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Sam and I encounter the Cottingley Fairies (also at the National Media Museum or whatever they're calling it these days). Proof, if proof were needed, that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was right!
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Snapshots #462: Songs About Parts Of A House
From the Doors, all around the house... here's some songs you might hear if an estate agent is showing you round.
15. Cromwell flattened them.
English Civil War history lesson required.
14. Sweet transvestite.
Frank N Furter himself...
13. I'll give you half a dozen to sweeten the deal, fella.
Six to the Sugar, man.
Sixto Rodriguez - Halfway Up The Stairs
12. Found inside the Eiffel Tower.
Eiffel Tower.
Felt - Don't Die On My Doorstep
The tube of you directed me towards the Samaritans when I tried to find that song.
11. The rooster raced away from Duane and Floyd.
The cock ran from two Eddies.
Eddie Cochran - Sittin' In The Balcony
10. Disrupting the proton laws.
"Proton laws" was an anagram.
Snow Patrol - Crack the Shutters
9. Playing bass in That Irish Band makes him very happy.
Adam Clayton plays bass in That Irish Band. God knows how he manages to stay Merry, working with those other twonks.
Merry Clayton - The Doorbell Rings
8. Milk, sugar, cornflour.
The ingredients of a...
Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling
7. Is that the best that you can do, Faith and Ant?
"The best that you can do" is the subtitle of Arthur's Theme. Faith and Ant are Adams.
Arthur Adams - You've Got The Floor
6. Small erasers.
5. Card-carrying and paid up.
The Members - Rat Up A Drainpipe
4. She has a Clown... and keeps in with Mr. Brown (for his money).
Cathy's Clown meets Dennis "Money In My Pocket" Brown.
3. Moving Number 10 from London to Manchester might cause this...
Northern Uproar - From A Window
2. Angelic boss is also loaded.
Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors
1. JFK commission unmasks German Numero Uno.
The people investigating JFK's assassination were the Warren Commission. A German Number One might be "Ze von!" (in a really bad German accent, with apologies to Walter).
Indisputably today's best song...
Warren Zevon - Desperados Under The Eaves
Get back in the Snapshots house next Saturday.
Saturday, 22 August 2026
Saturday Snapshots #462
Who are these people and how are their songs connected?
15. Cromwell flattened them.
14. Sweet transvestite.
13. I'll give you half a dozen to sweeten the deal, fella.
12. Found inside the Eiffel Tower.
11. The rooster raced away from Duane and Floyd.
10. Disrupting the proton laws.
9. Playing bass in That Irish Band makes him very happy.
8. Milk, sugar, cornflour.
7. Is that the best that you can do, Faith and Ant?
6. Small erasers.
5. Card-carrying and paid up.
4. She has a Clown... and keeps in with Mr. Brown (for his money).
3. Moving Number 10 from London to Manchester might cause this...
2. Angelic boss is also loaded.
1. JFK commission unmasks German Numero Uno.
Answers tomorrow morning!
Friday, 21 August 2026
One Track Summer #19: ...And Automobiles
To end the week, a handful of songs that follow on nicely from yesterday's post...
Thursday, 20 August 2026
One Track Summer #18: Planes, Trains...
Everyone knows the signature tune of Gladys Knight & The Pips, the huge 1973 hit (although it didn't make the UK charts until three years later) in which Gladys catches a late train back to Georgia to be with the man she loves, because she'd "rather live in his world than live without him in mine".
Not everyone knows that the song originally featured an entirely different destination, and mode of transportation.
And even if you did know that, did you know that Jim Weatherly wrote the song following a conversation with Farrah "Jill Munroe" Fawcett, shortly after she'd started dating Lee "Steve Austin / Colt Severs" Majors? It sounds like Farrah would have gone anywhere to be with Lee, even if it involved taking a midnight plane to Houston...
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