Mine too. I'm from Knopfler's hometown, and that song makes me feel homesick even when I'm at home.

I like the James Dean Bradfield solo at the end of Archives Of Pain.

Well, I picked it too.

I just mentioned Tunnel Of Love and Telegraph Road.

I picked Candy's Room. The live version especially.

Dunno if you know this, but sitting in the window watching a huge storm roll in, everyone on the street running for shelter, was what gave him the idea for the song.

A couple of minimalist favourites: Springsteen in Jungleland and John Fogerty in Born On The Bayou. Springsteen also in Candy's Room.
Stretching out a bit, Mark Knopfler in Tunnel Of Love and Telegraph Road, Eric Clapton in Crossroads, John Squire in I Am The Resurrection.

Great Rod Stewart album. Jeez, what a waste.

The Doors. I know their standing may have taken a hit, for whatever reason, but listen to Morrison Hotel and you get a tight, gritty, wholly convincing blues rock band. Morrison could sing pretty much anything, too.

When Thatcher died, the right were very quick to proffer eulogies that shored up their current sickening agendas. A corrective to that is welcome.

I sometimes troll them. I just called James Delingpole a skeletal bell-end.

He called George W Bush a 'baffled creep'. Perfect.

Anything that keeps him away from England.

I forgot When The Levee Breaks. Don't know how, but I did.

I saw it a few weeks ago. I wasn't a great fan of her work before, but you're right, it was a fantastic performance. It would be a fairly humdrum film without her, I think.

The flashback is the highpoint of the entire series, I reckon. *spits on ground*

Another John O' Farrell history book, this one a look at modern Britain from the end of WWII to the 2008 crash. Jokes and other quips to make it go down easier.

The Stone Roses, I Am The Resurrection
The Who, Won't Get Fooled Again
The Rolling Stones, Moonlight Mile
The Beatles, Tomorrow Never Knows
Bob Dylan Desolation Row
Tom Waits, Ruby's Arms
The Clash, Garageland
Bruce Springsteen, Jungleland (and Reason To Believe)

A Northern Soul compilation. Currently, the Gloria Jones version of Tainted Love.

Fleetwood Mac - Doctor Brown
Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
CSNY - Chicago (live)
Belle & Sebastian - The Power Of Three
Jimi Hendrix - Pali Gap