As someone who doesn't follow Dr Who and who bailed out half way through Tom Baker's stint, here are people I think would have been really good Dr Whos. Barry Humphries William Mervyn David Nixon James Robertson Justice Victor Spinetti
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Me. 1969 in our front room with the medal haul from my Sunday teams last two seasons. Oh, we were good. As number 10 I nicked my fair share of goals too. (My brother made the sword on the wall at his school woodwork) #ComeAndGetMeMillwall
Ten years ago an old bore, whenever a celebrity version of a show was announced, would say "Never heard of any of them!" It is a fairly legitimate claim now. TV has defenestrated itself of favourites. Warhol breve magnum.
My son was out in Soho today and saw a copy of the punk fanzine I was involved in 1977. £100! We put ourselves on the cover after CBS withdrew permission to feature Clash. See also me and Mark on TV at the time with not much idea what we were doing...but neither did anyone!
Me and Mark Perry, Sniffin' Glue fanzine moguls, Oxford Street London 1977, during the great Summer Of Punk.
Lot made of Fleetwood Macs tangled love interests but Abba went through much very similar. When Agnetha has to sing the line in this, " But tell me does she kiss, like I used to kiss you..." OH! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tE0...
ABBA - The Winner Takes It All (1980)
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Let's play Film Titles That Cancel Each Other Out! I'll start: Psycho/Ordinary People It's A Wonderful Life/Life Stinks Home Alone/House Party
Went for the second time to the excellent Bowie: You're Not Alone show at the Lightbox, Kings Cross. On the way out is a display of all his albums. OK, I kind of get why the first one is sort of sidelined, but how odd one crucial release is missing altogether:
Deep Dish Todd Rundgren fans: How great is this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT89...
Baby Let’s Swing (Todd Rundgren)
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Me, Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook. We have known each other a VERY long time...
Tell you what would be a brilliant Bowie EP? His best longer tracks, gathered. All brilliant. Width Of A Circle SweetThing/Candidate/Sweet Thing Station To Station Blackstar
We are at that stage of the closed season where I read on Twitter things like: "Aston Villa have paid 22.5 million for Croation striker Tonči Glavina from Finnish Champions Veikkausliiga" And I go: What? Who? FYI: I just made that imagined transfer up...I think.
Just got in from seeing the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. I first saw it 54 years ago when I was 15 and went about seven times subsequently. I was right to. It is still an absolutely mesmerising absorbing experience. Do go if you can.
Ringo's birthday. That time you made him laugh. You can take that to the bank, eh?
Mexico is home to the world's smallest volcano. Cuexcomate. Less than 70 foot tall. Believe me, this nation is all talk. #MEXENG
Same people who this time last week were saying, "DR Congo are England's worst nightmare" are now busy scaremongering about Mexico. Meanwhile, our oppositions media are busy doing the same thing about us.
I think there is a night, possibly on Channel 5, where all the world's National Anthems get played and subjected to a viewer vote until we arrive at The Number One. The winning nation gets a £60 White Company voucher.
Village People singer/writer Victor Willis has died.I met him in New York in 1979 for an NME cover story. He was wry and realistic about his fame. The others, he explained, were good people but all replaceable dancers. He had a voice. Not too far off Levi Stubbs' if you listen.
In Paperback Writer Paul sings: "It's a thousand pages, give or take a few I'll be writing more in a week or two..." If I were his editor I would have had to say, "No, no. no. Mate it's a paperback. Ease up, OK?"
You know "Being For For The Benefit Of Mr Kite"? Pablo Fanque's Fair? Well this is Pablo Fanque. (Born William Darby) On tomorrow's Treehouse we have a sighting of him. patreon.com/dannybaker
From my World Cup Diary today on the ever bloating world of TV football coverage. "Dear God, Barry Norman reviewed Star Wars in under four minutes - how can it take five people an hour to sum up a lousy 0-0 draw against Ghana?" patreon.com/dannybaker
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The 22nd! On this, the day I was born in 1957, Todd Rundgren was having his 10th birthday party. And yet here we both are.
I'm glad Gary Lineker looks comfortable on ITV. Hope he fares better than Morecambe & Wise when they crossed the floor. I must declare an interest here. He consulted me before making this momentous decision.
I understand that following tonight's game Bosnia have fired Herzegovina with immediate effect. #SUIBIH
I tend to post this every year on McCartney's birthday. A song that was only available as a bonus track on the second issue CD of his "Hope Of Deliverance" single. Astonishing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQWy...
Paul McCartney - Kicked Around No More
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If you like Cape Verde so much, what was their first EP called?