Anubis the Jackal

This chap could find himself impaled on an alp at some point. "A 48-year-old man from Switzerland has successfully jumped out of a plane over the Alps using a jet propelled hang-glider he built himself Yves Rossy has spent five years training for the event and was helped by four jet engines. "

The Dead Circus by John Kaye is a good novelisation of the Manson case. I'm re-reading it at the moment.

"Mann über das Haus?" I disagree that we're teetering around the Nazi past of Waldheim. We're fairly open about it, I'd have said. Old lying Nazi swine.

A terrible man to be sure, but you have to admit he did a lovely job on that tile work. Anyone got his number?

Edited by the Flemish Liberation Front.

Are the burns from Lutons' infamous plastic pitch?

Do you think they're annoyed that they've just lost the All-Europe Hide and Seek championship to the unfancied Austrians?

A very fine choice of album. Mr Weiss is a great player. For something lighter, I'd recommend Ms. Natalia Paruz, and for something more...peculiar...oh, I can't whore myself like that.

Hello! Yup, old Charlie is dead. I really didn't think he would get much obit action though. If you're starting the saw, I'd reccommend the Sandvikens Stradivarius model

Jim Marshall, designer of the legendary Marshall Amplifiers is wheelchair-bound looking increasingly frail. Would certainly make UK obits.

Sound Control, the largest musical instrument retailer in the UK, is dying...which is not good news for me, personally.

The reading of Humph's will was an emotional occasion: Even Samantha had tears in her eyes when she recieved his horn. She said it was a long time coming but it still made her choke.

...and in other electronic musical pioneers news, Bebe Barron, composer of the Forbidden Planet soundtrack (the first full length, all-electronic score), Seduction through Witchcraft, as well as good mates with Anais Nin has bleeped her last, aged 82.

That was Ron Grainer, with electronics by Delia Derbyshire. Cary did the incidental music. Nit-picking I know, but worth correcting. He also helped develop the awesome VCS 3 Synthesizer

I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Pulse.

Correction: He's booked to come to Maryport. Whether or not he shows up on stage depends on his being paid, upfront, in cash. A (late) friend did a tour with Mr. Berry, and at all times had to wear a large badge emblazoned with "Chucks' Slave" He had a few tales about shows being blown out due to lack of hard dollars upfront.

Design a new logo for the Office of Government Commerce, Which can be rotated through 90 Degrees thus...

Re Fat Franks Mum Another link here.

Brian Davison, drummer from The Nice, is turning nasty.

Big Brother as opposed to its' real name The Final Nail in the Coffin of Humanity. Come Mongol Hordes! Come Sweep Over our Fat Bloated Filth-Ridden Decadent Empire, Grind Our Temples to Dust Beneath the Hooves of your War-Horses, Pull Down Our Idols From Their Temples and use our Fractured Skulls for Drinking Vessels. or Britain's Got Talent C**ts Charter.

Well, the 'Best League In The World' showdown was once again "sh*t hanging from a stick" © Jorge Valdano