Make sure you mention Stephen who kicked the whole thing off and whose 78th birthday it is today. Can’t be there as I’m taking a seven-year-old to the playhouse panto.

As a massive fan of both Hitchcock and novelist Brian Moore I think the best thing about Torn Curtain is that writing the screenplay taught BM to write excellent suspense novels - a skill that he applies in many of his later works. Had the pleasure of looking through his archives in Austin recently.

Planning to watch the second one tonight. Great to see Rhea Seehorn in something worthy of her talent.

I was trying hard to show a spread in my five but I much prefer your version to which my answer is (Liverpool 72/3): Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Rory Gallagher, ELP, Can.

The only time I saw him, late on, he had started leaning in to the preacher persona and it left me uneasy. Loved him loads but reluctant to revisit for same reasons.

You stopped going to gigs after the 70s? Did think of doing one per decade. Ended up with 2 from the 70s (Millie, Can) + 2 from the noughties (Shads farewell tour, Amy). Coulda said REM (84-2007) RIchard Thompson (70s to 20s) Elvis Costello (82-24) or Gaffa, the 4 acts I've seen most + Bruce or Bob.

I remember my neighbour's confusion when she tried to use the line while I was listening to a song on the short lived dial-a-disc.

"BBC spokesperson said: “All of our programmes are required to comply with the BBC’s editorial guidelines, and we made the decision to remove one sentence from the lecture on legal advice.”

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True, six out of ten, now I look, but the track that makes it great, imho, Ordinary People, is old.

And here's what I wrote about the New Orleans Dylan gig in April 24. www.davidbelbin.com/blog/2024/04...

Infuriating. Commis.

I enjoyed the three new ones as an ending to the set, which was my weekend treat. Not sure I'd go that far...