And so we reach the end of our trawl through the tracks on my son’s supposedly favourite in-car CD… just as I was finally forced to consign ...

As George and Ernie are both out on manoeuvres, and because last week's bumper edition nearly finished me off, we're having a rest f...

Teachers love their Awareness Days' Calendar. Black History Month. World Environment Day. International Literacy Day. There’s always som...

This week's Snapshots involved songs that share their name* with sitcoms. But who had the last laugh...? (*Or almost share their name, i...

REM - Drive Due to failing eyesight, my mum stopped driving more than twenty years ago. However, the stories about when she was a driver are...

I was largely unaware of the story of Alan Bates and his fight to clear the names and reputations of hundreds of Post Office employees. The ...

"Hmm, Betty, the doggy’s done a whoopsie on the floor.” Frank Spencer never actually uttered this line in the popular 70s sitcom, but t...

16. The Mountain Goats - Bleed Out We may run out of bullets We're never going to run out of hostages Mountain Goats mainman spent his l...

This is not Justin Currie’s first appearance as a Grumpy Old Man on this blog. I doubt it will be his last. From Nothing Ever Happens to No...

16. Del Amitri - Fatal Mistakes  Their first album in 19 years, and it was like they'd never even been away. Of course, Justin has been ...

It seemed an appropriate time to pull out my Oliver Reed opener. Hopefully you didn't have to get tipsy to solve and of these... 10. Joy...

I realise that my excitement over a new Del Amitri album probably won't be echoed by the majority of the blogosphere, but the prospect o...

Dipping my toe tentatively into Top Tens again, lest this blog get done under the Trade Descriptions Act. One of the main reasons I quit...

Sometimes pop stars can be proper daft. Here's ten daft things famous people do in pop songs. Don't try these at home... 10.  Th...

Something a little bit different this week - the battle of the song titles! One song says it is, the other song says it's NOT. Which ...