I know, I thought his £8,000 spending on his idol’s career-spanning musical output, including live shows, was pretty modest.

We’ll be here forevor.

I got chatting with my spinal surgeon. He actually had quite an interesting back story.

If you have access to a time machine, never go to Camden Town in the late 1970s – that way Madness lies.

A few months ago I posted this joke I made up. Some of you may have missed it…

So I said to Elton John:

“Elton – you’ve written some wonderful music in your time. How would you describe the feeling you g […]

What time does Sean Connery go to Wimbledon?

Tennish.

I was planning to take a nice walk around Portland Bill this morning but a thick fog has come down. So I just can’t see the point.

And the re-establishment of a Hard Border down the middle of the Steptoe house, as in that classic episode where the pair of them fell out [even the TV was split between them – I think Albert ended up with the […]

I have a Yamaha stage piano and an antique harmonium, and I wouldn’t dream of hanging them on a wall.

What is it with you guitar nuts?

I’m too busy [lazy] at the moment to do the actual work, but I’d be grateful if someone else could cover the following juicy-looking clashes:

“The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars” […]

I share your enthusiasm wholeheartedly. I almost dropped a post on Vulfpeck some time ago but plumped instead for Khruangbin. Love them both, but I think the ‘Peck have more genuine joie de vivre while the ‘Bin […]

I think it might be “West of the Rockies”.

I like it!!

I’ve just ordered Elton a crate of pens for autograph signing purposes. He was understandably a bit anxious about quality control. He said, “It’d better not be a huge consignment of dirt-cheap ballpoints.” I said, […]

I like to phonetically spoonerise vowels as well as consonants, sometimes whole syllables.

Every Saturday I lie my truck and buy a couple of tittery lockets. I always go for the lippy ducks. You never know, I […]

Thanks, you’re too kind!!

My excuse is that I’ve just been to see Tim Vine, master of the painfully contrived pun/spoonerism/mishearing, experimenting with material for his upcoming tour. I’ll give you some […]

Northampton’s finest.

First few that spring to mind…

Faron Young, by Prefab Sprout
1952 Vincent Black Lightning, by Richard Thompson
Big Decision, by Elliott Smith

To be honest, Tiggs, I was looking for the number of HIGH-QUALITY songs involving a certain name, rather than simple frequency.