Thanks Twang. I Googled and discovered the Led by Donkeys FB page.

So painfully funny,

You are all going to shoot me down in flames for this one: it’s not exactly Walk On By

But it was an enormous hit at the beginning of the year.

Personally, I’m up for a warts n all glimpse of the Zeitgeist. […]

If I have annoyed Nigel F today, my day has not been wasted.

After a few hours wait I got my mail from them, but the link sent me to a 502 Bad Gateway page.

I will wait and retry tomorrow.

With a big […]

Now an example of a kind of bragging in reverse.

Shirl here is wearing a designer outfit and is dripping with jewels. She stays in the poshest hotel in town and gets to the gig by limo. Millionnaires are standing […]

And so is Kid Creole!

A truly wonderful thing!

And all done so beautifully tongue in cheek. The routine with his little black book is hilarious.

Good work, Gary!

Incidentally, this petition can be signed by both UK residents and UK citizens.

I just signed and I am going to encourage all my pals here to do likewise.

When the Brexit referendum […]

A spaghetti western gem from Booker T that charted in 69.

Alternatively, here it is reggae style by the Harry J Allstars.

Butterfingers Jim is what they used to call him! Dropping albums all the time.

I can’t help but be reminded of the murder (assassination?) of Olof Palme here in Sweden.

There are many differences but there is the same feeling of something unspeakable happening, after which things would n […]

In 1969, James Taylor dropped the album Sweet Baby James and this gorgeous single.

It made no impression on the charts whatsoever.

Thanks Black! I read about him and it brightened my day enormously.

A simple, very articulate statement about choosing friendship and empathy over hate and violence.

Good on him!

Wise words from DBP. Just enjoy yourself!

Don’t burn a million quid and if do you run into the ghost of Tammy Wynette, just make your excuses and leave,

I can understand Neil Finn’s reaction. but am very grateful that you took another route, Mousey, and shared your personal feelings about this hideous crime and your home country with us.

Yes, I agree that it […]

Absolutely XSG! No musical portrait of the year would be complete without Z & E!

Where did they come from? Where did they go? Back to the future?

A labor of love, Tigs. A lot of memories of lounging carefree in the Perfumed Garden. And a lot of new discoveries and connections I can see now that we’re not so apparent then.

Locus classicus! A marvellous new Latinism that i will endeavour to use.

The Classical scholars of yore are alive and well and living in the Perfumed Garden.

Was Troutmask a good or a bad thing for Mr […]

The Lizard King complete with a rather substantial brass section.

Touch me (from the Soft Parade). Their third most successful single!

Footage from the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, which “was considered a […]

No barrel-scraping here!

Darkness, darkness by the Youngbloods is a doozy. Peel was rather fond of the Youngbloods.

I only realised this morning that it is another Nam song.

“In an interview published […]

The IKEA Megastore at the King’s Curve is a place where many young Stockholmers go to buy the furniture for their first home. Many of these are I am sure newly engaged young couples.

So to hear The Beautiful […]

Vincent just paid tribute to the late, great Andre Williams.

Here is one of his singles from 1969.

We don’t many songs about girdles these days. Spotify scarcely seemed to know what it was.