Therapy For Me

W/C 10th June 2024So the best laid plans and all that.I was up bright and early to record this, because I had to head off to a junior football tournament that we were organising, in fact I may have mentioned it. Anyway I left Mrs.S doing the QC listen and I was hoping to publish it from pitch side.Well that was 8 hours ago, and as you will have worked out I am just getting around t

W/C 3rd June 2024I got into Bryan Adams before the Reckless album came out. So before Summer of 69, and before Run To You.I had a friend called Steve Nicholson way back in the day, and we used to hang out and listen to music, and one day he put on the cassette of Cuts Like A Knife. Mind blown.Of course the only reason I have thought back to that moment at 06:43 on a Saturday mornin

W/C 27th May 2024Whilst I am not a particular fan of Boris Johnson (I know, comes as a shock doesn't it...) I have considerably more time for his brother Jo. Not only did he see through the nonsense of Brexit, he also manages to perfectly articulate why tossing out nonsense like 'National Service' and 'Mickey Mouse degrees' is such a backwards step.I caught this clip on twitter and

W/C 20th May 2023Like it or not, some weeks the episode titles do pick themselves.I am trying not to think about the parallels with 1997 too much, but it is getting hard not to at least to believe that if nothing else the outcome will be the same. And if that is going to be the case can we not get there as soon as possible.If you aren't into the political side of TFM then this woul

W/C 13th May 2024It turns out that I have used Complicated before as an episode title, normally when I realise that I try and find something different - but bearing in mind there are two tie-ins this week, I decided to bend my self-imposed rules slightly.If you are going to fully immerse yourself in my week, then you are going to need to start by navigating to the root cause of the

W/C 6th May 2024I love this song, and it is worth the slightly disjointed crowbarring to be able to share it with you this week.TBH I am becoming quite a Tears For Fears fan, they are seriously under-appreciated in the way that say Aha are. Maybe it is something to do with the early pop success that both had, but in both cases there is some serious creative stuff going on.Anyway ha

W/C 29th April 2024If you are a regular listener to TFM you will be familiar with my Saturday morning routine, which invariably involves getting out for a run.For the last six months or so my route on a Saturday takes me the six miles to Coffee Boy, a vibrant little spot just on the outskirts of Huddersfield, located in an old Mini showroom. The run takes me about an hour, in which

W/C 22nd April 2024For what it is worth I think Labour are onto a winner with their policy to bring the trains back under Government control. I appreciate that they will never say it is 're-nationalisation' because somehow that word is considered too politically toxic, but the fact is that many people will look at this as a positive.Whilst I have been a firm advocate of Labour not

W/C 15th April 2024This one of those songs that I can hear in my head, but no matter how much searching I do I can't find 'the' version that I remember from my youth.I think I had it on a compilation album, actually now that I think about it, it could have been one of the Blues Brother, Soul Sister releases. In fact give me a moment and I will check.(short interlude)Ok so I have

W/C 8th April 2024This is one of those songs where I don't actually know the original. I was introduced it by me by Jimmy Nail(not personally, obvs) as he covered it on his album Tadpoles in a Jar in 1999.It turns out it was written in 1972 by a band called Family, and I am listening to it for the first time as I write this.I have always loved the JN version, because it's a perfect