I promised regular, and I suppose this might be stretching it a bit, but here’s my first thoughts on the new albums that I’ve picked up over the last month or so, or at least the ones worth mentioning.

Bicycle Theives , Bar Bliss , Leigh – Friday 5th Feb 2010 “Ignorance is bliss before you know what it is”,(or should that be where it is) goes the line from the Bicycle Thieves’ debut single “Stop to Start”  . 

OK so we weren’t overly prophetic when we at  The Pie At Night  spoke of what will be for Delphic in 2010,  granted , many had been speaking for about a year or so. They were given “New Band of the Day” status by The Guardian back in October 2008 who had them as so close to New […]

No I haven’t either.  As I type, I can’t even remember the lad’s name properly, it calls to mind Portuguese managers, expensive wool or bright red cherries in 1970s cocktails, and it begins with M, ends in O and is exotic sounding.  Of course I’ll go away and check before I write the rest of […]

Bloody away fans in our end, grrrrr, Greater Manchester Police, &^&*%!!$, Wigan Council, pah!  Although I’ve had my beefs with all of them in recent times*, it’s been restricted to grumbles because, when it comes down to it things have been more “us against the world” rather than things that have directly affected me.  As […]

Let’s start off honestly; I’m a lazy sod, especially when it comes to writing.  I have hard drives littered with the openings to a sketches of countless, no doubt brilliant, articles that I never finished before the moment had been lost and even more ideas that stayed in my brain after not even making it […]

The Lottery Winners – The Standard Mower – Saturday 16th January So, Thawday is here. Latics get back on track with a 2-0 win at Wolves and The Pie At Night (or should it be Late Night Lobby for this edition) celebrates by slutchin’ it’s or his way to that big white pub on Chapel […]

I ‘ve never been an advocate of technology in football, or any sport really, I ‘m not a Luddite but I am a great believer in the view that its simplicity is a large part of what makes the game beautiful. In more than essence the game that ‘s played in a games lesson is […]

I ‘m sure I ‘ve gone through this before, but just so you know, a ‘first listen review ‘ is what it says on the tin. Each of the reviews that follow are based on first impressions from a single listen (or attempt to listen). That way you don ‘t get me waffling on for […]

Honestly, I published Friday’s match preview about ten minutes before I found out about the pitch inspection scheduled for this morning.  I was quite chuffed at the time, what with all the stuff and nonsense about lil ole Wigan this week it would have been nice to see us pull off a coup and be […]