HMHB Lyric of the Day

"I left my Chomsky at the Waterstones book launch,
Umberto Eco, Iranian crepes,
Great Uncle Corduroy invited us down to his gite,
Fresh bread, Kaleidoscope, Kinder Scout and Mam Tor"

'Split Single With Happy Lounge Labelmates' from the CD Four Lads who Shook The Wirral.

Coxon at 53 Degrees

As promised a blurred (no pun intended) picture of Mr C and a sketchy report.

The evening started well but that was thanks to a couple of decent beers in Bitter Suite opposite the venue. We got into the gig about 5 mins before the band came on, having completely missed the support act. Switches. When I was younger I used to religiously watch every support band and wore it as a badge of honour. God, I've seen some garbage down the years. Probably the worst was a band whose name I have fortunately forgotten who supported Wilko Johnson at St Helens Citadel. The guitarist wore a bin liner, presumably as an oblique reference to the rubbish being pumped out. Nowadays the lure of a decent pint or two is greater than the possibility of seeing the next big thing. Anyway, I digress.
The gig started fairly slowly and it was a surprise to hear Spectacular as the second song in. The audience were a bit dead to be honest but it did pick up after about halfway. He is such a muso and I think he forgets he has an audience sometimes as he gets lost in his guitar work. There was a six song encore, including a raucous version of The Jam's All Mod Cons that livened proceedings up a bit and just about rescued the night. I don't think that, for a purpose built venue, the sound is great at 53 Degrees. The highlight of the evening was seeing a Stephen Merchant lookalike but I didn't get close enough to see if he was looking at a nude lady pen.

HMHB Lyric of the Day

"I've got three from each section on the fixed odds coupon but I still don't want to got to Cuba,
'Cos Cuba's the new destination, Cuba's the new Iceland, and it'll be full of Italia Conti rejects, so no, I don't want to go to Cuba, I'd much rather go to Dorset with its wonderful Bulbarrow Hill"

'Third Track Main Camera Four Minutes' from the CD Trouble Over Bridgwater

Coxon

Off to see the sainted Graham on Friday. It looks like being a top night for lovers of guitar-based rock (copyright Sounds circa 1975). Watch this space for a report and hopefully very poor quality pictures taken on a shoddy mobile phone. You know you want it.

Grand Final 2006

Had a great evening on Saturday at the RL Grand Final. Obviously it was perfect with Saints winning convincingly but the atmosphere was the best for any Grand Final I have been to, and all credit to the Hull fans for that. The only downer was the 80 minutes it took to get off the car park afterwards.

The players (above top) celebrated in style, as did Christy (above below) !


Eamon MacManus and Daniel Anderson show off the trophy.

United 93

I watched this on DVD tonight and thought it was well made, sensitive and without undue sentiment. God forgive me though, and I feel like my fellow blogger John D (a bad man who is probably going to hell) but I couldn't help but be reminded at every turn, of the movie Airplane. I know it's insensitive but it looks like I picked the wrong week to give up sniffing glue.

HMHB Lyric of the Day

A blast from the past - hopefully a more regular item now:

"You come on like a dream, Julian Bream. lips like David Vine"

Tonight Matthew, I'm Going to be with Jesus from the CD Voyage to the Bottom of the Road

The Departed

Went to see Scorsese's latest offering tonight and I was mightily impressed - well, up until the last 15 minutes or so where it seemed to lose its way a little. I'll not spoil it for anyone who will be going to see it (as if anyone reads this stuff) but it is stil worth watching. 7 out of 10 for me.

England International Football

It's crap, isn't it?