BAIBS Tuesday 12/02/13

It's a week of being told what to do, or at least what we can do. I hate being told what to do. My Mum always maintained the worst way to try and get me to do anything was to tell me to do it. It's true.

So it's pancake day today. We can eat pancakes should we wish. Sod off. I'll eat pancakes whenever I want. And Valentine's Day on Thursday. You MUST tell you're loved one you love them. All the card manufacturers insist on it. If you need a special day to tell someone you love them then there's something very wrong. I know everything's commercialized now, Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day etc but Valentine's winds me up more than any of them. Admittedly this week of the year is a bad one for me personally so that may have a lot to do with it.

Got accused recently of being a grumpy old man and reading that last paragraph back I can see why. Personally I think it's more that people hit a certain age and refuse to 'go gentle into that good night.'

It's also possible that 9 days and 3 hours without a cigarette is having an effect.

So Tom Harking without Tom Hark at the Keepmoat tonight. Rovers' much talked about game in hand against MK Dons - the team that shouldn't exist. A chance to go top for what feels like the 4th time in recent weeks. Everyone, including Rovers keep slipping up. We were top briefly when we played Leyton Orient and again when we played Walsall only to be 2nd on goal difference after 90 minutes. Seem to have been 2nd on goal difference for months now. Basically tonight a win sees us go top, a draw will do if Bournemouth don't win at Crewe.

Cherry Blossom's home with dropped cakes and I need to send a begging email to Kasabian. Time to go.

Laters

SS

Playlist Tuesday 12/02/13

Tom Hark - The Piranhas

The Elephants' Graveyard - The Boomtown Rats

Lonely Boy - The Black Keys

Chipping Away - Middleman

Broke Up The Family - The Milk

My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars

Adultery - Little Comets

Girlfriend In A Coma - The Smiths

Kennedy - The Wedding Present

Goodbye Kiss - Kasabian

Chemicals - Various Cruelties

Burn This City - Famous Villains

Tears Dry On Their Own - Amy Winehouse

After Hours - We Are Scientists

I Wish I Was Someone Better - Blood Red Shoes

No One's Gonna Love You - Band Of Horses

No More Heroes - The Stranglers

Hate To Say I Told You So - The Hives

Velouria - Pixies

I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys

Geraldine - Glasvegas

Club Foot - Kasabian

The Wrestler - Reverend And The Makers

Just To See You Run - Bang Bang Romeo

Leather Jacket Love Song - The Cribs

Could You Be Loved - Bob Marley

Wetsuit - The Vaccines

Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes

I Will Wait - Mumford And Sons

Sitting On My Own - The 48ks

Inhaler - Foals

Jimmy Jimmy - The Undertones

Riders On The Storm - The Doors

Break On Through (To The Other Side) - The Doors

Pinch Me - Barenaked Ladies

Here It Goes Again - OK Go

When Doves Cry - Prince

Freakin' Out - Graham Coxon

Animal - The Pigeon Detectives

Going Underground - The Jam

What You Do To Me - Teenage Fanclub

Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers