Some lovely radio about how Leyton Orient got Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Taxi as their signature tune

Some lovely radio about how Leyton Orient got Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Taxi as their signature tune

There was a lovely bit of radio over the holiday period, where Colin Murray and former footballer and Scottish national treasure Pat Nevin discussed with Leyton Orient commentator Dave Victor how it came to be that the O’s, uniquely in…

Come and watch m-orchestra at the Manchester Folk Horror Festival!

Come and watch m-orchestra at the Manchester Folk Horror Festival!

It has been a while since the last m-orchestra show, but I am absolutely thrilled to be doing my first gig of 2025 on 1 February at the Manchester Folk Horror festival! The venue is The Peer Hat in Faraday…

A one-line spoiler-free review of everything I watched in the cinema in December 2024

A one-line spoiler-free review of everything I watched in the cinema in December 2024

I’ve ditched the usual blurb about “not being a movies person, but anyway…” because since I started going to the cinema regularly in 2022 I’ve turned into the kind of guy who downloads the London Film Festival brochure and meticulously…

A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in December 2024

A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in December 2024

This monthly series is probably more for my benefit than yours, but maybe your interest will be piqued by one of the reviews. Maybe you’ll scroll straight past. Maybe you’ll unsubscribe thinking what did I see in this blog in…