We've been dealing with stuff this week on TCD (sorry, Lucy) you know the kind of thing, tying up loose ends, throwing a few ideas about and coming up with a plan to secure me a personalised registration plate.

Literally, just your average Tuesday.

The Tour Before Christmas finished at the weekend, and as both Ant & I had both been in Camden for the tour finale, that gave us the chance to have a bit of a natter about it. Cue the pair of us riffing on setlist, on-stage patter and trying to stay the right side of sobriety.

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Love'n'songs in a major key

h

Coming to you from Utrecht, and with a guest.

In reality that is all you need to know about #186 before you press play, because the rest is going to be coming at you thick and fast.

The one thing I will say is that Ant (by his own admission) got a bit carried away this week and so I hardly got a word in edgeways. Fortunately our guest did, so whilst there isn't as much of me as normal, there is plenty of interesting chat with another special member of the Marillion family.

And (because I know you will worry) I did manage to get out of the hotel room on time, and in full collection of both my faculties and my possessions.

Love'n'throwing shapes

h

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It is fair to say that Ant took one look at me this week and took pity.

I must have looked a little more world-weary than normal because, in an instant, he abandoned any hope of a meaningful conversation about Friends from the Orchestra (for that had been the intention).

Instead he let me ramble a bit, and as is often the case, as we dropped the needle into an alternative groove we discovered a whole other melody to explore - the artist as an older man.

So for #185 we talk about my voice, how I have become a creature of habit when I am on the road, and what it is like when I go on an adventure in search of a tech upgrade.

We will of course get back to the album chat, but it will be a bit further down the road because we have a special guest joining us for #186. Smashing!

Love'n'flapping cockerels

h

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It's very easy to forget how special the people are that float in and out of your orbit, especially the ones that you rub up against the most often. The reason I mention it, is because a couple of prime examples cropped up in conversation this week, and it reminded me to doff my cap in the direction of all the ninjas in my life.

Other than that the chat is suitably free-flowing this week. We touch on protective outerwear (of various colours) my life-long dislike of a footwear staple and what I do and don't think of as appropriate, as far as graffiti is concerned.

We also talk about a downright odd set of circumstances that took place at a recent h-natural show in Spain...

Love'n'sudocrem

h

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So before you point it out, I am aware that we have talked about the RAH gig a number of times on TCD (sorry, Lucy).

However I think we can all agree that the footage captured on the night was pretty bloody special. So when you have the man behind the plan, on the pod, the very least you can do is ask him about it.

Which is what we did.

Meanwhile, after more trails than Yosemite, the diary does finally arrive in Canada - it’s just that the journey rather unexpectedly begins in South America.

Big thanks to Tim for taking the time to share his wit and wisdom.

Love’n’taking the scenic route

h

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We have been alluding to the fact that we would be talking to Tim at some point soon for quite a while now, months in fact, and this week we actually do. The Tim in question is of course Tim Sidwell.

For those of you who don't know Tim (or what he actually does) then prepare to be informed, amazed and charmed.

For those of you who do, look forward to an hour in his company, for as you know already, he really is a top man.

And then of course we have the diary reading, which I don't actually think ends up taking us to any of the places we thought it might. Not that it matters... such is the attention to detail you will have come to expect here at TCD Towers.

Anyway I have a plane to catch with young Vibes. Viva Espana and all that.

h

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This weeks TCD (sorry, Lucy) feels like a bit of a run-on episode. What I mean by that is just before we recorded it, Ant &I had been creating a bit of extra content for our lovely bunch of purple patrons.

Such, was the flow that we had got ourselves into (and because we hadn’t got through all of the allotted questions) we decided to power on through and finish them off.

So a big thanks to David Beckwith, Mark Griffin and Drew Crissman for posing the questions and I hope you enjoy the peek into the world of patron bonus content.

Love’n’practical motoring

h

The Coming Storm Podcast 

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As is his want, Ant normally takes the weeks (as yet) unreleased edit out for a walk on a Friday morning. We call it the QC listen, and in most cases it's less about minor tweaks for flow and more about removing great chunks of offensive stuff I probably should have thought about before uttering.

Anyway whilst listening to 180, Ant had a bit of a moment, an epiphany if you like. TCD (sorry, Lucy) has been inadvertently channeling mystery thrillers.

Confused? 

Well it turns out that on a regular basis we mention the snippet of a story, often in a bit of Patreon bonus content, and then many weeks down the line we return with more detail to join-up-the-dots like Miss Marple, with a foul mouth (but excellent roots..,)

Take this week for example. You now have a lot more detail about band management, publishing deals and my contravention of local village bylaws, and yet we have definitely rabbited on about all of these in the past. Think of it as early-onset dementia cunningly disguised as slow-burn storytelling.

Love'n'celery

h

ps Oh, and if I sound a bit metallic on the second half, that's down to me forgetting to put my machine in record and having to use the Zoom audio. Doh!

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Actually it’s the tale of two gigs, one of which is in a posh furniture shop.

In fact you could say it’s the tale of two gigs, one in a posh furniture shop and the other in a marquee with long tables.

..or more exactly, I should say it’s the tale of two gigs, one in a posh furniture shop and the other in a marquee with long tables, and what I can recall about my first show with the Low Fat Yoghurts.

But then, If we are being really accurate it’s the tale of two gigs, one in a furniture shop and the other in a tent. AND what I can recall about my first show with the Low Fat Yoghurts, AND the rise of the Steve H doppelgängers...

(That's blue ticks not blue tits.. Or tweets as opposed to er.. tweets)

Love, balsa-wood and birthday candles

h

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Nothing's ever simple - that's for sure

There are grieving mothers on both sides of the wire

And everyone deserves a chance to feel the future just might be bright

But any way you look at it - whichever point of view

For us to have to live like this

It just ain't right

From one Mr.h to another, thank you x

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