Mark Landells

I'm on the top deck of the bus which means, as always when on the top deck of the bus, I think of @LukeHaines_News

@Jowelch14 @bertsbooks

@bertsbooks Very funny, but frustratingly there's one I don't get. Pugicornetto - which title is it derived from please?

I don't care if not everyone gets all of these, they make ME laugh. Anyway, it's the last day of indie bookshop week... how are you going to celebrate?

It's a new year which, obviously, means revisiting past glories which, perhaps not so obviously, means shouting out that Ten Short Songs For Modern Lovers by @AidanJohnMoffat is the greatest nine minute album you'll ever hear

I'm not even "that" drunk but I've just asked for a Tanqueray and Vodka... To be fair that might be an alright drink

@GWRHelp You ever used the @GWRHelp complaints form, Ryan? Because none of the options available fit what I was complaining about. But GWR, the company, knows that cos they've designed the form to divert blame away from the company and to make folk get bored and give up complaining

@landells Hi there, really sorry to hear you had a poor experience. To raise a formal complaint for investigation, please fill in our complaints form at railhelp.co.uk/gwr/make-a-com… - Ryan

Seriously @GWRHelp! Your 2033 out of Oxford is almost 30mins late but you can't be bothered to hold the 2114 from Didcot for even a couple of minutes meaning everyone waits at least 25mins for the next train. Shameful!

@reversediorama @phigster @GrahamEatough @pastels_the @Neil_Murray57 @annaorton @memorialdevice Oh! One of the problems with plays, films, TV shows about [spoiler] fictional bands is the music is usually rubbish but that is most certainly not the case with This Is Memorial Device, so much so that I've just pre-ordered the soundtrack from Monorail

@reversediorama @phigster @GrahamEatough @pastels_the @Neil_Murray57 @annaorton @memorialdevice Caught the matinee yesterday. Loved it. Great writing, staging, acting and direction.

So proud of this show and the way the dream team have put it together, visionary work from @phigster @GrahamEatough @pastels_the @Neil_Murray57 @annaorton and all the crew. At this point I’m a @memorialdevice groupie. Last chance to see it in London: riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/thi…

@bensantamaria @RiversideLondon @phigster Caught the matinee yesterday. I thought I'd enjoy it but was actually surprised just how much I enjoyed it

Glad my curiosity got the better of me and I caught the last night of THIS IS MEMORIAL DEVICE @RiversideLondon. Uniquely haunting. Conjured up so many memories and emotions. An unforgettable performance from @phigster.

@paulspencer1973 @weddingpresent I'm seeing them in Bristol at the end of this month then Leeds at the start of October (with Half Man Half Biscuit in Sheffield the night before)

@paulspencer1973 @weddingpresent I love Take Me. It is one the best possible ways to pass (almost) ten minutes. I'm seeing the Wedding Present at least twice this year and one of those gigs will definitely feature Take Me as it's on the Bizarro 35th anniversary tour. Sorry you are/were feeling down

@hopheaddarrell Sssssshhhh... it's not really fizzy, I'm just pretending so I can pretend it is sobering me up 😂

@landells Why does keg have to be fizzy tho? No bars nearby doing key keg?

I'm at that level of semi-drunk where I think, after a few pints of cask, a pint of fizzy keg will freshen me back up 😂

Despite having it on compact disc for many many years I am stupidly happy that today I bought The Faust Tapes on "UK original LP" vinyl

@BeckyWhin Just played The Snake by Al Wilson. Bought a third pint.

Only planned on having a swift one in this pub but when the stereo is playing Sly & The Family Stone, Funkadelic, Gil Scott-Heron, et al you gotta stay for at least a second pint

@HarrySword It's an eternal disappointment that there has never been, as far as I'm aware, a free jazz combo called The Eiger Sanction Section

Mountains are sheer seventies. Great film.

@EggingtonMagoo Hard agree. Everything is better when good music is involved.

@landells Music often leads to more than a few pints. If it’s good and there’s beer then I say go for it!

I love Home Again by the Auteurs on New Wave but after Early Years it almost sounds like an extra free bonus track... But, actually, I kinda think it's Early Years that doesn't belong... Ah, fuck it, in New Wave @LukeHaines_News as created possibly the greatest debut of all time