Finally tracked down that 8 VHS box set on the history of jazz at my local Oxfam.

From the golden age of music videos, this is one of the best. Must have cost a fortune. youtube.com/watch?v=ygLy02…

The headphone battery power countdown in minutes or % ensures all my listening gets off to an anxious start. And the later interruptions, "Battery Low!" It's like they're sponsored by my parents.

"Favourite" doing some heavy lifting here. I like their first album.

In our house Britpop peaked during a 5 week period in 1996 when Pet Shop Boys released Bilingual and Phil Collins brought out Dance Into the Light.

Cautionary words in the bottom right to foreshadow the absolute anarchy that a Mark Knopfler gig entails. (In fairness, people were *livid* that Sultans of Swing wasn't played.)

The Teddy Bears picnic completely spoils the surprise it teases in the opening line.

Which Body Shop outlets has Sam Smith been going to?!

Jools Holland looks *thrilled* to be touring again.

14 MINS OF MALONE 🚨🚨🚨

Imagine a universe where Body Language is the overplayed Queen song rather than Don't Stop Me Now.

New for 2022: Cludeo, the "everyone's a hottie" edition.

Put the youngling in front of of Uruguay v South Korea. Out for the count!

Who remembers the Pet Shop Boys?

How many more years can Spotify make "This person likes Pet Shop Boys, Genesis and nothing else" sound like a deep dive into this history of western music spread over 30,000 hours?

Cilla Black’s cover of All Night Long on her 1983 Christmas show is something you can never forget…

Nowadays we have the internet to display our passions. In the late 80s and early 90s we had badges.

Tickets for my one woman show I'll Be Back, the Terminator parody that no one asked for, are on sale now! oldfirestation.org.uk/whats-on/ill-b…