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Also my first ever Albion game, v Enfield, November 1969 - we won 2-1.

2-1 :)

Some of the best gigs I've been to (in 40 years of gig-going) have been in the last 5 years - Killing Joke, Suede and Lee 'Scratch' Perry (RIP) at a three-day rock festival at Butlins, Bognor; Psychedelic Furs at Camden Roundhouse; Half Man Half Biscuit in Bristol a week before the first Covid...

Saw them about 18 times (and the latest Baz Warne version about 8 times - still excellent), the first time on the 'No More Heroes' tour when they played the Top Rank Suite. Often brilliant, with Hugh Cornwell's snarled vocals and dead-pan in-between song banter, Jean-Jacques Burnel's...

My first ever gig was Hawkwind at Worthing Assembly Hall, although sadly, no Stacia! And 'Space Ritual' remains my favourite live album; still listen to it regularly :rock:

Sadly, though, there are still huge double-standards in Britain today, which means sneering at the less well-off and blaming the poor for their poverty (rather than the employers or companies which pay poverty wages), while drooling over the mega-rich. When Marcus Rashford was promoting his...

So he was born just a year before I joined NSC :ohmy:

Heineken Zero and Becks Blue both taste just like real lagers, and have fewer than 100 calories per bottle. Some pubs are now starting to sell AF lager on draught, to cater for the growing number of health conscious (mostly) youngsters who might otherwise stop going to pubs altogether.

"May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera house perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically...." "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy." "I’ve never seen anybody look so f***ing ugly with just...

1-2 :)

I hope he does well at 'Boro, and matures a little - I'm always inclined to give someone a second chance; I was pretty immature at his age, and not proud of how I behaved sometimes. But if he does score double-figures, will it give him a confidence-boost and appreciation that he's been given a...

Not too far from the nightclubs and 'scantily clad' young women of Newcastle on a Saturday night :whistle:

Interesting reading the comments on the 'Boro fans forum, where opinion is already divided between the "Give him a chance if Brighton won't" contingent, and those saying "He's trouble, we don't need someone like this." This poster seems pretty astute. And...

Well, 2-0 to Chelski seems reasonable - which is why I've also predicted this score for tomorrow night :)

Cancel Culture these days, innit :)

Jaz Coleman (General loon - in the nicest possible way) and 'Geordie' Walker (criminally underrated genius guitarist) Nigel Blackwell (genius lyricist) Nick Cave (Musical genius)

2-0 to Chelski, but obvs I hope I'm wrong, and we can snatch a point :)

Most of the above applies to me too; Saturday-to-yesterday sniffles, sneezes, sore throat and a dry cough, having tested positive on Sunday. Also slept like a log the last 3 nights. Today, the symptoms have virtually gone, apart from feeling a bit tired still. Counting my blessings.

Me and Mrs Peteinblack have both tested positive this week, but having been double-vaxxed and recently 'boosted', our symptoms are just like a common cold, plus generally feeling tired. Given what a lot of people have suffered over the last 20 months, we feel very fortunate to have got away so...