Thank You Very Much / August 17 2007
It’s hard to believe that it is only 30 years since Elvis Presley died. It seems like yesterday. (Sigh.)
I was only a twinkle in my father’s eye when the famous singer shrugged off his mortal coil whilst trying to empty his bowels on a toilet in Memphis back then in ’77, but I remember it [...]
The Artist Formally Available in Record Stores / July 16 2007
I am somewhat concerned that Planet Earth, the new album from Prince, the artist formerly known as ‘the artist formerly known as Prince’, was given away free this weekend with the Mail On Sunday newspaper here in the UK.
Prince probably feels that he has employed some clever marketing tactics and has outsmarted the record industry [...]
By Popular Demand / June 26 2007
I have been asked by several people after the Classic Lines post to include several examples of my own song lyrics. (Oh gosh darn it, I’m blushing now.) I do not like singing my own praises, as it were, but here are a few that I am particularly proud of:
‘Nice bloke, he’s the cheekiest chappie
He’s [...]
Bad Hair Day / June 2 2007
I have just made my hairdresser cry. She was only a young girl – a trainee, I believe.
‘Very short, please. About a one-inch-length all over.’ I told her upon my arrival at the new and very cheerful little barbers in the village. It costs a modest £5 to have one’s hair fashioned and styled at [...]
Big Pop Rocks! / May 7 2007
I just thought I would remind you that the Something For The Weekend EP by ENORMOUS is still available as a free download from the enormousreloaded.com website.
The featured tracks, taken from all three ENORMOUS albums for sale on Big Arena Records are:
1/Being Very Fair (taken from the album Electric Baby Grand);
2/Stand Up (taken from the [...]
