The recent news headlines feature Novak Djokovic ... will he or wont he be allowed to defend his title in the Australian open?....the coverage includes his fans protesting in the streets as to the announcement by the authorities that he has not complied with the covid regulations.....and this is HEADLINE news....I am a tennis fan and an admirer of Novak's talent but IT'S A GAME OF TENNIS....that's all....it belongs in the sport section at the end of the news....not in the headlines....there's far more important stuff going on in the world. Then we are told that energy prices are going to increase by 50% and this will seriously affect the lower paid....with scaremongering headlines like "Heating or Eating?"...which really helps the situation....what we don't seem to have been told is WHY....or have I missed something.....it's a good job you can't buy boxes of energy from Tescos otherwise you would see our nation of sheep with their supermarket trollies piled high with these boxes of energy.....I don't suppose it's anything to do with money?...not much. Another piece of "news" was regarding the gay Irish bloke who wanted a wedding cake made for him and his future "husband"...he wanted a cake with the two of them set in the icing on the top.....the cake shop refused to make it because of their religious beliefs....so the Irish guy considered he was being discriminated against.....it gets better....he took the cake shop to court and lost the case ....so he took it to a tribunal and lost the case again....he is considering taking it to the human rights lot and hopefully he will lose that case......you couldn't make this up....where the shop went wrong was mentioning "religious beliefs" they should have just refused to do it full stop....what people don't understand is a sale is a contract where there has to be an offer and an acceptance......the offer is made by the buyer not the seller.....if the latter refuses, which he is entitled to do, there is no contract......putting items on display is not an offer it is known as an "invitation to treat" which invites the buyer to make an offer which the seller can either accept or refuse....case closed. On the entertainment front I decided to watch the new series of The Apprentice with Lord Sugar making his many over the top entrances into the boardroom to a shower of young hopefuls ... each one convinced they are the ones to make a fortune.....I must admit it is quite entertaining....and it's always good to see some over confident whiz kid get shot down in flames.......his Lordship sets them some nasty tasks and must be laughing his socks off when he watches it back.....nice to find something that is worth watching on the television. I was listening to the radio in my car and a song came on by Leona Lewis....what a fantastic voice...for me she is the most under rated singer around....she is up there with the best....which brings me to the other end of the scale............. This weeks "one of the worst records ever made " spot features, once again,Yoko Ono......it is called War Zone.....there's not a lot you can say about it really.....it is beyond me.....maybe it's me....maybe it's a masterpiece?.....maybe not.

First off...happy new year....I thought I might have to call you "Sir" Vince but I noticed you never made the Queen's honours list.....so you can't join Knights of the Realm like Sir Cliff...Sir Ringo...Sir Van Morrison....or Sir Tony Blair and even more hard to believe Sir Ashley Banjo ....maybe next year....I would suggest you latch on to an act which will definitely end up being knighted.....Ant,Dec and Vince? ....For the "one of the worst records ever made" spot this week I have nominated the destruction of the song "My Way" by The Sex Pistols......it is over 4 minutes long so I suggest fading it out after one minute if you can stand it for that song.

I enjoyed the link you sent me with the Jet Harris interview.....I didn't know he was the first to use a Fender electric bass guitar....good stuff...I met Jet when I was working on Radio Merseyside....and we had a few pints in the local ....before he went tee total....and chatted about his adventures with The Shadows and I got some interesting inside info... he really was a nice fella and like most of those who have been there he was very humble.....a sad loss. I watched a programme on ABBA....it's hard to believe how good they were....I can't remember them making a bad record....and they made most of them in several languages....and I also watched the 2017 E.L.O. concert in Wembley arena.....mind blowing.....I know you are a big Beatles fan mate....you can have 'em......no comparison......and needless to say we have none stop Christmas records on various channels on the telly....I can't REALLY complain because back in the day I wrote a Christmas musical for Radio City which contained six Christmas songs....I wrote the script and all the songs and it was broadcast on Christmas Day.......the two members of the station involved changed the names of the two main characters which they felt gave them the right to regard themselves as the writers.....but that's another story....the play was nominated for a Sony Award and was performed by several local schools....I also wrote another two Xmas musicals which again several local schools performed......so all in all I have written 18 Christmas songs....plus a few others....so I had better not criticise those we hear every year. Still on the music scene Channel 5 have a weekly look at the best selling records of the 70s....this week was 1979....it is a fascinating programme which counts down the 30 best sellers and gives the background to the songs with the likes of Brian Ferry,Queen and Michael Jackson who was really good looking back then before he altered his face....not sure why......I've watched the whole series and must applaud Channel 5 for a great programme...and surprisingly enough Bradley Walsh wasn't on it. I recently came across a magazine article about my chance meeting with wrestler Adrian Street which led to me writing and producing two albums of wrestling songs for him.....which involved me going to The States and appearing on TV with him....we became great friends and are still in touch.....the albums have recently been re-released by an American company and can be downloaded from the internet....the songs keep coming back to haunt me...with titles like "Violence is Golden"..."Merchant of Menace" and "I'm In Love With Me"...it is hardly surprising.....I could write a book on my adventures we had in Florida but no-one would believe it. So this week I would like to feature a song which I was told by a major label that the world would never be ready for....they were NOT impressed......it was one I composed for Adrian Street which he used to enter the ring to.....it ended up in a movie called "Grunt-The Wrestling Movie" and also on MTV in the States.....so the song which the world would never be ready for paid off my mortgage......it is entitled "Imagine What I Could Do To You"

Still on the music scene Channel 5 have a weekly look at the best selling records of the 70s....this week was 1979....it is a fascinating programme which counts down the 30 best sellers and gives the background to the songs with the likes of Brian Ferry,Queen and Michael Jackson who was really good looking back then before he altered his face....not sure why......I've watched the whole series and must applaud Channel 5 for a great programme...and surprisingly enough Bradley Walsh wasn't on it. I recently came across a magazine article about my chance meeting with wrestler Adrian Street which led to me writing and producing two albums of wrestling songs for him.....which involved me going to The States and appearing on TV with him....we became great friends and are still in touch.....the albums have recently been re-released by an American company and can be downloaded from the internet....the songs keep coming back to haunt me...with titles like "Violence is Golden"..."Merchant of Menace" and "I'm In Love With Me"...it is hardly surprising.....I could write a book on my adventures we had in Florida but no-one would believe it. So this week I would like to feature a song which I was told by a major label that the world would never be ready for....they were NOT impressed......it was one I composed for Adrian Street which he used to enter the ring to.....it ended up in a movie called "Grunt-The Wrestling Movie" and also on MTV in the States.....so the song which the world would never be ready for paid off my mortgage......it is entitled "Imagine What I Could Do To You"

Back in the day we were subjected to a weird character called Tiny Tim....who with his squeaky voice actually made many appearances on TV....how- I don't know....he was TERRIBLE!!!....so this week's "one of the worst records ever made" spot features his minor hit "Tip Toe Through the Tulips".....BUT this isn't the worst record he ever made....oh no....the worst record he ever made...or ANYONE ever made was entitled "Santa Clause has got the AIDS this year"......and is so bad and in such bad taste that it doesn't deserve any airplay whatsoever.....needless to say Tiny Tim's career eventually ground to a halt thank goodness....so here he is singing the load of garbage entitled Tip Toe Through The Tulips.

...... O.K.......it's time for this weeks "one of the worst records ever made" spot.....no...not Mull of Kintyre....but close........it features my least favourite group in the world...The Smiths........it is called "This Charming Man" and it sounds like the band has laid down a backing track and Morrisey has come along and sung to a different tune....and I think the bass player is on speed......even talking about this record is hard work never mind listening to it so here it is....This Charming Man by The Smiths..

On the showbiz front there is a film out about The Beatles. I think it's called "Get Back" and shows unseen footage of them in the recording studio.....I don't know what channel it is on and quite frankly I don't want to know....WE"VE SEEN IT ALL......apparently the film has received mixed reviews.....John and Paul chatting to each other.doesn't seem to be of much interest to some. The recent heavy storms...apart from destroying my back gate....have created a historic moment in television history.....because of the imminent danger an episode of "I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here" had to be recorded.....and wasn't LIVE... for the first time ever....now correct me if I'm wrong but the programme takes place inside a Welsh castle....which was built back in history to survive attacks by multitudes of armies....what I can't understand is what dangers a selection of gusty winds presents?.....out of interest I watched the recorded episode.....this programme has to be at the very very bottom of the entertainment barrel......it is totally pointless....we have a selection of famous celebrities such as Swoochy Shy and Naughty Boy (WHO?) all sitting in a circle around a campfire talking crap and waiting for one of the contestants to return from laying among a selection of rats and creepy crawlies whilst trying to find hidden stars.....which lead to meals for the campmates....it is like watching paint dry.....made even worse, if that is possible, by the occasional appearance of the multi talentless Ant and Dec....who come on...fluff their lines...and vanish..........I kept watching it because I thought it can only get better....WRONG!!......that is one hour and a half I will never get back. At least Channel 5 have something worth watching.....it is a weekly look at the best top selling records of the 70's........each week they cover a different year and it is really interesting as they give us the inside stories behind the records....the programme is brilliantly produced and is compulsive viewing as opposed to a bunch of nobodies sitting around a drafty castle.....and it is interesting seeing those stars of the past as they look now........it shows that decent interesting programmes can actually be made instead of throwing cookery programmes and soaps at us.....the BBC are probably the worst....probably because of the arrogant overpaid higher archy who refuse to see further than the end of their noses. This week's "one of the worst records ever made" spot defies description......it is performed by Bernard Bresslaw who should not have been allowed within 10 miles of a recording studio.....there is absolutely nothing positive I can say about this record it is so bad....yet I would rather listen to this than watch I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here........it is called Mad Passionate Love by Bernard Bresslaw.

