Derek Robinson

Bob Dylan

#NowPlaying Bob Dylan

Let’s not exaggerate their chances of getting it though, look at the remaining fixtures

“I see you’ve still got that extra finger you grew specially for me”

They’ll be all over the floor and under the furniture within half an hour

Obviously not the point but it reminds me of people announcing the result of a poll of inanimate things like the subjects might be reading. “Well done and congratulations to Yellow Submarine, holding off a late challenge from Tomorrow Never Knows to be named the nation’s favourite Beatles song”

Blue Öyster Cult

#NowPlaying Blue Öyster Cult

When there was an animal park at Cricket St Thomas in Somerset (late noughties) we were visiting when a couple of lemurs got out of the enclosure and were loose around the park. As we were leaving they’d got into the car park and were going through the bins

Z Z Top

#NowPlaying Z Z Top

Kirsty MacColl

#NowPlaying Kirsty MacColl

Ice cream should have been free for being such a brave lad. Tesco in Braintree? Was in there a couple of years ago, on foot, and no kidding it took me about ten minutes to find my way out of the car park

All the camera crew are ex-World War Two searchlight operators

Nik Kershaw

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Good gag though

Nobody should choose their own nickname, that’s not how it works

The two studies are a couple of people he knows, who each know a Jewish chap who they think is a bit odd. Can’t just be coincidence

Don’t want to be that guy but as breeds they’re clearly built differently. The technique the border collie uses there probably isn’t available to any other breed (perfect size and agility for that test). Huskies don’t lack energy but they’re all about stamina and endurance

It’s how politics works though

Timo the sausage restricting my circulation

Not, like, needy or anything

Interpol

#NowPlaying Interpol

R. E. M.

#NowPlaying R. E. M.

The girl who played Rapunzel should have gone on to greater things.

It’s certainly strange to think she’s LOTO. It’s also strange to think that she’s my MP because she has no local profile whatsoever

It makes quite an effective, if unintentional,TL:DR.

I almost met him. I went into a bookshop 150 miles from home to get his most recent one, and he was there the following week to sign it

Let’s see if she can name three

Yes I do

“Find your ‘R Indrs”

Talking Heads

#NowPlaying Talking Heads

My dad has it on yellow vinyl

Always thought of Cleverly as one of the better ones; then he became Home Secretary and got fully behind all the utter bollocks because it was best for his career. He should be able to go back to being the only chance they’ve got to become credible again.