Cracking Chap / October 17 2007
Nelson’s good friend Pip drove up from London yesterday and popped into the studio to say a quick hello.
‘Crikey, Napoleon - it’s very small, isn’t it?’
‘That’s a rather personal observation, Pip, old chum,’ I told him.
‘I was referring to the studio,’ he laughed.
‘Small but perfectly formed,’ I said with a satisfied grin.
I have decided recently [...]
Galaxy’s Ring Opening / June 21 2007
Nelson was in attendance at the opening night of the Lord of the Rings musical in London’s West End on Tuesday.
Like many of the other critics who were there to witness the results of the £12.5 million that had so far been invested into the production, he was left largely unimpressed.
‘It wasn’t the wonderful experience [...]
Ask Me the Question, Noel / April 20 2007
Due to a fractured ankle bone, I have been forced to take a couple of days off and have had the unfortunate experience of having to endure the execrable nonsense that is daytime television.
I have only had half an eye on the screen – I have been reading Spares by Michael Marshall Smith, mostly – [...]
Kurt Vonnegut RIP / April 12 2007
How sad I am to learn of the death of Kurt Vonnegut.
One of the outstanding figures of modern US literature and of 60s and 70s western counterculture, the writer has died aged 84 in New York.
He has long been one of my favourite authors and indeed, my erstwhile band Slaughterhouse 5 was named for his [...]
Nurse - The Screens! / March 18 2007
It’s easy to criticise the Eurovision Song Contest and the songs that the entrants sing; but spare a thought for all the poor songwriters on Tin Pan Alley, banging away in dusty closets, damp backrooms and frosty booths.
I think we would all agree that, as a whole, the work they produce for the contest isn’t always of [...]
In Quintessence / March 10 2007
Hooray! Squeeze, one of my favourite bands of all time, are reforming for a series of gigs. Hooray!
That’s made my day, that has. (I’m sat here pecking at my keyboard with an Enormous hard-on and wearing a big satisfied grin – nothing else.)
It is no secret how much I admire the songs of Difford and [...]
Telling Teenage Fortunes / March 8 2007
No.6 You will realize that you took your stabilizers off too early. You will realize this only when it is too late to put them back on.
(Today’s playlist:
Brinsley Schwarz - Despite It All
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I am, That’s What I’m Not
Beach Boys – Pet Sounds)
Are You A Virgin Yet? / March 2 2007
Don’t bother.
I for one will be switching from Virgin Media to Sky. I’ve been a customer of Virgin/NTL/Telewest for about 7 years now, and have, by and large, been fairly satisfied with their cable service – for digital TV, broadband internet and telephone.
As you may be aware, as of 1st March, Virgin dropped some BSkyB [...]
Morrissey: Nil Points / February 25 2007
I must say that I am very disappointed to hear that former Smiths singer Morrissey will not after all be involved with the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. In January, the BBC said it was talking to the singer to write and possibly perform a Eurovision track but now says he ‘definitely will not’ be involved.
I [...]
A Close Shave / February 21 2007
Larry Rudolph, Britney Spears’ manager, informs me that the troubled pop singer has gone back into rehab. Apparently, the poor girl checked into an unnamed facility at the request of her mother and other family members.
Britney has been trying to contact me periodically since her much-publicised split from erstwhile paramour Kevin Federline, but we haven’t [...]
