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When young we are urged to plan for the future. Increasingly why would you do that ? A Day at a Time - got to be the best way.. Support the show

Magic - the sleight of hand.  the deception - all brilliant  Support the show

A lament for my total inability to be an even vaguely competent dance partner for anything other than the end of evening slow smooch. Absolutely pathetic on my part. Support the show

A bit of a nonsense song really - just playing around on a Friday afternoon with some rhymes Support the show

We lived off the Status Quo riffs when we first started various teenage bands. The Never Going Back bit is the Fleetwood Mac bit from Never going Back Again - Rumours 1977. Support the show

I heard one of the piano teachers where I work playing some Piazzolla - which sounded tremendous.  However fast and furious you play Piazzolla there is always that underlying sadness in the music  Support the show

Remember the band Bread - David Gates - he could really write a romantic tune. My older brother Steve liked them in the early 70's. Because he listened to them I listened too. If - was one of his great songs . Support the show

We've had ( for us ) another heat wave - 30 + for the last 7 days - we're all complaining again. Just got to slow It all right down. Support the show

I am guilty of not doing this on many occasions - I just do not like the instant access of mobile phones. I don't like to be accessible in that way. I know you can easily turn it off - but its not that simple. The ring tone in the song sets you off - horrible, Support the show

Actually the sentiment here is DON"T take it lying down. I looked up the expression Lying down ( actually for the spelling) - but it is a submissive act.  There is the inevitable US and THEM in this - Us - the have nots ( whoever they are) and the THEM - the Haves. Support the show

An upbeat tune - Hide and Seek - a game we used to play as children - some of us still have a way of playing hide and seek to dip out of doing stuff .. Support the show

I was following a caravan up the M5 this morning - it had printed on the back " The Adventure before Dementia"  Nice one  Support the show

Sometimes an ending is just that - A Blessed Relief. Support the show

More on trying to "get what the other person" is trying to say - haven't got to grips with this at all .. Every so often I hear a bit of mix down thats gone wrong - sorry about that . This is a re-mix from Thursday September 14th. Support the show

I loved the music of the Bee Gees - particularly Jive Talkin' onwards. A documentary on them had Barry Gibb talking about being the last of the 4 brothers still alive. His memories were. understandably, from his viewpoint. As he said the memories are always there - but they are your own memories and even those who shared them with you have a different memory. Support the show

I eat too much - the consequences of a lifetime of over indulgence are catching me up pretty fast. Nowadays I do lots of motorway driving -everytime you stop for the loo , a break or just to get out of the traffic you get confronted by food. People queuing for it , ordering it, paying for it, chomping their way throughout it. Crazy.. Support the show

Irony -the expression of a meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite.  Just to be clear here - I disagree with almost all of the sentiments expressed in this tune ( except the free speech bit ) -However, the Trumpian view of the world becomes more extreme every time you hear it.. Support the show

Lou Reeds - "Perfect Day " finishes the sequence of tunes for Kate who died on 6th August.  Support the show

A version of the Coldplay tune - No 6 of 7 for Kate Support the show

Fleetwood Mac - the Rumours album gives Kate her 5th tune . Support the show

No.4 of 7 - for Kate  Support the show

No.3 of 7 tunes for Kate - Keens song .. Support the show

The second of seven tunes in Kates memory - Coldplays "Us against the World " Support the show

Some tunes for Petes partner Kate who  died a  couple of weeks ago - this next week has tunes she liked. In her memory. Support the show

Never settling for more than a few seconds - looking constantly busy, beautiful and elegant in their brief lives. From a week upwards they grace our world. We've got Red Admirals at the moment - 6 months to a year is their lifespan - no wonder they're busy. Support the show