Paying their Dues

The BBC reported last week that there are no new live acts coming along to fill the shoes of the musical Mega-Stars. A staggering 94%

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Free Downloads? I think not!

Back in April, I was moved to write a piece about illegal downloading and the abuse of IP (Intellectual Property for those of you who

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Music, What Music?

              I was at a BBQ the other night and during a conversation the subject of original music cropped up. So what happened to it? All of a sudden the whole of ...

Oy, Pull your pants up!

Now I'm far from old-fashioned, but I have to admit, that whoever invented the fashion of lads wearing their jeans half way down their arse needs shooting! Lads, it's not ...

Where do Peas come from?

A teacher recently asked her class, “Where do Peas come from?” An enthusiastic pupil put up his hand. “Iceland, Miss” was the reply! The trouble is, he really believed it! I got to ...

Hands off, that’s mine!

OK so here’s the scenario. Your favourite band has just released its new album, so you wander down to HMV in town, find it in the racks and just stroll ...