Velvet Trousers Hangers? Yes, sir. You’ll find them over there next to the

I’ve just been reading a book about Cicero by the pool (Lustrum). As soon as he saw off the threat to the republic, guess what?

Oh yes.

Yeah! I had a listen to Wishing On A Star the other day. At the time I was annoyed at sort of catching it in passing and feeling I was missing something. It’s in the Smith & Mighty Walk On mould isn’t it? See also Only Love Can Break You Heart and Dub Be Good… Any other covers in a UK hip-hop style?

Ooh, dunno. Never had that comp. It says here something to do with Mixmaster Morris??

I’d like there to have been third example of a female UK hip-hop duo sampling an indie band though. If only Lazy & Lisa had got Coldcut to sort out a jam with The Fall instead of dissing Derek B

Part of the Ruthless Rap Assassins expanded universe Kiss AMC were liking indie rock and bands with weird names which seemed a very clever move for uk hip-hop which was too often in thrall to the US at this point. Soho repeated the trick with Hippychick to greater success in the states a year later

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Do Krush count? I heard recently they were scuppered by a knob-head manager trying make Ruth Joy’s solo career work but messing it all up for everyone. He was run out of town (Sheffield) eventually!

Everyone knows that Einstein was desperate to live in someone’s pocket doing whatever they wanted him to. It’s what the absolute smartest people aspire to.