Are we nearing Beatles Overload? plus the rock star with the most children (41!)
6/8/202649 min
When the pedalo of perusal cruised the lagoon of news this week, it paused to inspect the following ...
… the particular magic of the late-night DJ
… a Get Well card to dear Bob Harris
… is Global Beatles Day a bridge too far?
… the exquisite Britishness of the Manics, the Fall and the Small Faces
… Cyprus Avenue, Soho, Asbury Park … the best places to visit to help you understand an artist who lived there
… how T.Rex and Roxy Music were “too fancy” for America
… Jagger, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Johann Sebastian Bach? Musicians with the most children
… All You Need Is Love – work of genius or “ropey old doggerel”?
Plus birthday guest Paul Thompson, Foghat and watching the One World global-cast on a black and white telly.
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