In which we cast a warm but appraising glance in the direction of the weeks news and alight upon the following sizzling topics   the best media job in the world.  the most played record in the history of the BBC.  the Avengers franchis

Andrew Lauder started the Radar, F-Beat and Demon labels, worked at Liberty, Stiff and United Artists and signed (or licensed) and helped shape the careers of countess acts weve loved over the years, among them the Bonzos, Hawkwind, Captain Beefheart, JJ

Whistling, clicking our heels, swinging round lampposts and lobbing the odd shiny florin to a flaxen-haired child, this weeks free-wheeling navigation of the rock and roll boulevard alights upon the following hot topics   why Indie music is like s

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Whistling, clicking our heels, swinging round lampposts and lobbing the odd shiny florin to a flaxen-haired child, this weeks free-wheeling navigation of the rock and roll boulevard alights upon the following hot topics   why Indie music is like s

Sauntering in carefree, conversational mode down the rock and roll bridleway this week, pausing briefly to lean against a tree and tootle upon a mouth-organ, we came across the following   bands with no original members left - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Motor

Things in the crosshairs this week include   why it took 34 years to get De La Soul on a streaming service.  Radio 2s ham-fisted handling of the departure of Ken Bruce and are R2 and Greatest Hits Radio two bald men fighting over a comb if

Karen Carpenter died 40 years ago at the age of 32, a life mapped out in a new biography by Lucy OBrien called Lead Sister. Its a chilling, cautionary tale of how she and her brother became international stars and the devastating personal repercussions

The teenage Michael Cragg was obsessed with the glorious shiny ludicrous pop of the period that began with the Spice Girls, included HearSay, Five, Steps, Atomic Kitten, Blue and countless others and ended with the closure of Popworld and Smash Hits te

This weeks crackling logs on the conversational fire include   the attractively unchanging sound of Joe Henrys 15 albums (the man PRs still sell as Madonnas brother-in-law).  the 45th anniversary of David and Marks first meeting at an