What James Herbert reference?

He also looked, in profile, not unlike Bruce Springsteen. So it was a confusing time and I was duly confused.

I was at that school from 83 - 90, because I am an old, old man. The teacher was a big, tough, not to be messed with type, and had been a professional soccer player. Massive thighs.

That snobbish surrealist, Garsall
Once did himself up in a parcel
He addressed it 'Lord Garsall,
The Keep, Garsall Castle'
And mailed it first class up his arsehole.

I had a teacher at school named Mr Pink. Pre-Reservoir Dogs, alas, so we just thought it funny on the homosexual level.

Mention The Fog to me, and my first thought is always genital mutilation in a school gymnasium. Ghost Sailors in no way lives up to that.

This is apparently what happened at The Cavern when The Beatles played there, so, you know, rock history and all that.

@sister Mary Francis - thanks, but sceptical is spelt this way.

Oi - we know how to take the piss out of the way you speak.

I thought 'The Returned', among its other strengths, was full of beautifully composed shots last night. It's rare I notice that on TV.

I came to him via the Spiritualized track mentioned in the article, which is a beauty. Wonder if he approved.

Toby Kebbel should've gotten it. Never seen him be anything less than fantastic.

@LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus It's the version with DeNiro as the monster? It's just about worth a look, though it's wearyingly over-the-top and hammy, from what I remember.

I'll go for Laura Marling, then Richard Thompson, David Bowie, Frank Turner, The National. My album of the year, I'm supremely confident in saying, will be Neko Case's.

It is indeed. Pretty good, made better with Woody's personal involvement, and even touching - albeit briefly - on the whole early 90s scandal.

Link or it didn't happen.

British TV has shown a 2 part documentary on him this week. Very interesting, and a reminder that in his early stand-up days he was peerlessly funny both as a comic and as an interviewee.

@disqusacc:disqus You should hear me discuss slang terms for shitting.

That all depends on your city, your socio-economic background, and your ethnicity to a lesser extent.

Sounds like abandoning 168 Hours and doing something else is the best possible use of your time.