Steve Morgan
@stevemorgan68.bsky.social
Freelance journalist, reluctantly freed cat slave. Sport/music obsessive - 30 years-plus hackery, from local papers to FourFourTwo, FA, ECB, LTW, WSC, Manchester United, Wisden, Guardian, Observer. Got a record played on Radio One twice, won an award once.
Gotta love the lengths some people will go to to show off their knowledge of Supertramp lyrics
January 29, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Gotta love the lengths some people will go to to show off their knowledge of Supertramp lyrics
Every time I pass this shop I just sing ‘Anar local in the UK’ to that jaunty Pistols riff
January 29, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Every time I pass this shop I just sing ‘Anar local in the UK’ to that jaunty Pistols riff
Friendly Scouse pointer
January 29, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Friendly Scouse pointer
To my eternal shame, I bought this about 10 years ago and am only just getting round to reading it. It’s a grand, ambitious, richly informative exploration of America and what messages its music both takes from and gives to the country.
January 28, 2026 at 4:13 PM
To my eternal shame, I bought this about 10 years ago and am only just getting round to reading it. It’s a grand, ambitious, richly informative exploration of America and what messages its music both takes from and gives to the country.
This is the kind of address you want to casually hand out on on a business card. The entrance is guarded by a cannon, so that’s handy, too.
January 28, 2026 at 1:34 PM
This is the kind of address you want to casually hand out on on a business card. The entrance is guarded by a cannon, so that’s handy, too.
Am guessing the person who asked this has never edged the ball into their face. Even at the club level I played at, where some of the 'quicks' would be slower than a Test spinner, I can confirm that a mouthful of blood awaits you should you be unfortunate in your decision-making about headwear.
January 27, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Am guessing the person who asked this has never edged the ball into their face. Even at the club level I played at, where some of the 'quicks' would be slower than a Test spinner, I can confirm that a mouthful of blood awaits you should you be unfortunate in your decision-making about headwear.
This is such a magnificent, atmospheric song and a lyric that has never hit harder in my lifetime than now. Wayne Shorter's sax is just gorgeous.
youtu.be/T_n87NtpaWo?...
youtu.be/T_n87NtpaWo?...
Joni Mitchell - The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song)
YouTube video by Christian Davies
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January 26, 2026 at 10:22 PM
This is such a magnificent, atmospheric song and a lyric that has never hit harder in my lifetime than now. Wayne Shorter's sax is just gorgeous.
youtu.be/T_n87NtpaWo?...
youtu.be/T_n87NtpaWo?...
Been a while since I saw this, but it never ever stops being brilliantly surreal. I’d love to hear this guy commentate on other stuff.
youtu.be/gN3Msg5DpEQ
youtu.be/gN3Msg5DpEQ
CATCH HIM DERRY/BAT DAD/BAT IN THE HOUSE
YouTube video by My Name is Jeff
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January 26, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Been a while since I saw this, but it never ever stops being brilliantly surreal. I’d love to hear this guy commentate on other stuff.
youtu.be/gN3Msg5DpEQ
youtu.be/gN3Msg5DpEQ
Cor, what an enormous surprise.
January 26, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Cor, what an enormous surprise.
From peace prizes to pissoirs. A germane pennant
January 24, 2026 at 2:41 PM
From peace prizes to pissoirs. A germane pennant
Phew. I’d been worried sick about this
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Phew. I’d been worried sick about this
Who needed central contracts in 1969 when you had Horlicks, ‘the food-drink of the night’ and could take home £200 as Man of the Series?
January 22, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Who needed central contracts in 1969 when you had Horlicks, ‘the food-drink of the night’ and could take home £200 as Man of the Series?
Sports commentators who say: 'X minutes on the clock'.
Where else would we expect to find these minutes?
Where else would we expect to find these minutes?
January 22, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Sports commentators who say: 'X minutes on the clock'.
Where else would we expect to find these minutes?
Where else would we expect to find these minutes?
That time we saw CMAT play to 40 people for a fiver. In six weeks’ time, she’ll be knocking it out of Alexandra Palace in front of what, 7,000?
Gawd bless her. What a fantastic performer.
Gawd bless her. What a fantastic performer.
January 21, 2026 at 10:03 PM
That time we saw CMAT play to 40 people for a fiver. In six weeks’ time, she’ll be knocking it out of Alexandra Palace in front of what, 7,000?
Gawd bless her. What a fantastic performer.
Gawd bless her. What a fantastic performer.
Babe, come over to Davos. We can do Karaoke, but without any music, I'll just do it as a some sort of free jazz beat poem.
January 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Babe, come over to Davos. We can do Karaoke, but without any music, I'll just do it as a some sort of free jazz beat poem.
Ironically you could make a cast-iron argument that we live in an age where people refuse to rule anything out.
January 21, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Ironically you could make a cast-iron argument that we live in an age where people refuse to rule anything out.
This was my Blue Monday. Burst valve, water down walls, through lights, ceiling.
Plumber left at 3am. Hoorah! Just the £4,000. Good job the news cycle is upbeat!
Plumber left at 3am. Hoorah! Just the £4,000. Good job the news cycle is upbeat!
January 20, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This was my Blue Monday. Burst valve, water down walls, through lights, ceiling.
Plumber left at 3am. Hoorah! Just the £4,000. Good job the news cycle is upbeat!
Plumber left at 3am. Hoorah! Just the £4,000. Good job the news cycle is upbeat!
Babe, come over, we need to re-read Stephen King's The Dead Zone
January 19, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Babe, come over, we need to re-read Stephen King's The Dead Zone
Hadn't realised Charles Dickens was into music. Am going to investigate his Bleak House period, which must have been well ahead of its time in 1852.
January 19, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Hadn't realised Charles Dickens was into music. Am going to investigate his Bleak House period, which must have been well ahead of its time in 1852.
Sunday afternoon comfort blanket. Martin Bedford’s tremendous Leadmill posters, 1980-92…
January 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Sunday afternoon comfort blanket. Martin Bedford’s tremendous Leadmill posters, 1980-92…
Portions for foxes (zoom in)
January 17, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Portions for foxes (zoom in)
Caught this very moving nugget on the BBC news yesterday. We need more John Collingtons
youtu.be/WagZJxDjlUs
youtu.be/WagZJxDjlUs
January 15, 2026
YouTube video by John Collington
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January 16, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Caught this very moving nugget on the BBC news yesterday. We need more John Collingtons
youtu.be/WagZJxDjlUs
youtu.be/WagZJxDjlUs
Can’t believe I hadn’t spotted this little alien guy or gal trapped in my floorboards
January 16, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Can’t believe I hadn’t spotted this little alien guy or gal trapped in my floorboards