They also produced early Costello singles before Jake Rivierra stole him including this beauty…https://youtu.be/snPDoXl9ZPs?si=vXbyZSMS1FrEmnS6

And the Nick Lowe produced this, also coming out on Stiff, widely regarded to be the first charting UK punk single. Written by Brian James, who died 2 weeks ago.

Backtracking a little here’s the very first Stiff release…https://youtu.be/YEpr8kaczck?si=tMKGBCEE0MFcFIjJ

@vuelva, the story of the Appalachian Trail is that in mid January 2024 my friend Jenn said that her Fitbit (or equivalent) had congratulated her on completing a challenge walk of some description (can’t remember which) and that now she was beginning the Appalachian Trail, 2198 miles.  I said that Twiggy and I would race her to the end and that…[Read more]

Hoe is het met je? @vuelva always glad when you pop out of your wormhole to say hello(I’m afraid I had to google the Dutch greeting)(Ooops is Dutch a word the people of The Netherlands are comfortable with?)

There are quite a few expressions in English pre-fixed by the word Dutch that have negative connotations( uncle for instance-great band but…[Read more]

I have skin like a waxen peel and a face that I can never feel.

Busy weekend my birdling friends and whoever said “As a teenage girl spends 6 years ageing from 12 to 18 you(the parent )age 30” clearly had a teenage daughter.That’s all I’m saying.Anyway you all know it has to be Photoshop Handsome.https://youtu.be/6udfNIzRUX0?si=QxEk8hnMrsOAGhDp

Time to chill out on a rainy Sunday morning.

Need to get your daily dose of flugelhorn.

Funny thing @hunnybunny, Atticus Finch was a very famous mountaineering mini-Schnauzer in the States, about 15 years ago. Twiggy has some of the same characteristics, for example stands and stares at views.

Right, just for that I will have to unleash the full force of the great Boo Radleys onto you. This is just for starters.

I was going to play Let it Go but couldn’t bring myself to do it.Instead here’s a brief clip of Birdleader and Dan having a sensible discussion about the Daily Challenge…https://youtu.be/5gvYDYoYi5M?si=RNI85KsS6nOEZlQH

Nah, didn’t work.

I guess this is what is required. Out of the incredible Stiff Records stable.

Not popular on the ABo scene. Remains a terrible tosser. We must be up to close to a month now.