Howard Davies
@howdavies.bsky.social
Husband, father, archivist, information manager, cricket umpire, sunny optimist. Not necessarily in that order...
How long is it since trains have made anything like a “choo-choo” noise? It beats me why we keep on telling small children that trains make that noise.
January 4, 2026 at 12:17 PM
How long is it since trains have made anything like a “choo-choo” noise? It beats me why we keep on telling small children that trains make that noise.
And ELO. And Barbara Dickson. It is nuts, isn’t it?
January 2, 2026 at 9:47 PM
And ELO. And Barbara Dickson. It is nuts, isn’t it?
Nice idea Mike. ChatGPT playing fast and loose with the dots on Robert’s fretboard though - it’s not a reliable partner!
January 1, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Nice idea Mike. ChatGPT playing fast and loose with the dots on Robert’s fretboard though - it’s not a reliable partner!
Waiting for a flight from London City to Edinburgh I plucked up courage to say hi to Pat Nevin. Thanked him for all the time I saw him play at Chelsea. Once we took off he came to sit next to me and we continued the whole flight discussing 80s music and bus services in rural Scotland.
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Waiting for a flight from London City to Edinburgh I plucked up courage to say hi to Pat Nevin. Thanked him for all the time I saw him play at Chelsea. Once we took off he came to sit next to me and we continued the whole flight discussing 80s music and bus services in rural Scotland.
I expect he was Green with envy.
December 31, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I expect he was Green with envy.
Ah! Kevin’s brother Frank taught me English at A-level! Good teacher.
December 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ah! Kevin’s brother Frank taught me English at A-level! Good teacher.
Huang Chung, however….
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Huang Chung, however….
Ah. The Walrus Effect!
December 23, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Ah. The Walrus Effect!
Hope Fintan was kind showing you to your seat. He’s often on in the upper circle.
December 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hope Fintan was kind showing you to your seat. He’s often on in the upper circle.
Wait…there are going to be XTC listening parties? [furtively explores a subversive complementary Dukes of Stratosphere listening party]
December 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Wait…there are going to be XTC listening parties? [furtively explores a subversive complementary Dukes of Stratosphere listening party]
There are four copies for sale on Discogs, if that is any help!
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Willy Rushton - This Christmas
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1985 Vinyl release of "This Christmas" on Discogs.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
There are four copies for sale on Discogs, if that is any help!
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Laws. Cricket has laws, not rules. That is why nobody can explain the rules.
December 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Laws. Cricket has laws, not rules. That is why nobody can explain the rules.
Robert Elms insists that his carry-on baggage when he flies consists entirely of hat boxes, as he witnessed this personally.
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Robert Elms insists that his carry-on baggage when he flies consists entirely of hat boxes, as he witnessed this personally.
It was a double A side so everybody had the excuse of buying it for “Girls’ School”, which was better.
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It was a double A side so everybody had the excuse of buying it for “Girls’ School”, which was better.
In Strange Coincidences Corner I saw him getting off a Windsor train at Richmond station yesterday evening after work. He genuinely is that tall.
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In Strange Coincidences Corner I saw him getting off a Windsor train at Richmond station yesterday evening after work. He genuinely is that tall.
Some traditions are worth keeping. I remember Capital Radio having ads for Silk Degrees in ‘77 that used that corny “I’d have called it his greatest hits” line.
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Some traditions are worth keeping. I remember Capital Radio having ads for Silk Degrees in ‘77 that used that corny “I’d have called it his greatest hits” line.
Crikey. I did this with the Tiffin School choir, must be 51 years ago. Before my voice broke and I started singing like an asthmatic frog, obviously.
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Crikey. I did this with the Tiffin School choir, must be 51 years ago. Before my voice broke and I started singing like an asthmatic frog, obviously.
Come on, "Repechage"....
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Come on, "Repechage"....
On numerous occasions. I think death by being fired by Dave Hill by email takes the biscuit, though.
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
On numerous occasions. I think death by being fired by Dave Hill by email takes the biscuit, though.