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I know there are quite a few alt country fans on NSC, so I would be grateful for any recommendations on Joe Ely albums. I went to see Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt play at the Shepherds Bush Empire last night. I was already in seventh heaven seeing two of my favourite songwriters together on...

I was watching a tape of the 1991 FA Cup replay against Liverpool the other day, and one incident reminded me of why, apart from his goals and elegant skills, I liked John Byrne as a player so much. He was brought down by Gary Ablett as he turned past him, but still tried to talk the ref out of...

When I last worked in London six years ago, you could still take your bike on the train in the rush hour. I gather that is no longer possible unless you have a folding bike (how that squares with the Government's call for action on global warming is the subject of another thread). I am shortly...

Right, we've had the Bobster and the Boss. Surely, Mr Waits also deserves a place in the Pantheon? Tonight's top five for starters: Burma Shave Medley: Jack & Neal / California, Here I Come Town With No Cheer Frank's Wild Years (Think this one may attract more than one vote, FWY?) Tango 'Til...

Ever met a footballer (Albion or other) who you rather wish you hadn't? I have to say my own experience has been good, but maybe that's because I've met so few. Stuart Storer seemed a genuinely lovely bloke when I talked to him at a book signing the first season we were at Gillingham. Frank...

Just to get you started: "Atlanta, GA, what a swingin' city" - Ride Your Pony - Lee Dorsey Lincoln Town - John Hiatt The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines - Joni Mitchell Jackson - Johnny Cash By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Glenn Campbell "By May 10 Richmond had fell" - The Night They Drove Old...

I finally got to see Wilco tonight and what a storming gig it was. If they haven't already toured the UK, make sure you see them. That band can play anything from alt-country, rock, punk to yowling feedback. Jeff Tweedy is an unlikely looking frontman, but has got lots of charisma and, boy...

Anything to take my mind off tomorrow's decision - fat chance! News today of Marc Overmars' retirement made me think of the only time I saw him live, playing for Holland against the Czech Republic in a Euro '96 qualifier in Prague. I don't think I've ever seen a faster, more direct player...

Makes us sound like a bunch of mockneys. Or am I turning into a Grumpy Old Man? Don't answer the second question!

The only ones that spring to mind: Steve Coppell Steve Heighway Brian Hall Alan Smith - not the Leeds one Barry Horne Gerry Fell - early '70s BHA, or did I dream this (the degree, not the player)? Charlie Oatway - University of Life Any more you can think of?

Sorry to add to the general sadness, but I've only just heard that the great American singer songwriter Warren Zevon died last weekend after a lengthy battle against lung cancer. Although I could never understand how someone who could write a song called Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner...