“Stacey Lattislaw, Head of Lard Distribution for the UK’s leading producer of lard, Reviva!”

Not many people know this, but the original lyrics were: “I get more lard from my meat” but the record label made h […]

Re: The Boxer – I remember reading that in NME’s Book of Rock Facts (or whatever it was called).

We have a park about a quarter of a mile down the road that is now the home to a family of coyotes. They’ve already attacked ducks, geese and swans in the pond, as well as a couple of dogs who were let off their […]

Pleased to hear it! I have to say, if the company that offered me the job (and who I still work for) had been based in somewhere like North Dakota, I don’t think I would have so readily accepted. But when they […]

I’m a firm believer that when we come to a “crossroads” in our lives, we have to choose one path or the other, and once that path has been chosen, it’s chosen. There’s no “back button” in life. We can’t go back […]

The last episode of season one of OMITB is available here next Tuesday. If the end of episode 9 is anything to go by, I can confidently tell you now that the killer is

Is it ‘The Laughing Gnome’?

Define “hit.” Top 40? Which country?

There’s got to be a catch with this question!!

I think No. 5 is the THX ident thingy.

What’s my favorite? Chocolate. I’d probably eat a Brussell sprout if it was covered in chocolate.

Unfortunately, American chocolate is disgusting. I think the main ingredients are sour milk and chalk dust. […]

Just about everyone I knew when I lived in Cambridge had a Rory McGrath story. I encountered him in a pub once (may well have been the Free Press). He was both rude & inebriated.

I turned 17 in October 1976. I don’t remember that being a particularly good year for music. Off the top of my head I can recall hearing Ted Nugent (‘Hey Baby’) and Les Dudek (‘City Magic’) on John Peel’s show […]

That’s quite catchy. Did they ever record anything else?

Aha!!

Ziggy Modeliste from the Meters?

Was the ‘B’ supposed to be another ‘G’?

I thought it was a jolly good read!

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On my last day of primary school, I asked my teacher, Mrs. Thompson, to sign my autograph book. She wrote “procrastination is the thief of time.”

That’s how King Gillette made his fortune. Sold the razors for next to nothing but sold the replacement blades for a nice tidy profit. I believe this method of selling is still called the “razor/razor blade” method.

I tried to convince the missus it would be cheaper to buy a new printer the last time we needed ink, but she wouldn’t have it.