Leonard Smalls

That ain't a thing - Dredd and the Badass Weeds

Lingerie - Lizzo

bit of Psycho

Music lessons in my schools (70s-early 80s) were largely a waste of time... There was nothing in primary, just a bit of singing at assembly. And in secondary we had music in years 1-3, 1 lesson a week. They consisted of Mr Bird playing some music (usually Young Person's Guide, or The Planets, or for a contemporary feel (!), Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Yawn). Then folks would say if they liked it or not, though because he wasn't particularly good at discipline this usually meant him shouting above a general cacophony of rude comments. And then we'd do some very rudimentary theory. This theory would be tested at annual exam time. However, they discovered I had private piano lessons after I got 100% in the first exam (my mum's a piano teacher) so from then on I got different exams from everybody else - though this was usually about grade 1 theory when I'd already done grade 5... So music wasn't really a thing for us at school. Though in 6th form, Mr. Q had the bright idea of forming a one-off band to play before a viewing of that banned anti-nuke film (wot I can't remember the name of). I played keys, Cossack played guitar and Mouse played his violin bass - someone rattled a tambourine in the background while we did a couple of BarclaysBankHarvest and Dylan songs. I was so fascinated by Mouse's bass that I took it up when I got to Uni - and strangely it turned out that the Hofner bass belonged to Mouse's brother, our very own @lurksalot!

Wake me up before you go-go -Wham DOH! Too slow!

Nice and Sleazy - Stranglers

No fcn problem - Suicidal Tendencies

I don't like Fender basses - probably because they're far too common! But the only one I really hate is the Hofner violin bass, especially with rubber strings. Completely lacking in heft!

no woman no crime - Bob Marley (*) * my favourite misheard lyric...

Supporting Old Skool punks, The Samples, in Malvern Saturday 20th:

Here's mine! A new Future Impact patch wot I made inspired this Mutant Disco Ditty... Features the Trusty Wal through Future Impact and Darkglass microtubes pedals... Plus 3 vocal samples I found and heavily autotuned, some Rhodes and other keyboard VSTs and a Fender Start through Bias FX. Drums programmed using standard Ableton Pack sounds. All mixed in Doblys and rolled in Ozone 9, with a light sprinking of Raum, Dubstation 2 and Objeq delay on vox.

Strangely, I quite like it... And I like Prince Fatty's dub version even more!

Pablo Picasso - Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers

Boys Boys Boys - Sabrina

The catalyst -Linkin Park

Seize the Rainbow - Sonny Sharrock

Kick in the eye -Bauhaus

You make me feel (mighty real) - Sylvester

We've got 4 consecutive weekend gigs from 20th April (Malvern, Hereford, Wellington, Nottingham - all decent supports), 1 in June (multi band Not the Vicars Tea Party, Gloucester), then 2 in July (Ludlow and Hereford, both good supports again), small festival in Pwhelli in September and a headline in November in Hereford (again!). Most of them are on the punk circuit, though at Pwhelli we're the only originals band on and Ludlow is supporting a ska band. Expecting more as well though I don't want to over-do it! But only 1 is within a half-hour of home...

Venus vs. Mars - Jay-Z

Feral - Radiohead

Found a vid of me sitting down with broken leg at Morecambe Nice'n'Sleazy punk fest. No fancy guitarist's stool for me, just a plastic garden chair!

Whip in my valise - Adam and the Ants

Life is the name of the game - Bruce Forsyth