Sincere apologies for lack of blogging; usual reasons - time, busy etc. So much good stuff I see/read/clock and wish I had the time to slam them all up on the web for you and/or as reference.

Anyway, quick one from this Sunday morning's toilet reading (!), "The Observer Music Monthly". Always a great read, particularly the new 'Screen Grabs' column which trawls YouTube for mad music clips (re-printed at end of this blog).

This month's winners include Adam Ant on 'Swap Shop' (yes, Adam needs a cameo in 'Pirates Of The Caribbean III - At World's End' alongside Johnny Depp!) here, talking about recession, tax, multiple personalities and struggling to recall what instruments he can play. Plus Johnny Marr & Morissey visiting a Manchester school in '84 to be interviewed by pupils. Quoting OMM, "Not deflated by the initial question of 'Who are the Smiths?, Morissey explains the moral significance of daffodils to belwidered 10-year olds before they return the favour with a tuneless version of 'There is a Light'.

Other cool bits in the mag include an in-depth interview with Dizzee Rascal on the eve of his 3rd album 'Maths & English' (seriously hot album it is too!) and one of the dons, true legend/character/institution, Sir Jimmy Saville in the 'Record Doctor' column which analyses a celeb's 'musical taste/health', offering a 'prescription' & 'case review'. So Jimmy apparently owns 1 record, David & Marianne Dalmour's 'Love Song'. Stop for a sec. to big up David Dalmour, he invented putting '2 turntables and a microphone' together; yush!! Anyway, back to the Saville anecdotes that rock:

(ON MEETING THE BEATLES):
'So in the canteen afterwards Brian Epstein came up to me and said: "Well, Jim, what did you think of my boys?" I said: "World class." He said: "That's a bit strong." I said: "Brian, watch my lips." He speaks as if addressing the village simpleton. '"World. Class. And watch this space."'

(ON HIS VINYL COLLECTION/DJ-ING):
"Savile has never had much interest in vinyl. This despite the fact that in 1942, in the top room of a building in Belle Vue Road, Leeds, he ensured he would always be synonymous with records when he DJ'd at a 'record dance', the world's first discotheque, with two turntables and an amplifier designed by the late Dalmour.

'Twelve people came,' he says. 'The equipment lasted for an hour and a half and I borrowed eight records from a friend.' Savile, it transpires, borrowed most of his DJ sets. 'You're in Yorkshire now,' he shouts. 'You. Don't. Buy. Things. In. Yorkshire.'"

(ON THE ROLLING STONES & ELVIS PRESLEY):
He'll happily tell you about his rapport with the Stones ('If they had a problem they'd say, "Get Jim in"'), about travelling to the States to give Elvis a gold disc (Colonel Tom Parker said: "You're late." I said: "It's 8,000 miles from my place to here and the traffic was a bit tasty on the road outside your gaff"').

Big up Sir Jimmy's ongoing string vest bizness!!!

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