It's hard to believe major world events were introduced by this jaunty little tune for a couple of decades.

The White House announced that Trump was rushed to Walter Reed last night... where he performed sixteen heart transplants simultaneously with one hand tied behind his back. "Sir, sir," the doctors were weeping, "is there anything you can't do?"

Finished John P. Marquand's 1949 novel POINT OF NO RETURN and at no point does the protagonist get hit on the head by a red safe.

Today my listening is guided by a five year old NYT article.

Last word from the Guardian: "Due to a computer error, Middlemarch was accidentally shown as being the number one novel in our list. It should, of course, have been whatever your favorite novel is."

Repost with the Russian agent who spies on your posts.

Highbrow humour time.

Your original power trio; the Three Suns.

Estate sale today, not at George Strait's house.

You think you're doing okay with health insurance until "they" decide not to cover a certain ADD medication and it goes from $78 to $748 a month. (Is it too paranoid to suspect some grovelling to RFK Jr and his quacks at play here?

Serious TV soundtrack music (ie HBO series) seems to be 60% Philip Glass's String Quartet #3, 30% Arvo Pärt's Spiegel im Spiegel and 10% some old cod by Hans Zimmer.

Good to see that George Elliot won the European Song Contest again despite forgoing the thigh boots.

No one mentions the other two books in the trilogy, Lowermarch and Uppermarch.

Austin might not be weird anymore but you still get to hear great stuff like this on the radio on a Saturday morning.

Will be posting my list of 100 best lists shortly.

Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich.

Today's best euphemism.

Sixties French pop that namedrops authors no.1.

No surprises here.

Not sure what the title is but man, I sure do dig it, daddio.

Knockout song on a patchy 1970 album.

Three reasons why I shouldn't have this records.

Still true.

Is it me or are the contents of Following, Discover, and Popular With Friends the same?

First two tracks on this leads you to believe you got a seriously unheard masterpiece from 1970 but it gets unfocused and soggy after that. But this opener is PROPER ROCK.

Has Alex Jones called it a false flag yet?

"CHINNY RECKON!!!" at last reaches the USA.

Have you spent all your pocket money on Record Store Day essentials, kids?

I know I shouldn't but...

While I'm perfectly content with ancient artifacts like my 60+ year old Les and Larry Elgart albums, I've also been giving new music a listen lately and I definitely approve of the Fcukers' Ő, if that's what it's called. I don't have the specialised vocabulary to talk about it though...

That moment when you discover your kids' old babysitter is now the star of Bigfoot with a Meathook and Shotgun Hookers.

Things I'm surprised can continue to exist in the same universe as Donald Trump #1.

Tiny Vinyls - 4" records with poor sound quality, two tracks, $14.99. It's the cute, curated collectible the pop kids want according to Target.

Can I be the first to say that I'm bored with Angine de Poitrine?

North Austin News: Let the world know that nothing says c*nt like a Cybertruck in the Domain.

Sacré français! Okay, you FIP-lovers, you've won me over. Emilie Simon, Ruth, La Feline...

"GIVE ME NEW GOLD AWARD EVERY DAY OR NO MORE BIG BOY SHOES!!!"

Iran's Pre-Revolutionary Psychedelia.

Never before seen shot of James Bolam and Rodney Bewes in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads.

I suppose this means the sequel, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER II: ATTACK OF THE THANATOIDS, is getting the green light.

Keep coming back to this album (and The New Elgart Touch) and it always takes my breath away. The production, engineering and arrangements are like nothing else. Imagine if everything recorded in 1965 sounded like this.

Probably safe to say they haven't tread JG Ballard's "The Reptile Enclosure."

Stop admiring the cover and put the record on!

Think I'm going to move to the South Pole and read the complete works of John Cowper Powys.

At some point Americans will realise it's Jimmy Sav-ille not Jimmy Sa-ville.