Madhur Jaffrey starts rapping at 85
This state of perpetual Brexit Limbo makes the pursuit of joy and laughter all the more imperative. Hooray then for award-winning cookery writer and actor Madhur Jaffrey who has started rappi...
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Madonna: Like an Icon – at 60
The music industry has never been kind to the older woman, says Lucy O’Brien. Female artists are expected to disappear gracefully, but Madonna, as ever, continues to buck trends.
The Grace Jones documentary
I’ve always admired Grace Jones. The strong image, the theatricality, the iconic Nightclubbing album that I still love to play.
That is MY age: It’s the 40th anniversary of punk
Aged 12, in 1976, I was a bit too young to pogo. I also lived in Blackpool.
Laurie Anderson’s Heart of a Dog film
‘Do you want to see a film about Laurie Anderson’s dog?’ One of my friends asked me towards the end of last year.
Currently listening to: Charles Bradley
There was a brilliant song playing in a local shop, yesterday. And not being a Shazam-r, I asked the assistant what it was.
Keith Richards on Desert Island Discs
Anyone who has been tuning in for a while, will know that Mr That’s Not My Age is the Rolling Stones’ number one fan. Travelling the world in his younger days, to catch the Stones o...
The rock and roll tea towel
You know you’ve reached a certain age when you go to a gig and come away with sore feet and a tea towel. Yep, thanks to Nick Cave, mid-lifers will never have to wear a band t-shirt again.
Nick Cave, Warren Ellis and me
Like I need an excuse to blather on about the wonderful Nick Cave, but today sees the CD release (am I the only one left on the planet who still buys these things?) of The Road soundtrack ̵...
Joan Baez: How sweet the sound
That’s Not My Age’s may own a couple of Bob Dylan albums but I’m not big into folk music. As a teenager growing-up in the seventies, I thought Joe Strummer invented the protes...
The Hacienda: How not to run a club by Peter Hook
When That’s Not My Age was a Bright Young Thing, not much older than Tavi, the Hacienda felt like home. The club on Whitworth Street Manchester, designed by Ben Kelly and funded by Factory Recor...