Peggy Lee – “Is That All There Is?”
I broke up with a woman three weeks ago who loves Peggy Lee, and who introduced me to her (and who, and who…) I’ve just been listening to a lot of her stuff again, in alphabetical orde[…]

THINGS THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE (But Pubs Expect Us To Do)
2: Carry more than two drinks to your table.
Three pints of lager and a J20 cannot be transferred from the bar to your thirsty mates without spillage. It’s not as if most pubs don’t […]

TANYA’S RAINBOW OF RUBBISH: Babes In Toyland = “Bruise Violet”
Riot Grrls and I have an unhappy history together, readers. Of course when they turned up they declared war on dreary boyrock, and that’s a battle I’m alway[…]

Speaking of patriotism…: “several other rappers have found themselves in the unusual position of supporting their government. New York collective the Wu-Tang Clan inserted a topical verse into their latest album, Iron Flag, that included […]

GEORGE JONES: Fighting Side Of Me
I’m both an early starter and a latecomer to country. The first record I probably listened to at length was Glen Campbell’s 20 Golden Greats, which my mother used to play incessantly when I was about two.[…]

THINGS THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE (But Pubs Expect Us To Do)
1: Have a shit whilst holding the toilet door shut with out feet.
The cubicle door is always too far away, and the effort expended in keeping the door shut whilst extending the leg appears to clo[…]

Rosemary Squires – “I Poured My Heart Into A Song”
Irving Berlin wrote many songs about music, about singing and showmanship; ‘There’s No Business Like Show Business’ and ‘Just A Couple of Song and Dance Men&[…]

TANYA?S RAINBOW OF RUBBISH: Indigo – MOLOKO
I often wonder exactly what would have happened if the bloke out of Moloko had replied – as obviously would have been the right answer – ?no?. The famous (as famous as any story about Molo[…]

TANYA’S RAINBOW OF RUBBISH XTRA: The Blues
“I woke up this morning”. cf: Any blues song ever written.
I wish you hadn’t.[…]

THE SEVEN DEADLY PUB SINS: 5. Menus On The Table
The pub deadly sins have been quiet for a while. That is because past the first four I could not think of anything which seem so severe as to be a deadly sin. Plenty of annoying incidents occur in the […]