There were a few of note in 2011 but I reckon this'll take some beating in 2012...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16905521

I know there's are fans here so this may appeal.... The Mutton Birds playing a few songs and chatting about their forthcoming gigs.

http://static.radionz.net.nz/assets/audio_item/0010/2516149/nrmtalk-2012...

Ok... it's just after 9pm here in NZ. The kids are in bed. My wife's working a late shift at the hospital. I have a very large steak that's been in a marinade for 24 hours. Two bottles of a glorious red. And for dessert? Something homegrown and the size of a baby's arm that's all ready to fire up.
On dvd I have this, possibly the greatest ever movie about food.
Unless the Massive can think of anything better?

I was playing the Flaming Lips' The Soft Bulletin as I prepared dinner and in passing asked my nine year old what he thought of it.
"It sounds old", he replied. "You are so 1920s".
The perfect put-down.... from a bloody nine year old.
Anyone else getting similar kid-grief?

* he received 1920s portions in retaliation for his jibe.

It was a hugely emotional day in Cardiff for one of the best wingers ever to don a rugby jersey. Once I again I got up at stupid - o'clock to watch a match that I kinda knew we wouldn't win but today wasn't about the result... it was all about the boy who'll forever be known in the valleys as Magic Daps.
Cheers Shane!

I like it.
And so does this quite entertaining blogger.
It does exactly what it says on the tin (or bottle).... a Beer For A Year... 365 different beers in 365 days.
http://beerforayear.wordpress.com/

We're having a garage sale tomorrow morning so I'm just taking a break from sorting through the five ton of tat that has to go. The GLW asked if I'll be selling all that "stuff" in my office and out in the garage. By "stuff" she means the piles of Mojos, Uncuts, Words and the boxes of vinyl and CDs that seem to grow at an alarming rate. I grudgingly agreed to go through it all and promised to ditch whatever I didn't want. First box of vinyl I open .... Glen Campbell's Greatest Hits. Well, that can't go, can it? Look a bit further and there's a mint condition, unopened copy of a pretty rare (ish) Neutral Milk Hotel picture disc single. There's a stack of old reggae 7s, a few early Stereophonics singles and tucked inside I Fought The Law is a signed set-list from a mid-90s gig Sonny Curtis did at the Weavers in London. Oh, and there's the obligatory copy of Frampton Comes Alive. This is what I found in the first two minutes. Delve a bit deeper and I find a ticket from a Nina Simone concert at Ronnie Scott's. A signed copy of a Honey Boy Edwards album. A collection of Joe Tex singles I'd forgotten about. Mojo #1. The lyric poster from Deep Purple's Machine Head (album nowhere to be seen - so far). An ELP bootleg. Two copies of the Clash's first album. Various Slade singles (probably the first vinyl I ever bought). A picture of me and Jeff Tweedy. Pillows and Prayers. A signed pic of Emmylou Harris ( "Sweet dreams. Love Emmy") and a tape of Mary Costello's last ever show on GLR.
None of it's going.
Even the Stereophonics stuff.
Maybe.
You just can't. Can you?

http://thekittencovers.tumblr.com/

What would the massive want Jim to fix for them?

are getting back together.
** Raises glass and books tickets.

A fine man.

Ever wondered how they made Fenders back in the day? Well, here you go.
* Warning GAS sufferers... may cause stiffness in the trouser department.

You certainly had a way with a tune.