't even put my cagoule on for the whole weekend.

To be honest I wasn't so impressed with Diane Clu ...

Interesting, there's a reference to Tom Courtenay in a song by Jack (I forgot which one off hand) and I've always wondered if it actually is about the English actor (star of Billy Liar, The Loneliness ...

Well, if you somebody wearing a bright orange hat saying Euskaltel come and say hello. From this you might deduce I am a particular Basque cycling team.

Thanks - I've just downloaded it, sounding good so far.

Well, I am indeed going to End of the Road next week - is anybody else going to be there?

Looking forward to Adam Green and Diane Cluck / Anders Griffin....and also Errors, the Low Anthem, Freelan ...

Yeah, I saw the Bundles (minus Kimya Dawson). They were good, especially when they played some songs demonstrating the history of the supergroup (which led to a bit of fraternal disagreement). Oh, and ...

Blimey. I'll be sure to read it in WH Smith's next time I go in.

I went to see this today - it's an excellent French prison film. It was oddly unsettling and there was a huge going on beneath the surface of what at first appeared like a fairly straightforward story ...

For the last few years I've been to the Green Man Festival, in South Wales. But I might not be able to this year for various reasons (it clashes with something else) and I think that, excellent as it ...

I've just watched a really interesting documentary about the Alpha Course, which basically is a course run by churches designed to make people about Christians. There's something gently sinister about ...