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Aidan
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Journo, author, ex-paper chief reporter. "He has a promising future behind him." #Spursy http://amzn.eu/2693WYg http://aidanrad.blogspot.com/2023/03/and-in-end.html
What a momentous date September 5 is - not only the birth of Tottenham Hotspur in 1882, but also The Muppet Show's UK premiere in 1976. A motley troupe whose slapstick antics, duff jokes and behind-the-scenes chaos have entertained generations, and (here we go) the Muppets. #COYS
September 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
All together now (all together now): 🎶"And we're all Simons, like the moon and the stars and the sun..."🎶 Took our time getting there but that's an exciting creator of a signing. Welcome, Xavi, our new number seven - hopefully following in the footsteps of our last one... #COYS
August 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Many fably happy returns, fellow Uefa Cup champion celebrant @christianrad.com youtu.be/-aeny8EOd44 #COYS
August 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Reposted by Aidan
#HereComesTheSon 💙

A little video tribute I made for the great man.

#COYS
August 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The air lately seems especially dusty. So long, Sonny - what a player, person, Tottenham legend. Nice one, and then some. #COYS
August 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Watch me touch the sky, quite easily. #COYS
May 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
🎶"Daylight is good at arriving at the right time
It's not always going to be this grey..."🎶
Happy should've-been 82nd, to spiritually sardonic Beatle George.
("Oh, by all means, I'd be quite prepared for that eventuality...")
youtu.be/5ODEhwaU2Uw
February 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Bought this way back when (albeit a decade after their sudden split), and not too far from (A Bomb In) Wardour Street, primarily for the chords - yet kept coming back too to the cuttings. "Only" six years and yet an immense record of records. A mighty band, suitably mighty drummer. RIP Rick Buckler.
February 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"Small pleasures"? Large measures. Admirable latest London "Oliver!" in its early scenes, yet really suddenly transforms mid-song mid-way through the first half, on reaching London in some stunning staging - pick a pocket for tickets, you should buy this wonderful feeling etc etc. Ever a pleasure...
February 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
George: "Of course I don't want to go on the roof."
Ringo: "I would like to go on the roof."
Paul: "You *would* like to?"
John: "Yes, I'd like to go on the roof."
Well, it was 56 years ago today - think they passed the audition...
youtu.be/NCtzkaL2t_Y
The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down
YouTube video by TheBeatlesVEVO
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January 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Only kids on a not-even-full bench. Senior players AWOL. Team looking clueless and charitable as can be to the division's worst sides. Baffling subs by a manager who's had a fair few signings but little this window, with a chairman neither backing nor sacking (so far, for now). Pity's sake, Spurs...
January 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
As superior "jukebox musical" movies go, really enjoyed "A Complete Unknown". New York and Newport (and Chalamet as Dylan especially after the abrupt cut to 1965) coolly look the part, while the songs put tightly to the forefront sound terrific - particularly Monica Barbaro trilling so as Joan Baez.
January 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Another stellar set tonight by "Bring Barnet Back" T-shirt-clad @christianrad.com and the Average Joes at the Fiddler's Elbow in Camden - including this Oasis/Bentancur song (though couldn't help but imagine rewritten lyrics as "He's the reason we *might just stay up this season*...")
January 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The annual St Mary-at-Finchley Holocaust Memorial Day event takes place this Sunday at 6pm. (Past reflections by my mum, organising: "Never underestimate the power of a simple gesture or that of the humble little snowdrop – a symbol of hope and consolation..." aidanrad.blogspot.com/2017/01/neve...)
January 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Know it's a little off to go out finally starting Christmas shopping only to buy something for yourself yet couldn't resist this from a North Finchley charity shop for much-needed Tottenham cheer. Beatles/Lennon covers too. (Tch, misspelling Glenn, mind.) Ah, those were the days, my friends... #COYS
December 11, 2024 at 11:04 PM
"It's a thousand pages, give or take a few..." Phew, finally finished writing two books forthcoming some time soonest, ahead of Paris 2024, about 100 great British Olympians and 100 from the US - plus 20 ROW. (Only managed, mind, one mention apiece for Tottenham Hotspur and The Beatles.)
November 19, 2023 at 8:58 PM
"Elmore James got nothing on this, baby..." youtu.be/TIFHRaZERHg
November 19, 2023 at 4:41 PM