1. ‘East Side Story’ – Squeeze
2. ‘Wasp Star’ – XTC
3. ‘Message From The Meditations’ – The Meditations
4. ‘New Boots and Panties!!’ – Ian Dury
5. ‘Dynamite Daze’ – Kevin Coyne

I saw them filming an episode of Steptoe & Son at Chiswick Town Hall and waited around to get their autographs. Corbett was a bit “thespy” but nice enough all the same. As for Brambell, I barely recognized him, […]

Do I really need this if I’ve already got the ‘Walking On a Wire 1968-2009’ boxset?

My mother-in-law is up there, too, in O’Brien, near the California border. She was evacuated five days ago and still doesn’t know when she’ll be allowed back home.

Are you going to hang it from the ceiling with a bit of old fishing line?

Mungo Jerry’s ‘In The Summertime’ was, apparently, the first ever “maxi single” with one track on the A side and two tracks on the B side. And it played at 33rpm.

It was also their first single and something […]

Absolutely. It’ll be the best 45 minutes (or so) you ever spent. Don’t bother with Sir Henry at Ndidi’s Kraal, though.

“Ee! The daft bugger was wearing spiked running shoes!”

My mother once took a Barbra Streisand album cover into the hairdressers and said “Can you make look like that?” so the hairdresser hit her on the nose with a hair brush.

from their debut album, which still gets (semi) regular plays at Dylan Towers.

I think that’s a good thing… isn’t it? Does it qualify me for a hamper?

Easily one of my all time Top 10 singles.

There’s a “cock linnet” in ‘My Old Man Said Follow the Van.’

Based purely on looks, I’ll have a Mercedes-Maybach Cabriolet, please. As long as I don’t have to pay for fuel, maintenance or insurance – or the car itself – I think I can just about afford it.

… and Steve Wright.

Ha! Gideon Coe just played TKHCO!

William Stevenson’s ‘Sweet Thing,’ as made famous by Georgie Fame, is full of lovely comments, such as:

“You don’t always say the words I wanna hear

You’re not the kind of girl a man just can’t resist

You […]

Paperback Writer
I Feel Fine

One of my all time favorite songs is Kevin Coyne’s ‘Juliet & Mark.’

AJ’s album ‘Fit To Serve’ is pretty damn good.

Not to mention mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey.