Last year was interesting. Hopefully this year will be as much fun.

I thought I would select a suitably spooky track. I’d forgotten this song existed until I saw Donnie Darko. A classic from the 80s with hair styles to match. It takes me back to my college days.

The line “Fate, up against your will” has been the theme of my adult life. But, I’ve survived the horror show. I am living the life I choose to live. I am happy doing so.

Screw fate!

New Labour still think they can win the next election. It was their conference this week. I can barely watch them any more, my blood boils within a minute. I have to turn the TV off.

Watching the usual suspects trying to spin their way out of the latest screw-up brought this song to mind.

It’s by Tracy Chapman and from one of my all time favourite albums. My best memory of TC was her playing the Nelson Mandela gig at the old Wembley in the late 80′s. She stole the show with a brilliant set.

Why is a bit naive in places, but the general message is spot on. For NuLab spin doctors, PR goons and hacks old and new.

May you reap what you have sown……

As I walked in the door the first question I heard was, “On what album, produced by Ian Hunter did Davis Bowie play the saxophone?”

Does anyone know stuff like that? If they do, are they allowed out of their institutions often?

Seriously, WTF? The answer should be, “Get a life.”

So we decided to give the Rock Quiz a miss and head off down the High Street. We ended up in the local Witherspoon’s bar, “The Standing Order.” This place gets its name from the fact it is a converted bank.

Anyway they are selling Green King IPA for 99 pence a pint and will be until April. It costs £2.55 a pint in the Red.

Result.

As you can imagine with beer selling at 99p a pint, the place was packed. With some of the clientèle looking as if they had seen better days. And that’s coming from someone who definitely knows about these things.

This explains why the “The Standing Order” is known locally as “The Bouncing Cheque.”

So for tonight’s music we have a David Bowie track I have no idea who played what on it, or who produced it. It is a great great track and music is for listening to, not answering dumb, boring trivia questions on.

Last week the News of the World published a video diary in which Prince Harry, the third in line to the throne, calls one of his then Sandhurst colleagues a “Paki”. I thought I would add my reaction to the prince’s racist term.

Here’s Adamski & Seal with “Killer”. This song takes me back to some very strange days in 80′s London. Get you Rubik’s cubes out.