As an aside, I note that Lamacq got the label name wrong yesterday, despite trying to show off by citing ‘This Leaden Pall.’ If I didn’t know he was a proper Colchester United supporter I’d have him down as a Bad Wool.

Fine pre-gig gathering of Biscuiteers at The Great Western, including three Americans from different states, two of whom unexpectedly bonded over a high school they both knew. ‘Take the Skinheads Bowling’ (v i) came up in conversation. Kudos to @Lux Inferior for making it to the gig, and for his ‘Fantasy Biscuitball Runner-Up 2020-21’ tee shirt. Irish Niall Seventh Son is in my top 2 Maiden albums. Saw them twice the other week. Still brilliant live. Only HMHB can get me reaching for the good book. (psalms 23). A bad day at the office just got suddenly better………….For those that like quizzes, the walk on music (Nice one Cyril) was the first recoding by which well known drummer ? He’s still going strong 50 years later and I’m a big fan of his current band. I don’t think many others on here will be though. (Answer available on Google) Been a while since i saw HMHB so have decided to travel from Scotland for the Leamington gig, hopefully album will be on sale then :o) Exciting! I’m as excited as a great big old thing that used to be cited. Hope we get Excavating Rita. As i’ve given up on anything but a partial transcription of the Shepherd’s Bush version, I can only comment on the music so far. Reminscent of Pixies meets Boz Boorer I thought. One of Neil Crossley’s finest?

Urban Dictionary has it defined as “to arrive without any prior planning, or specific materials”. Perhaps the implication is that young Chris from Future Doom should spend less time scribbling his angst onto a sheet of paper, and instead use his practice session to get acquainted with that wonderful musical tradition, having a jam? Well if advance copies go out to be played on the radio, etc., I can’t see you getting anyone into trouble with any amount of hyping it up and whetting the appetite there, Norb. Geoff told me the other day that this this album is getting about three times as much interest as ‘CSI Ambleside’ at the same stage by the way. But as of about a week ago NB57 himself hadn’t actually heard or got hold of the album yet, which should make the rest of us feel better. By the way, the Quietus article, in which Neil Crossley is described as “midfield general” is quite impressive, if anyone hasn’t yet read).If he’s got all these copies, and Gid’n’Lard can have theirs, why can’t we have ours? (He said, looking once again forlornly at the measly post which arrived this morning) Speaking of T-shirts, someone has created HMHB T-shirts for characters in “The Sims”- not particularly relevant for this section- but not sure where else it would go- possibly HMHB in the media….. But slightly behind Doris Day’s brand new Greatest Hits And More. I might ring up the record company to ask about the ‘More’.