Gazza Numan gets into advertising - why does he always make me laugh?

The 'Golden Generation' anyone?

Amidst the whirlwind of bullshit surrounding the election, you may of missed news of Lena Horne's passing - from another era for sure, but you seldom see such classy performers these days.

I started out at the beginning of this bloody election campaign with a clear opinion on where my smudge was going to end up - three weeks down the line I could happily decapitate all politicians, along with every simpering media tw*t shoving it down my throat.

For all of a similar outlook, this should make you smile...

Next week the missus and I are taking our first camping holiday.
We've splashed out on a 4-man tent, and various pieces of equipment, and are now praying for good weather (in the Lake District.....yeah, don't laugh).

Can the massive give any advice, warnings or tales of experiences under canvas?
All my friends seem to find the very idea side-splitting, to the extent I'm bloody determined to enjoy the experience.

Are we liking the Olympic rollercoaster, or is it a massive waste of money and aesthetically pish?

Just watched Eddie Izzard - Marathon Man on BBC3, and whilst Eddie never really crossed my radar much comedy-wise, I would urge all you Wordsters to catch up on the iPlayer.

Fantastic feat (feet?), and he seems like a truly nice bloke - Well done Ed.

This is either atrocious or very wonderful, I'll let you decide.

However it can't be denied that it's just wrong on so many levels.

I've been thinking about my late Father today, don't know what brought it on (he passed on 31 years ago), but it got me thinking about great songs written about Fathers.

Here are two of my favourites.

Martin Simpson - "Never Any Good"

Horace Silver - "Song For My Father"

What are Wordsters favourite or most poignant 'Father' songs?

I reckon it's time for 'Ole Starkey to pack it in, not only is this barely listenable, but it's fairly creepy too.

Something that came to my attention which may interest/amuse/infuriate you moptop Worders -

http://thebeatlescompleteonukulele.blogspot.com/

Two performers Roger & Dave set out their mission statement.

A) Record & perform on ukulele all 185 original compositions by The Beatles with 185 guest artists.

B) Write essays to coincide with each release.

C) Make available for download one new recording and essay every Tuesday for 185 weeks, beginning January 20, 2009 (Inauguration Day) and climaxing July 31, 2012 (The eve of the London Olympics).

Stuck in the house on a Friday evening stocked up with Veno's and Ibuprofen I thought it was time to dust off the old chestnut (ooh missus!) that is The Fantasy Dinner Party.

You can have four guests from the history of popular music, not letting a minor setback like death limit your choice.

Who would you choose and why?

I'll kick off (and it probably would) with :
Phil Spector
Lee Perry
Joe Meek
Jerry Lee Lewis

Smart/Casual/Bulletproof Vest.
Probably best not to quibble over the splitting of the bill.
I reckon any party with a guest list like this would go with a bang.

Over to the Masseeve.....

I wouldn't be surprised if this has been posted on here in the dim distant past, but for relative newcomers, this might make you smile....

It's that time of year again - has it ever been expressed in a more wonderfully moving manner than by Alan Hull?

Elvis Costello once said its the best song he's ever heard - he probably says that quite a lot, but I wouldn't argue with him on this occasion.

Back in the not so glorious 80's, every US TV drama seemed to have weird guest stars...... Miami Vice always seemed to have the most bizarre.

I give you....Leonard Cohen!

Does this kind of malarkey still go on?