Hmmm, I believe it does – “Andy Kaufman in a wrestling match/… gone wrestling”.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 😉

I recall the NME review of Let’s Dance suggesting that Shake It! was a Talking Heads soundalike.

Films – Dead Poets Society, High Society (no relation), Simgin’ In The Rain, Casablanca, Batman Begins, any Bourne film.
TV – Buffy, The West Wing.

One TV show I wish they’d repeat or have on-demand boxsets is NYPD Blue.

Bryan Ferry has said he’s a small-c conservative by nature, and expressed a slight preference for Cameron back in the pre-Coalition days. I don’t agree with his perspective at all, but I don’t hold it against him […]

See/hear also: the cover by Sid & Susie, with the heavenly vocals of La Hoffs.

Ahem…’59. 😉

The Dame’s bipperty-bopperty hat. Could anyone do better than that?

Musical Youth – Duchy Originals
Prince – Fruit Shortcake
Duran Duran – Oreos

I concur. TOL is the most genuinely authentic album from an artist who has based his career on a constructed ‘authenticity’.

Have you heard Badly Drawn Boy’s piano-centric version? Really draws out the melancholy behind the braggadocio in a fabulous way.

The Promise is bloody great, isn’t it?

I remember Prince initiating a few of these exclusive subscription ventures at various points of internet evolution – NPG Music Club, LotusFlow3r.com, etc. Lots of promises, but little of real worth forthcoming […]

Remarkably, I was born to be alive.

Graham Coxon.

As a Hull lad, I must carry a torch for the great Mick Ronson, who along with Bolan was the architect of glam, and of course had many more, er, strings to his bow.

And someone who amazingly often gets […]

Have you tried the veal?

It’s about 7 and a half minutes. 😉

His talking heads…ISWYDT.

GB endorsed some weirdly random things in his time. “E for B and Georgie Best” (eggs). Richmond sausages (no discernable nutritional content). Stylo boots – yes, that makes sense. But a golf-themed aftershave – […]

It’s been pitched as featuring more contemporary composers (in terms of presenting and content) and widening the scope to include film soundtracks etc. I think it sounds interesting, actually.