Bandnames

There is apparently a band, with records out and everything, called Let's not lose Mars to the commies.

In other news, The Crimea had their Peel session tonight, so it'll still be on the BBC website. "Lottery winners on acid" is only about five minutes in, so you wouldn't be too inconvenienced by having a quick listen. As I recall, it's just after something by Melt Banana. "Ah," I thought. "That's what they sound like. I may possibly, just once or twice, have heard more normal music."

Bob Smith, asked about My Bloody Valentine:

It was the first band I heard who quite clearly pissed all over us

Bob, you keep your perverse fantasies to yourself . . .

How rampantly incompatible are we? Do I deserve any friends?

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