Kevin Sargent

Yes, of course! Genius.

RIP Biddy Baxter. It took all of six months, but I remember receiving a reply from her when I wrote to ask what the music was accompanying a history item on Blue Peter: Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky.

I seem to remember when Stan got a 'colour converter' for the old black and white set, and it two pieces of cellophane stuck together - blue for the sky, green for the grass ...

Read the room, @theguardian.com - who on Earth worded its celebratory crossword-completion message: ‘Congrats’?

Took me two viewings to appreciate the cleverness.

I was in a 70s cop-spoof double act once and we wrote an entire song in reaction to this. A reaction to the day-glo/synthetic late 60s - all earth hues and wholemeal bread.

This is delightful!

The value is now in the bottles, not the genie.

Thanks for knocking on my door with this. My bag is packed for it.

It’s a rookie error, long lines in songs, but one that rap demands.

Sound of Cinema - Walter Murch - BBC Sounds Matthew Sweet speaks to film editor, sound designer and film director Walter Murch

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... I’m only halfway through this and it’s already the best discussion of the use of music in film I’m likely to hear. What a delightful and thoughtful man Walter remains

Yes! I had Primitive Man. Printed on rather pulpy paper but lovely covers. There was a gallery of them all on the back cover IIRC.

The soaps survive, too. Appointment tv.

I got into Cheers because a pal said he loved it, singled out a character he liked, so I watched it imagining my chum’s reaction and it let me in.

It took me years to accept Friends for the same reasons you give, @robmanuelyeah.bsky.social, but I got there.

Yeah but the sheer absence of cynicism is frankly rather refreshing in this climate. It's a fantasy, like watching The Waltons. It's really funny and smart, completely manipulative but deeply compassionate, even if the liberal bias is a bit on the nose. And I don't tire of that title theme ...

We did the same with 4+ as have finally discovered The West Wing and are now hooked on it like a saline drip. I realise this rather contradicts your post, but there are exceptions, and it's a show *about writing*. Like you say, worth every penny for the peace and quiet.

That's a great photo

He looks exactly the same!

That date is a typo - it was 23/02/86 according my copy. And yes I remember visiting Arthur Baker and Jay Burnett in NY in the studio on one of our US trips.

I think SFTD was also the B side of our first single Matchstick Flotilla and pretty sure it was mentioned on that. The one you’re holding is a US release I think

Been listening to it now and it’s really good: lots of prog influence, early 70s, English colouristic harmonies. Delicious!

I thought they had!

There was a small demo studio above it I think, with tie lines from the venue.

Yeah the old Marquee in Wardour Street.

Just checked and it was 93! Long after I’d stopped paying attention.

Epiphany: Never mistake inexperience for inadequacy.

I used wasps to rid myself of the moths infesting my studio. I won’t have a word against wasps.

Intellectual property is the only property you don’t usually have to be born into wealth to acquire and benefit from.

Except when there is a deliberate attempt to stop the less wealthy from accessing it or benefiting from it. They fucking hate that, the propertied classes. Stay in your lane.

Ha! I remember that hit they had in late 80s, Ain’t No Use(?), great tune.