mostly david ephgrave

Worryingly, I seem to have reached the point in my life where I regularly fall asleep while watching television of an evening.  This isn't a good thing; if anything, it's a sign of advancing age, I never did this in my twenties, so what's changed? Am I more active during the day or am I having later nights? I'd attempt to solve this quandary, if it weren't for the fact I'm fighting a slumber battle as we speak; my heavy eyes inspired me to write this in the first place.  A lot of it's to do with comfort and energy. I was watching an episode of Columbo last night, and was about half way in that I started to feel the seductive pull of sleep. I changed channels to catch coverage of Lionel Richie's set at Glastonbury and was instantly fully awake; his energy and commitment cleared the fug from my head; suddenly, 'All Night Long (All Night)' had a completely different meaning. This near-narcolepsy reminds me of when I used to play the guitar at my ...

Going to a show on Lionel Richie’s All Night Long Tour sounds like one hell of a commitment. I’m very fond of the ex-frontman of The Commodores (who played no part in the design or manufacture of the 80s computer). He’s a great singer / songwriter and seems a good sport. While there’s no doubt to his capabilities as a showman, I still wouldn’t want to sit through an eight-hour set. That would test even his biggest fan’s patience. I could have misunderstood the title. Perhaps he's squeezed his entire tour schedule into just one night. He’d be exhausted by the travelling alone. Think of the carbon footprint. I watched ‘An Audience with Lionel Richie’ on ITV a few years back. The celebrities in the crowd were so low-grade, I almost expected to see myself sat amongst them. Lionel Richie doesn’t know who Eamonn Holmes is (lucky him); nor does he have a working knowledge of the cast of Coronation Street. Still, it was worth watching, if only for the brief cutaway to Moir...