The verse is Shampoo’s Trouble.

What really did for Stevie in the UK was the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert. He got on stage, only to discover that someone had nicked the hard drive of his Synclavier & his 25 minute programmed set went out […]

Some of us have crap skin. A tattoo on me would look as though it’s accompanied by a description in Braille.

The first episode has a wonderful scene, showing through his eyes all the changes in London while he’s been inside.
Watching it a few years ago, it was a nostalgic look back, seeing everything through the o […]

There was a radio doco about 25 years ago that covered the same ground, saying that the Beatles were like car mechanics. With their early Hamburg days, they’d played so many covers that they’d “stripped the engin […]

Part of it is convention. Occasionally there’ll be a solo recital where the pianist is going to perform “from memory” or without a score, but it’s not the norm.
Similarly, actors learn their lines, but authors […]

If you want some more information on Hunky Dory, there’s this 45 minute interview with Ken Scott.
The host is a bit annoying, but Ken Scott is quite informative.

I had the Pfizer jab 3 weeks ago. I received a text on the Friday afternoon, with a link to 3 local sites, and had the injection (at what was my nursery school) 9am Sunday morning.
The set up was very well run, […]

You’re welcome!
Hunky Dory was the first Bowie album I bought, when I was ten, and remains a favourite. The “big boys” from the choir trip I’d been on were praising Aladdin Sane, but the shop assistant said th […]

More than the cross pollination, was the fact that they both were both recorded at Trident Studios, using the same, very distinctive piano.
Ken Scott replied to a query on a Steve Hoffman thread:

“It was a B […]

You must have had the Pfizer jab then.
The AstraZeneca vaccine, being British, has an Amstrad chip in it – like that’s going to work!

One of the saddest deaths of last year was the tennis commentator David Mercer. He was intelligent, articulate & enthusiastic. He was not afraid of criticising the players, as is shown here.
(Go to 1.20 if you […]

It’s the smaller British features I find particularly interesting & have me looking on reelstreets for the locations. Last weekend there were two great curios.

In the “Saturday Morning Pictures” slot, the Child […]

Glee did a mashup of “Don’t stand so close to me” & “Young Girl” but they rejigged the lyrics slightly to make it that the school girl is infatuated.

One very sensible suggestion I read the other week, was to take a picture of the remote control, so that when you’re guiding them over the phone, you can clearly explain which button you mean.

I immediately thought of this by Darts. Annual County Fair. I only ever heard it acapella, when they performed a session for Charlie Gillett on Radio London, before they hit the charts.
I’m not sure if it was e […]

Being out of contract, I changed my Virgin package today & found it surprisingly easy.
Ringing 150 & choosing thinking of leaving (option 4) I first had a recorded message saying they’d reduce it by £4 for the ne […]

On a miserable day in a rubbish year, this has put a smile on my face & given me something to look forward to in 2021. Thanks for posting

The Steve Lukather autobiog “the gospel according to Luke” is a 99p last minute deal

GCU-Grey-Area is the “Knowledge of All Fonts” then?