I'm a week and a half in an entirely finance driven sobriety and people say they see an improvement but come bedtime I'm wide awake and miserable and now I'm turning into a morning person.

The Beach Boys~I have more Beach Boys songs in my itunes library than any other artists (including over ten versions of Vega tables) but yesterday my youngest daughter asked me to play her some of my favourites and added some of them to her playlist. It made me feel great.

That's so weird, I was also listening to Linda Ronstadt for the first time this week (about ten versions of You're No Good on youtube). She wears long boots very well.

Yes, please hang your head in shame for the rest of the day. To be fair you were in good company, Kermode absolutely gushed all over it (all the while dripping a mixture of his sweat and brylcreem into its eyes).

After seeing so many glowing reviews of Carol Morley's The Falling I was excited to finally get to watch it. Unfortunately I thought it was rubbish. I liked the premise which I kind of took as Picnic At Hanging Rock as re imagined by Jarvis Cocker but the execution was pretty terrible, it was really badly written…

Was also bingeing some D'Angelo this week. In fact I've been having a marathon neo soul (horrible term) session from Tony Toni Tone's final album through all of Erykah Badu's joints and all Raphael Saadiq's stuff including Lucy Pearl (the man's an absolute genius).

I was thinking about this the other day. I saw Star Wars in a cinema in 1977 when I was 5 and then I wouldn't of seen it again until 1982 which was the first time they were allowed to show it on British TV. Obviously Empire Strikes Back came out in the interim. It wasn't like now when you just waited a couple of…

Natalie Prass' self titled l.p from January is pretty good but, for me, it's hard to beat Shana Cleveland & The Sandcastles' Oh Man Cover The Ground.

The third act reveal is that Chubby Checker is living in their basement.

It would've meant attending the Reading Festival though which is not an experience I would wish on anyone.

I like the fact they've included a miniature version to mirror the amphetamine shrinkage issues that Lemmy's undoubtedly encountered throughout his life.

They did last week.

The Lovely Eggs~Allergies
Don Downing~I'm Not Lovin'
Stealing Sheep~Sequence

Well I've been a granddad for the last three years but, man, twins?!? That's going to be something else. And no I haven't read Bad Seed but I can't imagine it's more scary than what this book says is in store for my poor daughter and son in law.

Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa after winning the F.A Cup for Tottenham Hotspur in 1981~good days!

Twins! Pregnancy, Birth and The First Year Of Life because my daughter's expecting some in November. More terrifying than any horror novel you could think of!

Tony! Toni! Toné!~It Never Rains In Southern California
Nelly Furtado~Promiscuous
The Association~Come On In
Tony Hatch and His Orchestra~Theme From Crossroads
Kate Bush~Watching You Without Me
The Apples In Stereo~Questions And Answers
John Barry~Florida Fantasy
Peter Sellers~Peter Sellers Sings George Gershwin
Fugazi~Give…

Endlessly expensive car problems. And that's a first, second and third world problem bro!

I hear that Apple are launching their own perfume

Great interview, Kenan & Kel, Good Burger and Mystery Men were all pieces of entertainment that my elder kids and me loved watching together so he's definitely a part of their childhood.