as a funeral celebrant this was a very weird time for me … very busy sadly with 501 funerals conducted in two years but not a proper chance for the family to say goodbye with people having to select which […]

and something from the lady who has taken on Prince’s funk Janelle Monae

from the album Discosis (which is very funky throughout) it’s this brilliant track from Bran Van 3000 with vocals by the masterful Curtis Mayfield (If I remember correctly it was his final recorded vocals) time […]

this exhibition is very tempting might make a weekend of it and visit the Leigh Bowery exhibition at Tate Modern as well which opens on Thursday of this week

The cricket bat which appears on the White Stripes album ‘Elephant’ used to belong to Kiwi batting ace Kane Williamson

writers of the brilliant This Country Daisy May and Charlie Cooper

Terry Cooper of Leeds United in the 70’s

@hubert rawlinson muddy Funster was another I remember which for many years was the name of our quiz team

@mikethep welcome to the Cotswolds … unaffordable properties and posh totty galore

well said @Black Celebration if it wasn’t for Smash Hits (which drew messrs Hepworth and Ellen together) we wouldn’t have a forum to share our varied views and experiences on and how boring would that be

I’m with you on this @Freddy Steady … our esteemed overlords Hepworth and Ellen led a team of very established journalists including Tom Hibbert and Miranda Sawyer, and it was great reading through my teen years […]

bloody hell, i forgot Viz i also forgot Deadline (with Tank Girl) and Andy Warhol’s Interview … bugger all fashionable happens in the Cotswold’s, I had to live the London/New York life through Interview, the […]

many over the years Beano Monster Fun Smash Hits NME Melody Maker Record Mirror Face Blitz Arena Select Q Vox Neon Sky Loaded Wisden & the Cricketer Empire Word dabbled in Mojo, Rolling […]

i have really enjoyed the Heritage Chart show Show with Sian Pattenden and Pete Paphides with different guests discussing Mike Read’s weird TV chart show, however they don’t seem to have done new episodes for a while sadly

used to be told i looked like Charlie Sheen then a few years ago I was mistaken for Jack Black whilst in Vegas

@Rigid Digit … growing up a lettuce and salad cream sandwich on a Sunday afternoon in the sun was a real treat , I still love salad cream

Jake Shillingford shared this tribute on the My Life Story Facebook page There are many brilliant eulogies by proper journalists out there this weekend but I thought I’d just write my own personal story from […]

not an 80’s movie so this following track shouldn’t really feature but you have mentioned Emir Kusterica and Goran Bregovic so have this from 93’s Arizona Dream which features vocals from Iggy

@Kaisfatdad … it is one of my desert island movies, so many hilarious quotable lines and every time you watch it you spot something new

this is possibly one of the most amazing things i heard at the time. it is also perfect for listening to when driving through London at night