Barts 2018 - Monteath

Best Album

Best Song

The stuff I have gone back to and listened to again most often is:

The Orielles, Suede, TVAM, Hannah Peel, Loma

Best Musical Re-discovery

Gruff Rhys’ back catalogue

Best Middle-Aged Man/Men Doing Excellent – If Hardly Ground-breaking – Stuff

Suede, Johnny Marr

Best Book

The Line of Beauty

Best Gig/Event

Kendall Calling generally, Shed Seven specifically. Great combo of it stopping raining, being half-cut, neither child moaning, and the band savouring every moment

Best TV Programme

Inside No 9 followed closely by Killing Eve

Best Radio Programme (That I Haven’t Previously Nominated)

Alkerpop’s “Unclassified” (it’s on Radio 3, Steve)

Best Sporting Moment

Rich pickings here, but both mah Fitba’ and Cricket teams being champions (by a distance) is a nicely unexpected thing.

Revelation

Really enjoyed Neneh Cherry’s stuff, really enjoyed some out and out rock in Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Worst Purchase / Disappointment

A lack of any real breakthrough/”wow” music – I’ll just have to search harder this year (between 10.30 and 1)

Best Child-Related Thing

Yet to bear full fruit, but the camper van should be a gift that keeps giving.

Best Lifestyle Change

Running. I was dabbling this time last year, now I’m committed, building up distance and hills and thoroughly enjoying.

Sort

I will watch any programme featuring Keeley Hawes

Person, People or Thing You’d Most Like to See Set Upon By a Pack of Wolves

Pretty much the entire political class. No leaders, no ideas, no vision – when there’s a massive gaping hole to be filled.

The Winning Thing You’d Most Recommend Your Fellow Judges to Own/Have/Consume/Do

Listen to The Blue Hour