Last night we watched 'Best Before Death' a documentary featuring Bill Drummond on his 12 year world tour. It was as good as I had hoped. Ever since the flm was first shown last year at a number of events that I would not have been able to attend for strings of reasons, I have been trying to get a copy, and would have paid a lot of money for a pirated version. Npow it is on BBC iPlayer for free. Check it pout.
And what have I got to say for myself today? Not a lot. An old mate whom I haven't seen in over forty years has got in touch on Facebook, and I hopoe that this will lead to alcohol and reminiscing.
Blessed be.
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In this humorously eschatological issue, Alan reports on the End of the World Party in Yorkshire, Graham reports on the death of ex-Hawkwind drummer Martin Griffin, Jon muses on Paul McCartney, Bill Drummond and various other things, Iccy meats Neal X from Sigue Sigue Sputnik, and Doug gives us part two of his article about the immortal and invisible Terry Hall.
And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney and Friday Night Progressive AND Canterbury sans Fronieres AND Merrell Fankhauser, but no sign of Strange Fruit this week, there is a column from Kev Rowland, but Mr Biffo, and C J Stone, and Neil Nixom abd Roy Weard, are on hiatus. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and antichinuses who have lost their shoes (OK, nothing to do with tiny marsupials who are searching for their footwear, but I got carried away with things that rhymed with OOOOS) than you can shake a stick at. And the best part is IT's ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!
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