The Who at Glastonbury

That set list in full Theme from ‘CSI’ Track ripped off from ‘Quadrophenia’ Theme from ‘CSI: Miami’ Another track shamelessly ripped off from ‘Quadrophenia’ Theme from ‘CSI: New York (Series 5)’ Song ripped off from ‘Tommy’ Theme from ‘CSI: Special Victims Unit’ Encore: Terrible cover version of ‘My Generation’ by The Zimmers

June 25, 2007

quiet, loud and very loud

A great weekend for the middle-aged, barstool musical correspondent. Music and chat from Iggy and The Stooges on Jonathan Ross. I never realised ‘Elves’ by The Fall was such a complete rip-off of ‘I wanna be your dog’. Seven Ages of Rock Black Flag, R.E.M, Pixies and Nirvana. ‘Some people can not do that and will not do that.’ (simple bass riff) - Kim Deal on ‘Where is my mind’ ‘It had to end right there. Right with that scream. Right with that song. Right with that howl’ - Scott Litt on Kurt Cobain’s final words on ‘Where Did You Sleep Last Night’ ...

June 24, 2007

Theatre of Comedy

Moss Side, near Manchester, England - Friday 22 June 2007 The hopes and dreams of the loyal and long suffering supporters of the popular football club, Manchester City, were cruelly shattered last night when the former Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra suddenly withdrew from takeover negotiations and and unexpectedly deposited his £81 million from a brown paper bag into an unnamed Swiss bank account. In an exclusive interview, Mr. Shinywart explained: ...

June 22, 2007

the King is dead, long live the King

Trevor Phillips makes an early (and unexpected) bid to succeed Bernard Manning.

June 19, 2007

weekend roundup

Phew - what a relief. I often spend a night in the pub or a whole weekend at a beer festival and am completely flummoxed by such trick questions on my return such as ‘Well - what did you actually talk about ?’ or worse, ‘How are Janet, Jonathan, Jennifer and Jocasta ?’ A peculiar challenge for modern day parents: How do you ask your teenage son to tidy his room ? Seems straightforward but not so easy when he gave you the silent treatment for 10 whole years just because you gave consent for his tonsils to be removed. Let’s just hope his schoolmates don’t take the mickey out of his surname. ...

June 18, 2007