Would it help even more to stick your pole in your neighbour’s bush?

All my “drinking reds” go in the chiller for half an hour before consumption. [Problem with ice is, it dilutes the alcohol.] A splash of ribena often works wonders on a £4.75 job that turns out a little […]

A very expensive pressed apple juice, I presume.

Any particular variety? Pink Lady?

Punch me in the cakehole, poke me in the eye,
slap me round the fizzog with a squishy fishy pie.
Jiggle up my wiggle with a frizzy-wizzy comb,
throw me through a window when the cows come home.

Wrap me in a […]

I saw the Bill Bailey “Limboland” last night, just on the off chance, and I found it tear-inducingly hilarious. In particular, the “all things considered” section [which almost bled into poetry] and the story […]

About 15 years ago, when the album had been unavailable on CD for some considerable time, I paid £42 – yes, folks, that’s forty-two squids – to buy it off some smart young man on eBay. Needless to say the re […]

You’re thinking of Echo Echo Beach Beach. By Martha & The Bunnymen.

It’s only a matter of time before someone mentions “Echo Beach”

Oh, there you go.

Some time in late 1974 or early 1975, touring to support their debut album “Five-A-Side”, Ace played at Springfields, a restaurant/dancehall on the outskirts of my hometown in the Fens. I was a cub reporter on my […]

Crikey, some of these have got whiskers. How about a new one. I made this up myself…

What keeps the internet running smoothly?

wwwd40.

I should point out, and it’s well documented elsewhere, that this book is littered with factual errors – among them, that Gene Vincent died in the 1960 car crash in Wiltshire that killed Eddie Cochran [he died […]

“Space Oddity” and “Rocket Man”, obvs lol.

Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
[I’m gonna be high as a kite by then]

Tell my wife I love her very much – she knows
[I miss the Earth so much, I miss my […]

I only recently noticed that the first seven notes of “The Sound Of Silence” are identical to those of “Sealed With A Kiss”.

Binged the first two seasons a couple of years ago but haven’t caught up on more recent episodes. I agree on its excellence. Recommend.

I didn’t understand the “science” for the first few episodes, and I feared they might be obfusticating. But I went along with it anyway because the human story was compelling. My faith was rewarded – the DEVS […]

Too slow…

Yes, indeed – that was one of the things I loved about it. That somehow gave it authenticity, like you were watching snippets from real life rather than some souped-up chop-cut drama.

Scary, but loyal and kind of selfless when it came to Forest. I think all the characters had admirable qualities, even the nasty ones. Kenton was a resilient and persistent bastard in the context of older killing machines.

To be honest, Katie was so scary I’d have done anything she told me to do.

Still, I see where you’re going with that. However, as long as there’s ONE world where you don’t fall off the dam wall, isn’t that […]