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Disappointed in that, myself. It wouldn’t be announced if he hadn’t agreed to accept, whether in person or not, and I wouldn’t accept any award (not that I’d be offered one) from the Israeli State while they continue to oppress the Palestinian people.

Many people reject the offer of awards from the Israel because of that. There’s a good chance Paul will get some criticism for his decision to accept.

(And, just in case anyone thinks I’m being anti-Semitic or anything, I have no problem with people of the Jewish faith, just a problem with the decades of injustice suffered by the Palestinians, and the Israeli State’s constant breaking of international law in an attempt to make the two-state solution impossible. You can have a problem with a State without having a problem with its citizens.)

Lads do you want to put some money together to buy the Merc? If I can have it Thursdays, and Fridays, it’d be fab. 

Ron Nasty said (on 7 January)
Vehicle auctioneer H&H Classics have announced they are putting up for auction John’s 1969 Honda “Monkey-Trail” Bike that was used to get around his Tittenhurst estate. Estimated at £30,000 (US$48,000) plus, the auction will take place on 4 March at The National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull.

There are some photographs of the bike in the catalogue listing that aren’t included in the press release.

A similar “monkey bike” owned by Ringo sold for £36,000 in 2008.  

The BBC report that it sold for a world record of £57,500 (roughly $79,000), the highest amount paid for a monkey bike at public auction, and almost double its estimate.

meanmistermustard said

Removing my normal very diplomatic tactful stance for a brief second, I think it will be total s**t.  

How dare you! One of the greatest actors of our time- Danny Dyer- is a prominent actor on Eastenders. 

@meanmistermustard  said
Re, the NME. I find it strange when people comment about the demise of a newspaper, store, whatever and then reveal they didn’t buy it for years before. It was the same with Woolworths when so many were apparently gutted to see it go but hadn’t bought anything there for years.

To an extent I agree with this. However, I also think, to a degree, finding yourself moving on from something can be to do with no longer fitting the intended demographic.

I didn’t desert the music press, but instead found the monthlies (Mojo, Uncut, Q) catered more to my tastes than the weeklies, which were aimed at a younger audience – who were increasingly getting their fix online.

A comparable example would be BBC Radio One. Listened to it religiously through the ’80s and ’90s (was even interviewed on it in 1988). But as time passed, because the type of music enjoyed by its intended demographic changed, I found less there that appealed, and the music (and often DJs) I had so enjoyed there in the ’80s and ’90s started shifting across to Radio Two, with the addition of BBC 6 Music in the digital age.

Radio One didn’t stop serving its intended audience, I was just no longer part of its intended audience. That didn’t mean BBC radio stopped providing for my taste, just that they moved where my taste was catered for. That doesn’t mean I lose affection for Radio One for all it offered me when it was intended for me, and hope it still provides as good a service to those who now fit its demographic.

An example would be Mark (Radcliffe) and Lard (Marc Riley). Pivotal Radio One DJs of the ’90s Britpop era. They moved to Radio Two and BBC 6 Music respectively in 2004, and I followed them, accepting – as they did – that their audience was now elsewhere.

That I followed them to different stations doesn’t mean that the Radio One I found them on was a vital part of my life when I was part of the station’s demographic, nor diminish my hope it continues to offer the same to its intended demographic as it did when I was part of its intended demographic.