Mark Watson: MURDER OF A FAMOUS BASTARD

Twice, in fact.

BREAKING!

That's a band I wish I'd seen live.

I told you no lies.

Yes I certainly do.

We did get that, in the encore. Amazing.

I was very lucky. Couldn’t get a ticket when they came out and then a friend had one become available.

Just the last one of those. I think High And Dry was ditched from the live set almost immediately for some reason! Even I have never seen them play it.

Went to see Radiohead, 28 years on from my first time. It was great. If you can, I do recommend spending your money on experiences that make you feel properly alive. You’re unlikely to regret it.

Black Friday is basically bollocks and small businesses deserve your support.

Yes, this takes us right into the heart of whether there IS a definitive ‘correct’ usage of a word or whether languages are necessarily shaped by, and evolve according to, their users. I don’t even know my opinion but I think it’s interesting.

Wow.

I think it’s almost certainly good, if you like the sort of thing.

This is a week away. Will be good possibly.

It'll be launched next weekend and easy to find!

How much of The Problem is just what happened with Jota? It must be a hell of a thing to process (I realise this doesn’t apply to the under-performing newcomers but the vibe must be different.)

Very true.

Absolutely.

That’s an interesting idea.

Yes I’m sure that IS why it is. But if all you want is pasta, it’s enough to drive you up the wall.

Meet @mustntgrumble.bsky.social .

This seems to be almost completely normalised now.

I feel this and it seems like it sneaked up really quickly.

Oh boy, I’m on board with this.

Happens every year, drives me mad.

This is only going to get worse rather than better as we get older.

Also, calling someone a ‘unique’ person doesn’t really mean anything. Essentially everyone is that.

Great old-man complaint that.

You desperately want to know about the bloke’s previous conduct. You’ve got to do something pretty bad on a bus to be not just thrown off but blacklisted for the future.

What is your Alright Granddad opinion - the one you already know you’ll still be boring people with when you’re 70? (Mine is that planned engineering work on railways should not take place at weekends.)