The American vocal group The Marvelettes nearly broke up in 1963 because of vexatious litigation by by the comics company Marvel.
Small Beer
Inconsequential items of no fixed abode
Edam
Cut The Blue Wire
The Cure’s song All Cats Are Grey is a rumination by Robert Smith on his colour blindness.
Easily Done
‘Horsham woman mistakes 5 inch long locust found in town supermarket for Christmas ornament’.
West Sussex Country Times 23rd December 2020
Acrididae & The Saviour
The cheery Christmas locust
Brings such warmth and joy
That only a curmudgeon
Would begrudge their crops destroyed
A plague on all the houses
That no not the Mysteries
For it’s written in the Bible
And plain for all to see
Mary’s boy child loved all creatures
Almost equally
But in particular the locust
As a snack with his afternoon tea
Of course the association of Christmas and locusts is another example of the early Christians adopting the Roman approach of co-opting pre-existing traditions.
Edam
The Last To Know
Del Amitri were named after the band’s founder and keyboard player, Derek, who left before their first Peel session.
Edam
Rock On
Darts guitarist George Currie has discovered nearly 700 Neolithic and Bronze Age carvings in Scotland. Thankfully this hasn’t led to a concept album.
Edam
Opus
American composer Steve Reich decided it was best not to publish a Third Symphony.