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Our posts crossed. I put it in Curse of the Eurovision with a link. It would be handy if there was a function where you could post to mutiple topics at the same time. Please no......

Re: Herman Wouk Raped my Dad Have you got that copyrighted or can I nick it as the name of my next band?

No! Honestly?

Our posts crossed. I put it in Curse of the Eurovision with a link. It would be handy if there was a function where you could post to mutiple topics at the same time.

The Boy Stood on The Burning Deck, Playing A Game of Cricket The Ball Rolled up his trouser leg and stumped his middle wicket Judge Dread 1972 Bugger. Too late!

I thought I remembered that, but there's no mention of him in the BBC report, although various other blokes are namechecked. I think you're confusing her with Stephanie de Sykes.

The boy stood on the burning deck, Eating some cream crackers, A flame shot up his trouser leg, and burnt off both his knackers.

No I think he was already quite good at it.

R.I.P Lynsey De Paul 1977 : 'Rock Bottom' 2014 : 'Soiled Bottom'

I quite like some of the stuff on Tony Banks' solo albums Bankstatement and Still where he uses a range of guest vocalists including Nik Kershaw and Fish. A lot of hit and miss but some really good tracks.

From The Beano/Dandy circa 1970: Rose's all red Violet's all blue George's all pink And Harry is too Here you see why They look strange today Big tins of paint And me with dad's spray. It might have been in a Minnie the Minx story.

Yeah I'm guessing he is what you could call a very aggressive outpatient. The guy already says motherfucker 300 times a day in normal life, imagine what he's like at the moment lulz. Long distance lorry drivers get a raw deal when it comes to working conditions. they're expected to deliver by a deadline regardless of road closures and adverse weather conditions. Plus sometimes the hitch-hikers they pick up fight back and they have to cosh them with a steering lock before they rape/murder them.

Just been an item on radio 4 that it's National poetry day today... Roses are red Violets are blue So goes the age old rhyme. But I know roses are blue and violets are red 'cos I've seen 'em hanging on the line*. Benny Hill circa 1975

Jimmy Carter, one of the few modern politicians whom I respect.

In a small act of defence for Mr Collins if you think We Can't Dance is bad the Collinsless Calling All Stations is much worse. Yes, I know the album well. Yes, most of it is terrible but I like "One Man's Fool" so the album ends on a positive note. "Small Talk" is virtually unlistenable, "Alien Afternoon" would be okay-ish but for the fact that it is a rehash of "Keep it Dark" from 16 years earlier and "Dividing Line", "Uncertain Weather" and "There Must be Some Other Way" are Banks at his most bombastic and generic. Hard to believe the bloke wrote "Island in the Darkness" for his 'Strictly, Inc." solo album at around the same time. That was one of his finest hours and in direct contrast to this sludge. (If you haven't heard "Island in the Darkness" go and listen to it on YouTube RIGHT NOW and, as you do so, imagine it being included on Calling All Stations instead of whichever three songs from that album you despise the most. Here is the link: ) I wouldn't mind hearing Phil cover something like "Shipwrecked" or "If That's What You Need" just to see if he could put some more life into those songs and it is the sort of commercial love ballad material that would appeal to him. I feel there is potential in them but it is buried deep. Of course, they could just turn out sappy in his hands... It is a pity he didn't try one of them during the "Live Over Europe" reunion album, just for something different. Why, oh why, couldn't Banks and Rutherford have taken a leaf out of Gabriel's book and taken some risks and thrown in just a couple of avante-garde numbers? Even the otherwise uber-commercial Invisible Touch had the little synth experiment, "The Brazilian" to end on a strong note but that last vestige of experimentation had disappeared when the sludgy We Can't Dance and Calling All Stations were released.