Good friends emigrated to New Zealand this week.
Fortunately for tune of the week, great music from New Zealand is a relatively small but rich universe, and this song has the perfect sentiment for anyone dislocated from people they care about.
Supreme
The Big Supreme played Kingston Polytechnic one school night. We went backstage for the first time. We weren’t invited but got lost and walked in on a backing singer in a state of undress. They were very kind; they invited us back after the show and gave us free tickets to see them play the Feet First club night at the Camden Palace. The Camden Palace had been the hub of the New Romantic scene and was famous for two huge naked inflatable figures hanging from the ceiling that would swing towards each other late in the evening to great cheers as their body parts collided.
River
Oxford University entrance exam 1987: “Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true, or is it something worse?” (Bruce Springsteen, The River). Discuss.
Hunter
He is Ian Hunter, 73-year old ex-lead singer of Mott the Hoople, and he approves this message.
Ghost
Halloween this week, so ghostly-themed tune for your trick or treating.
Pong
Jimmy Fallon and ?uestlove share the best Prince story. Let the ping pong begin…
Barrels
Sad news of the passing of Nintendo’s Hiroshi Yamauchi.
During his funeral procession, pallbearers will attempt to carry his casket up a series of ladders while an irate silver-backed gorilla bombards them with oak barrels.
First
Trending stories last week included Patrick Stewart posting a recent photo of himself eating his first ever slice of pizza.
Latin
My favorite Latin-pun-in-diplomatic-dispatches story.
Diplomacy
A contemporary tune for once.
On a long drive yesterday, I decided to serenade Sophie with this song.