W/C 28th September 2026

So it’s been a long while since I have been to the Hammersmith Apollo, and I am not sure I have ever sat upstairs before.

I am finding it a little hard to imagine this place (in the way back) when it was a picture house, and what it must have been like to pitch up for a movie in the company of three and a half thousand other folks.

i am also struggling to come to terms with the fact that this is the stage where Dire Straits played the gig(s) that would become the Alchemy album, or where Rhod Gilbert would perform the version of his lost luggage routine that I howled at laughter over, and showed to everybody I came into contact with for about a month.

Amazing what you think about whilst you are waiting for the music to start.

Stay safe.

Ray of Light - Madonna

Therapy For Me (or TFM as I now refer to it) is a bit of an audio curiosity. It started out as a mechanism for me to clear my head, with the hope that by saying stuff out loud it would act as a little bit of self-help. It's remains loose in style, fluid in terms of content and raw - it's a one take, press record and see what happens, affair.

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W/C 5th October 2026

The title choice this week isn't some form of play on words, or sentiment inspired by one of the topics I am talking about. It's far more literal than that.

The song itself came out in 1995, which is significant because at that point I was living in the north east and just a few miles from the river in question.

It's a great song, and it sums up perfectly both the place itself, and the strength of character of the people I met there. I still believe that any day that you get to see the Tyne bridge, or walk along that river, is a good day.

Stay safe.

Big River - Jimmy Nail

Therapy For Me (or TFM as I now refer to it) is a bit of an audio curiosity. It started out as a mechanism for me to clear my head, with the hope that by saying stuff out loud it would act as a little bit of self-help. It's remains loose in style, fluid in terms of content and raw - it's a one take, press record and see what happens, affair.

If you want to keep in touch with TFM and the other stuff I do then please follow me on Facebook, Insta, Twitter or Patreon. Thanks for getting this far.

W/C 12th October 2026

When I am considering the episode titles for TFM, I often make quite tenuous links to odd bits drawn from that weeks chat in order to get something to fit.

Quite a lot of them feel like a square peg in a round hole, and sometimes it's the longest part of the creative process of the podcast itself. it's actually the most stressful part of my Saturday morning.

This week's was a breeze...and it's absolutely on the nose.

Stay safe.

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

The Trans-Penine Trail