Antidote to Life's weary chase now available on youtube

I note with pleasure that Joe Venuti's recording of Tea for Two has finally made it to youtube - which is all the excuse I need to revisit an earlier piece about it - and embed the audio below, so that those immune to the lure of streaming services may also savour of its joys.

New book about cult 90s UK sitcom Nightingales

I don't often review books on this blog but this was placed into my hands by its author and it's an astonishing piece of work ... well, maybe not that, precisely, but it's certainly rather surprising, to say the least.

It was 52 years ago yesterday ...

Yesterday marked the 52nd anniversary of the release of David Bowie's first LP - which is surely excuse enough to alert new readers of this blog to my "Gnome Thoughts ..." series about David Bowie's early musical influences.