This particular oeuvre was originally offered up to my eager mass audience on the 19th of May 2014 and has subsequently garnered no fewer than two views – the first of which was eight years later. So don’t try and tell me that you’ve already seen it. It was written in response to one of…
Food for thought indeed this week… What is pilau rice? Boiled rice with bits in – and an unjustifiable mark-up. What are Eggs Benedict? A popular breakfast for former Bishops of Rome. What is a soufflé? An ice hockey puck with ideas above its station. What is baked Alaska? An awkward moment for climate change…
This week, Jim has sent us in search of a song from a compilation or ‘Greatest Hits’ album. He may have intended the albums to be by a single artiste or group, but he didn’t specify. However, my first thought – as for probably quite a few British participants – was the long-running ‘Now That’s…
I was an avid (well, sort of) follower of Fandango, but then he had to change his blogging identity and I’ve only just found him again. You can run, but you can’t hide, sir. Anyway, before he melted away, I was thinking about joining in with his Flashback Friday theme, where you reblog an old…
Pogging Pogoing with nothing missing. Simp As far as that meerkat in the TV commercial gets in saying his catchphrase before you throw something at the screen. Bussin Making out on the back row of the National Express coach. Delulu De most famous singer to come out of Glasgow since – oh, I don’t know:…
This week, Jim’s looking for a song from a debut album. By definition, there’s a massive field to choose from: after all, any band or artiste who’s ever put out an album (I’m struggling not to type ‘LP’ here) has had a debut LP (I give up). However, very few have announced themselves to the…
What is a lover’s knot? The male equivalent of a chastity belt. Where is the Milky Way? Still on the shelf. I’d much rather have a Crunchie. What is a bellyflop? An unsuccessful sumo wrestler. Why do they say ‘break a leg’ before a performer goes on stage? Because they’re the understudy and the critics…
This week, Jim is seeking a track from an album that features in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. This was first published in 2003, revamped a little in 2012 and given a complete makeover in 2020 and again in 2023. To be frank, I focused my quest on…
Courtesy of the estimable Jim Adams, this week we have to tell porkies about ancient Egypt. Who was buried in King Tut’s tomb? Shergar Why did the Sphinx have a lion’s body and a human head? Because it was easier to do it like that rather than the other way round. What month of the…
This week, Jim’s after something from one of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’s definitive list of the top 200 albums. Well, nestling there at #20 (too low, some might say) is the Grateful Dead’s 1970 masterpiece ‘American Beauty’, of which this is the opening track, here presented in an acoustic performance from 1980.…
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