I've seen Stewart (and spoken to him very briefly a couple of times) at various gigs over the years - Dr Strangely Strange, Throbbing Gristle, maybe a couple of others that I can't quite bring to mind.  His tastes are fairly esoteric for sure - he's a big champion of Datblygu, for instance.

ps was he funny (when not working)?

Wow..! Not jealous at all  

I would imagine you'd have a fair bit in common where musical taste is concerned as I know from his old Sunday Times music reviews that he's a fan of Fairport & Nick Drake as well as the old SST stuff, Minutemen, Meat Puppets etc.

Lindisfarne tonight at The Tramshed, Cardiff. It was the 30th anniversary of Alan Hull's death earlier this week, as well as being Rod Clements' 78th birthday. When I saw them earlier this year, Rod sat for the entire performance.

Interesting.  

Milkweed, who tick a lot of my boxes very nicely. Psych folk/electronica kind of thang....

https://milkweedfolk.bandcamp.com/music

Oh yes. Mostly music, a little bit about comedy, a little bit about our lives.

Jules

Cool! Did you talk music?

Tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm : I'll be hosting Scattering The Roots 9pm 'til 11pm, playing the usual tasty blend of folk, roots, blues, etc...plenty of etc... but not as regular listeners know it...

My esteemed Express FM colleague, Ian James, is taking on a 54 hour broadcasting radiothon (whuch has already started), and I'll be joining him between 9pm and 11pm tonight to host my regular show **live** - expect some excellent tune-age and chat...

Details of Ian's brave feat of broadcasting below, including details of how to make a donation to the charities he's supporting :

www.expressfm.com/win/radiothon/

Went to see Stewart Lee's latest show tonight. Waited around afterwards to say hello, and he recognised me from previous meeting, so I asked him if he'd like to join me for a beer before he turned in. He said yes. We had a lovely chat about music and comedy. I managed to remain as calm as I could. What a joy. And what a lovely man.

Jules

And speaking of tribute bands, Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings (Winnipeg's Lennon/McCartney) have rebranded themselves as "The Guess Who" after an out-of-court settlement with Jim Kale and Garry Peterson, and will tour under that name in 2026. So far, no other alumni are in the fold.

Having missed my opportunity to see the fully reformed band in 2000-2003, I will seize this chance. I've seen them both on their own, and the songs really hold up. I can't wait for this one, and I'm liable to hit several stops next year!

American Woman, Undun, These Eyes, Share the Land, Laughing, Hand Me Down World, Guns, Guns, Guns, Albert Flasher, Runnin' Back to Saskatoon, Sour Suite, plus Burton solo tunes (I'm Scared, Break it to them Gently, Stand Tall) and Bachman Turner Overdrive classics (Takin' Care of Business, Let it Ride, Hey You, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet). Yay!!!!!