Halfway through Season 1 of The Bridge, the hitherto adorable Martin Rohde's sudden lapse into infidelity means that, unlike Tina Turner, I now need another hero.
10.03.2026 11:46
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Halfway through Season 1 of The Bridge, the hitherto adorable Martin Rohde's sudden lapse into infidelity means that, unlike Tina Turner, I now need another hero.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it. The RAH does indeed look like a pretty terrifying venue to play for the first time!
Thank you Alex! Really enjoyed speaking with both guests. Dean's always great company and Alexis and I continued the conversation on the train to our respective homes (turns out we're on the same line, two stops apart!)
You could watch the news at 6pm today. Or…
I let this beauty lie fallow for far too long, but it’s been an absolute joy to reacquaint myself with it this weekend.
From 6pm on Soho Radio tomorrow, I'm be joined by two of my very favourite humans. Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor will be here to talk about his beautiful new solo album Paris In The Spring and we'll also have primo curator of a zillion comps Dean Rudland talking about his new Charles Stepney anthology.
Which in turn reminds me of this timeless moment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z05H...
Oooh, I think I need to own this! Thank you!
This morning I woke up thinking about John Grant and The Czars. www.patreon.com/posts/152514...
I've got to say, I think Danny's great. But that aside, yes, they'll have to phase out WR at some point, surely.
Yes, it's just not happening. I sigh inwardly when the opening credits on MOTD end and he's sitting there.
I wonder how much longer the BBC will continue with the Wayne-Rooney-as-new-star-pundit experiment when they have so many other far less used ex-footballers who seem to be so much better suited to that role. Of the more recent arrivals, Theo Walcott, Ellen White and Troy Deeney all spring to mind.
Pressing thoughts upon watching two old TOTPs while on the treadmill earlier
1. David Essex's Imperial Wizard was begging to be covered by a post-Black Celebration Depeche Mode
2. After watching The Buggles do The Plastic Age, what exactly did 14yo me find surprising about Trevor Horn joining Yes?
Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face
Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now
Alexis Taylor's Paris In The Spring (out a week on Friday) is a deep comforting hug of a record from which I am in absolutely no hurry to release myself.
Can't hear one without hearing the other, much as I don't want to.
Royals by Lorde playing at my local grocery. So similar to the theme song to Morons From Outer Space. Yet so different.
You must never stop.
I wonder how on earth that happened?!
Oh, that is fabulous. I had good chats with both Ed and Jane back in summer 2021, and it's one of the strangest but loveliest little things I've worked on. Genuine eccentrics, but the nicest people. It's all here:
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2021/08/13/e...
Wow! The way you describe it I now feel like I was there too! Just magical. Thank you! x
Technically 2025 (though only just, 11th Dec) it was stunning. The evening was billed as an Edward Barton retrospective featuring him and guests. She was sitting to our right during the opening acts, looking like any of us (about 120 people all aged 50-70) and then she stood up and blew our minds!
I went to this gig, with about 50 people in all, and it was about the most magical thing that happened in 2025. I would really like to talk about Edward Barton and Jane every day.
Been listening to a lot of Sharon Jones and to the Daptone Gold album lately, so coming across this by @petepaphides.bsky.social is a nice heartwarmer.
(It's also good to hear the Naturally instrumentals album released fairly recently.)
www.patreon.com/posts/among-...
Thanks so much Stephen. It's doubly gratifying to me that you loved this without even having heard the original! Happy to be of service! x
This is why I follow @petepaphides.bsky.social. Not afraid to confess that I'd never (knowingly) heard the original. Now I have. And this amazing present-day performance, too. In a world of doom-scrolling, a wholly positive post like this is the day's unexpected joy.
Have just gone and bought the Jane and Barton EP on the strength of this, so my ears say thank you while my wallet quietly curses. Thanks for finding and sharing. It's joyful.
Oh my goodness.
