Hello, I hope you are well. All quite well here, but this week's teen adventure surprised us all when he shaved off his eyebrows. So, we now have The Man Who Fell To Earth living with us, but wearing a hoody to try and cover up the fact he has no brows.
In other news, yesterday was brilliantly odd. I put the all new and very groovy Trunk tee shirt on the website, then went to find Grayson Perry. To cut a long story short the design on the tee is the weird and fabulous psychedelic logo from the bags of the record shop where he used to live. It was called Ecstasy For Records in Cheltenham. I know where the GP studio is so I knocked on the door. He answered and I told him all about the tee shirt and why I thought he should have one as a gift. Turns out the shop was where he bought his first ever record, The Jam's This Is The Modern World. We also talked about the failed punk festival that the man who owned the record shop sponsored, and GP went to that too, and said the most punk bit was the disgruntled unpaid scaffolders taking down the stage while the acts were still playing. So, quite a day yesterday.
That new Trunk tee is here, but pretty much sold out (GP / Alan Measels tweeted about it and I put in on Instagram) but I still have the screen, so if you want one drop me a line, let me know your size and we will make you one specially. Might take a week ot two but it will get made. Really ace tee. Also, please note, if you cilck through on the tee shirt image it accidentally lines up with the UFO Gabrielle Drake doll image and looks like she's wearing the tee shirt (as pointed out by a member of this list last week, but with a different tee shirt).
As for the 50p madness, I was listening to The Archers last night on R4 and it really is a difficult listen right now as it's just weird monlogues thanks to current recording restrictions. So here is a very early original Archers recording that they released on vinyl in the early 1960s that everyone has forgotten about. Has some folky singing on it too...
And as a desperate film link this week I give you Cliff Richard in lockdown. With his open wardrobe doors. I was planning on sending this out a few weeks ago, forgot, and in someways it's more relevant now. Hold tight.
Thanks for listening as always. Stay well...
Jonny