Denim “Summer smash” (August 1997)

“‘Cos I think I’m gonna come/Straight in at #1/& stay there all summer…”

You would’ve too, Loz, if Paris Hilton slash Mother Teresa had deigned to wear a seatbelt (now then, as it ‘appens, goodness gracious, guyz’n'galz, clunk click)…whadda tune.

Go to http://fireescapetalking.blogspot.com/ for that which cannot be found here. G’wan.

What a bunch of fucking rotters

  

 

“Sitting here in Queens/Eating refried beans”

To quote a recently departed sage:

“You can’t judge a book by looking at the cover”.

Frijoles refritos are, in the parlance of young persons nowadays, “the bomb”. Go here for info:

http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/001606refried_beans.php

Yummy!

King Tubby & Soul Syndicate “Great stone”

What a fantastic sound sculpture. At least the equal of Varese’s “Poeme electronique” or the original “Dr Who” theme. Find it on here

One of the great innovators of music.

“The world is full of fools…”

…but, sadly, no longer this one.

For over 30 years Kevin Coyne gave his all to producing some of the most committed, honest, ravishing music you’re ever likely to hear. This splendid site gives you much of it:

http://kevincoyne.blogspot.com/

No recommendation I could make of Kevin Coyne’s music would be sufficient. Judge for yourself.

 

Are you a Friend Of Ted?

You should be

what with him being the 2nd best priest and all.

His achievements are unrivalled

he has always upheld the values of the Church

and the money was just resting in his account.

So go here

http://www.friendsofted.org/

and do what needs to be done. You’ll make an old man very happy.

Asparagus sin drone

14 years ago I was diagnosed with this

Learn more about it at

http://www.autism.org.uk/asperger

These are some folk thought to have or have had it too

 You may also benefit by perusing this entry from a rather splendid site:

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Asparagus_Syndrome

Both links (and sites) are well worth investigating, quite possibly for vastly different reasons.

D is for…

The one and only

Check out this bonzer site for more info on yer man here and on other groovy Antipodean animals:

http://www.australianfauna.com/

What do Steve Davis, John Lydon, Graham Massey, Paul McCartney, Antoine de Caunes, Jim Davidson and your genial host have in common?

We all love these lads

The mighty Magma

Here’s their current record label:

http://www.seventhrecords.com/

and here’s a great interview with leader Christian Vander

http://www.furious.com/Perfect/magma2.html

 Zeuhl sun noszfeuhl kalain, as we say on Kobaia.

“I opened the door for a lot of people and they just ran through and left me holding the knob”