W/C 4th May 2026

There are so few opportunities to use this particular song as an episode title (this is certainly the first since I started TFM) that I snatched at it, without hesitation.

As a guitar player as was well aware of Gary Moore, and whilst not a card-carrying devotee, I was certainly more than aware of the range and depth of his work. I got to see him play live once, at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2010, and he certainly lived up to his reputation.

What I didn't know at the time was that it would be his last ever recorded performance, as he would die less than a year later in Estepona, he was 58. I have spent quite a lot of time there, it is a place I really like, and yet I had no idea of that part of the story.

I have included footage of that performance alongside side the original for no other reason than I was there, and finding it took underscored the poignancy of that night.

Stay safe.

Parisenne Walkways (featuring Phil Lynott) - Gary Moore

Parisienne Walkways (Montreux Jazz Festival, 2010) - Gary Moore

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 27th April 2026

It will become obvious when you listen to my week why I have picked this particular song as the title track.

As you will hear I had considered A Legacy by Marillion, or In A Lifetime by Clannad, both of which would have captured the spirit of what I was talking about.

But instead I went for the Jason Isbell one, because to me it talks more to the journey from the initial concept to where it eventually ended up.

Stay safe.

Jason Isbell - If It Takes A Lifetime

Don't Wordle

June Emerson Wind Music

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 20th April 2026

I think I might be going through the summer with a red nose, for a number of reasons.

a) I have now spent a couple of days at Headingley for the cricket, and on both occasions the sun has been shining.

b) spending a lot of time reading around the pool in Gran Canaria.

c) the design of my sunglasses and a definite-sized nose

The result is that my nose always catches the sun (irrespective of sun block) and the sunglasses mark accentuates the effect.

Short of one of those cardboard-nasal-cod-pieces I think it will continue to be my summer feature.

Stay safe.

Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles

W/C 13th April 2026

Nothing fancy in the notes this week, just an explanation as to the track I have chosen for the title.

It's a Paddy McAloon song, recorded by Jimmy Nail as part of the Crocodile Shoes project, which was a TV show about a songwriter in the North East. Had I not mentioned it as part of a discussion about Prefab Sprout it may never have come up in conversation, but that would also have meant that I wouldn't be booked out for what promises to be a special evening on the 8th October.

Thanks Shane, life is indeed a circular ride.

Stay safe

Dragons - Jimmy Nail

Dragons - Paddy McAloon

W/C 6th April 2026

As we were driving to Manchester Airport last week we realised we had left the newly-purchased suncream at home. Even though we had only been travelling a few minutes we decided not to turn back, but risk picking some up at the departure lounge, irrespective of the fact it would probably be at an eye-watering supplement.

As it turned out it was pretty much the same as buying from Boots on the high street, and another thing I noted was that the coffee and sandwich that I got from Pret was not only the same cost, but I was able to get my Club Pret discount. So kudos to everybody at T2 for not taking advantage of those passing-through.

Surprisingly, and in sharp contrast, it cost eleven euros for 2 small cervazas on the way back - which is exactly what I wasn't expecting in GC. This was followed by sixty-five euros for a family Burger King (there really wasn't much more in the way of choice) which really did seem like profiteering.

A tale of two departure lounges.

Stay safe.

Richard Hawley - As The Dawn Breaks

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 30th March 2026

I am hoping you will forgive me if the edit is a little off compared with normal.

The good news is that I have managed to assemble and export this week’s TFM on the iPad for the second week on the spin, and the first where I didn’t have a fallback option.

The not-so-good news is that I can’t work out how to fine-tune the episode length (I like the episodes to end in a double digit format) and the volume fades are not as precise.

I am sure I will get better, but I must admit I am finding the new workflow a little frustrating.

Clearly not a real world problem, so I will give my head a wobble, but at the same time this wouldn’t be TFM if I didn’t at least mention it.

Stay safe.

P.S He finished with Carless Whisper so we got the saxophonic holy trinity - very apt considering what day it was…

(Reach up for the) Sunrise - Duran Duran

Guardanapo

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 23rd March 2026

I appreciate I have said this before, but one of the challenges of TFM is that some weeks what goes through my head just isn't that interesting.

Take this week, twenty odd minutes of stuff but honestly, nothing that is going to give you any deeper insight or philosophical clarity. You could summarise it as something I have taken a shine to, and something I haven't, something I haven't heard for ages and enjoyed, and something I haven't but didn't, and something that may (or may not) be a bit of a fad.

You see, even the notes for the pod this week aren't that enlightening.

Stay safe.

Human - Rag 'n' Bone Man

Renault 5

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 16th March 2026

On the back of using a Cliff track for a recent TFM I went back and listened to 'those' albums all over again, which is why it was easy to join the dots and get to this track whilst trying to come up with something for this week, specifically the on-location recording bit.

Of course that then took to me back to that very 'of it's time' video, that has the man himself roller-skating around listening to a Sony Walkman. The things that I get dragged back to as part of the TFM process are indeed more than a little surreal.

I know I said it in the pod, but thanks to you all for your support and feedback. You are all wise, and caring and I take none of it for granted.

Stay safe.

Wired For Sound - Cliff Richard

The Case for Rejoin - John Curtice Article

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 9th March 2025

I am now in two minds.

Having mentioned this tune toward the end of this week's TFM I am not sure it is in fact the right choice because equally I could be the problem in the integrity of this figurative dam. But you have got to pick a side and I do like this track so I am sticking with it (don't worry it will all make sense as you listen, or at least it should...).

I don't know what else to write about what I have to say as it kind of stands alone this week, so I will take up no more of your time and let you listen.

Stay safe.

Hold Back The River - Wet Wet Wet

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W/C 2nd March 2026

As you are about to hear I went somewhere a bit special this week, and it took me right back to early 1983, as I approached my twelfth birthday.

At that stage I was desperately waiting for the day to arrive, because I was hoping to get a ZX Spectrum (16KB) and join the cyber-generation. In preparation, and as a way of increasing my sense of anticipation and excitement, I had been reading, and re-reading the couple of computer magazines that I owned, devouring anything I could and planning what I would use the mythical machine for.

Within the pages was an advert for the Spectrum, a full size image on the actual machine in all its glory. I remember this vividly, because as the day approached I had taken to sitting cross-legged on the floor, typing commands into the keyboard, and imagining how my life as a top programmer was going to pan out.

Stay safe.

I'm Nearly Famous - Cliff Richard

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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