Rich Firth

The endings of Highway Patrolman and My Father's House still get me every time, even after 40 years.

Plus, according to his register of interests, he makes £1m a year from working nearly 3.5 days a week on other jobs. He'd have to give that up to be PM.

Both Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong were outstanding, as is the direction. One of those 'crafted' films where every single shot and object on screen tells you something. Harrowing in parts, but deserves any awards it is put up for.

...beat into him that a man should never show weakness or talk about feelings, he couldn't explain to anyone what was happening. It's as much that Springsteen is the reason to tell the story, as it is a story about Springsteen.

Just got back from watching Deliver Me From Nowhere. Not what I was expecting at all.

I can see why some reviewers were confused, as it's not really a biopic, it's more about male mental health. A man is spiralling down into depression and is becoming suicidal. However, as his dad (literally)...

As Brianna said, the pressure was 'mailable'. You didn't see it because it was sent to us left handers directly through the post.

No.

I met her at a dance, down at the union hall
She was standing with her brothers back up against the wall.

Darlington County?

Oh, what my foreman does, well, I don't know
He just throws me a shovel and yells, "Go, Bobby, go"

The Big Payback?

Annoyingly, I had to go away for work the day after it arrived, so will need to sit with it again next weekend.

Yes, the live performance is superb. And that version of Born in the USA is worth the cost on its own.

Condolences to Anne Lockhart and her family.

"Well all I had to greet me
Was a highway patrolman's 45
He looked at the wreck and then he said "Son, you're lucky to be alive""

Losin' Kind?

Wild Billy's Circus Story.

Sealed copy of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska '82 box set.

Let's see if this will deliver me from nowhere.
#Springsteen

"She was waiting there in the High Sierras
Flower in her long black hair in the High Sierras"

A Volvo back-hoe loader demolishing parts of the White House to build Trump's ballroom.

According to WaPo, he's paying Swedes to do it.

The cover of the Wings album Band on the Run, showing Paul and Linda McCartney, with famous faces including Janes Coburn and Christopher Lee appearing to be caught in a spotlight as they go on the run.

Odo from Deep Space 9 in uniform, looking at the camera.

"I walk this road with a hammer and a fiery lantern
With this hand I've built and with this I've burned"

Leah?

"There was a woman waiting at the well
Drawing water ‘neath a desert sky of blue"

Heaven's Wall?

The only disappointment for me is that I have a 100 mile drive tonight to visit family. I was looking forward to listening on the way ☹️

We used to hope for Pink Custard. The alternative was tapioca, which looks disturbingly like frogspawn.

And poppa rode shotgun on the Fargo Line?

If I were the Priest.

Same.

It's a very odd review, saying that you will be disappointed if you are expecting Nebraska or Mansion on the Hill to sound like stadium rock songs. Why would you think that?

Further on up the road?

Got on my dead man's suit and a smiling skull ring
My lucky graveyard boots and a song to sing.

" 'Neath a crown of mongrel trees
I pulled that bothersome thread
Got down on my knees
Grabbed my pen and bowed my head"

Letter to you.

Can't believe Ray Davies isn't getting mentioned.

Yes, the argument keeps changing. I complained a few years ago, and was told it was because he was a high profile media figure. Again, circular logic - he has to be constantly on the BBC because he's constantly on the BBC.