A NEW "FLAKE" CD THIS YEAR?

WE HAVE TAKEN THE FIRST TENTATIVE STEPS TOWARDS SOME NEW FLAKE RECORDINGS, THE FIRST IN ABOUT 35 YEARS.
IT IS THE BAND'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR OF IT'S FORMATION, SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE RECORDING PROJECT. WE ARE STARTING OF WITH A TRACK WRITTEN BY MY FRIEND STEVE MAHER. LINDAY ASKEW, THE BAND'S FIRST GUITARIST, HAS PROVIDED A MIDI DRUM TRACK, AND ROB ASKEW, THE BAND'S LAST BASS PLAYER, HAS LAID BASS AND ACOUSTIC GUITAR TRACKS. LINZ IS NOW HAVING A QUICK HOLIDAY AND WHEN HE GETS BACK, WILL PUT DOWN SOME LEAD GUITAR. i CAN TEN PUT ON SOME SAX, MAYBE BARITONE, AND THEN OLLIE THE SINGER WILL LAY SOME VOCALS. WE ALL HAVE HOME STUDIOS, AND ARE EXCHANGING MUSIC FILES VIA STEVE'S SERVER. LIVE DRUMS WILL EVENTUALLY REPLACE THE MIDI DRUMS.

JIMI HENDLIX?

AS I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE, I WORK IN A NEW LABORATORY WHERE ALL THE MEETING ROOMS ARE ROCK MUSICIAN THEMED. OBVIOUSLY CONCEIVED BY A BABY BOOMER, OUR CEO PERHAPS, THEY LOOK TERRIFIC. THERE'S ONLY ONE SMALL PROBLEM. SO MANY OF OUR STAFF ARE YOUNG AND FROM NON EUROPEAN CULTURES. A 20 YEAR OLD FROM INDIA OR CHINA LOOKS AT THE ETCHED IMAGE ON THE DOOR AND WOULDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS HENDRIX OR MARLEY, SO, SOMEONE HAS GONE AROUND WITH STICK ON LETTERS TO LABEL EACH ROOM. AT LEAST THEY WILL NOW KNOW WHAT MANY OF OUR DEAD ROCK HEROS LOOKED LIKE!

I USED TO LIKE MARK STIVER'S CARTOONS

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

THE AMERICAN SPACE AGENCY, NASA, IS TO BEAM THE BEATLES SONG "ACROSS THE UNIVERSE" INTO SPACE NEXT WEEK, MARKING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SONG BEING WRITTEN. IT WILL BE AIMED AT POLARIS, THE NORTH STAR, 431 LIGHT YEARS AWAY.
DEAR OLD YOKO DESCRIBED THE EVENT AS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW AGE.
SIR PAUL, BEING AS ECONOMICAL WITH WORDS AS HE IS WITH MONEY, SAID IT WAS "AMAZING".
JOHN'S LAST WORDS IN THE SONG ARE, "LIMITLESS UNDYING LOVE WHICH SHINES AROUND ME LIKE A MILLION SUNS IT CALLS ME ON AND ON ACROSS THE UNIVERSE".
I REMEMBER WHEN THEY LAUNCHED "VOYAGER" BACK IN 70'S, INCLUDED ABOARD WAS AN LP. IF AN ALIEN EVER FINDS IT, HOW WILL HE PLAY IT? DO THEY HAVE RECORD PLAYERS?.
THIS IS A PIC OF AN ALIEN GROUP CALLED "ZZARDNAP GNUP" WHO ARE A MINIMALIST POST SPACE HIP HOP OUTFIT. IS THIS WHERE OUR MUSIC IS HEADING?
"ZZARDNAP GNUP" USED TO HAVE A MUCH MORE CONSERVATIVE IMAGE BUT WERE INSPIRED BY OUR VERY OWN MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, PETER GARRETT.
HE HAS BEEN POPULAR IN THE OUTER LIMITS FOR LIGHT YEARS.

COITUS INTERUPTUS !

ONLY IN MELBOURNE COULD 94000 PEOPLE THINK CRICKET WAS SEX. LAST NIGHT A 20-20 MATCH, WHICH IS THE WHAM BAM THANKYOU MAM OF CRICKET WAS PLAYED OUT IN FRONT OF 94000 EXCITED FANS. THE FIRST HALF WAS THE FOREPLAY, WITH THE INDIAN BATSMEN ALL OUT FOR SEVENTY ODD RUNS. THE HALF TIME ENTERTAINMENT WAS THE ROGUE TRADERS PLAYING A FRENZIED 10 MINUTE SET, PERCHED UP IN FRONT OF A BIG SCREEN. THE SINGER LOOKED VERY SEXY, DOING A SORT OF WENDY JAMES POST PUNK/POP NUMBER, AND THEN, OUT CAME THE AUSTRALIANS, BELTING THE BALL TO ALL CORNERS OF THE GROUND, EQUALLING THE INDIA SCORE QUICKLY. THE CROWD WAS IN A FRENZY, WAITING FOR THE WINNING RUNS TO BE HIT FOR SIX, BUT THE INDIAN BOWLER DELIVERED A "NO BALL", AND THE GAME WAS SUDDENLY OVER, AND THEY WANDERED OFF THE GROUND.
TALK ABOUT AN ANTI-CLIMAX!