Cricket is making headline news....certainly not for the excitement of the game but for racist remarks made over the years to whingeing pathetic so called sportsmen.....first we have Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq so deeply hurt by racial remarks that it ruined his career.....only to be found to have made racial remarks about the Jewish faith himself on social media 10 years ago.....for which he has apologised....so that's O.K. then...what a hypocrite......................then we have the Australian player who blacked his face at a fancy dress party 9 YEARS AGO!.....he has strongly apologised for this.....why I don't know....was anybody injured?........mind you cricket does need something of interest to talk about because it is so boring....these so called sportsmen need to get a life. Then we have a woman who has complained that she was "inappropriately touched" by Boris Johnson's dad.....10 YEARS AGO....apparently he tapped her bottom and told her she had a nice seat......obviously this has mentally scarred her for life and obviously affected her brain as she has only just remembered the horrendous incident 10 years later....I wonder if she still has the terrible bruises this violent attack caused.....I'm waiting for the male cast of all the Carry On films to be asked to apologise for their behaviour.......mind you these films were in the days when comedy was funny and everyone enjoyed them before some of the female population and some male creeps decided that anything funny was offensive. I recently watched an old episode of Fawlty Towers where Basil kept accidentally groping a young lady every time sybil walked in....and was I deeply offended?...er...no....because I was too busy laughing at this classic comedy masterpiece....it wont be long before we will have to apologise for actually watching this disgraceful brilliant comedy.....and heaven help us if anyone hears us laughing!! The HS2 project has also been on the news as those responsible have decided to scrap the bit from Birmingham to Leeds.....not that this will affect me in any way but I heard a mention of the cost of this, in my opinion,pointless project......100 BILLION pounds....yes BILLION......to give you an idea of what a billion is...if you were to place a pound coin on the floor and add a billion more alongside forming an unbreakable line....that line would stretch from England to New Zealand.......without any gaps between the coins.....just saying...........well worth the money to save 20 minutes on a train journey? There has been a bit of a controversy on the news regarding school uniforms whereby a school blazer with the badge etched on can cost 50 quid........and some schools require the uniforms to be purchased from specialist shops so Primark is out.....BUT there is a move afoot where you may be allowed to buy the blazer anywhere an d buy the badge separately thus saving a lot of money.....but sadly this will stop the "specialist"shops ripping off the customers and making a fortune....how awful. On the music scene Adele has been on TV pushing her latest album.....she is very popular but I'm afraid I don't get her....her latest release is a durge.....just my opinion....while I'm still allowed to have one........and I watched a documentary on The Beach Boys....back in the sixties I was a huge fan of the band with their great harmonies and surfing songs but I thought they totally lost their way when they brought out the Pet Sounds album which I bought and hated....this documentary did nothing to change my mind...they should have stuck to songs about the beach which is what they were designed for. Finally for my "one of the worst records ever" spot I would like to feature one of our 60's pop stars...Vince Eager.....the song is called "The World's Lonliest Man" and I'm not sure what the drummer was hitting the drums with....I dread to think......with Vince's quivery voice, which is occasionally in tune,.... I can't find anything positive to say about this record which is probably why he is in fact The World's Loneliest Man .

As we have just had remembrance day where our fallen soldiers are remembered I thought I would give a mention to the National Remembrance Arboretum in Staffordshire....which I have visited twice.....it is the ultimate tribute to the heroic men and women who have given their lives for their country and is deeply moving....it's hard to take in the numbers of names in the rows and rows of tributes around the huge area of the park......such a terrible waste of young lives and the grief resulting from this is unimaginable. Right let's go.....the cricket fraternity is still under fire for racial remarks in the past to those poor hard done to overpaid professional cricketers who obviously don't like being called names....so let's have a reality check....cricket is BORING....probably the most boring of all sports and I would think very few people give a monkeys whether some wimp has been upset because he didn't like something someone said....are they incapable of answering back?....GET OVER YOURSELVES.... There is a young chap who presents the weather forecast on the BBC....his name is Owain Evans.....he is Welsh and a total delight with his selection of colourful,suits......he is impossible to watch without smiling......what I didn't know was he is a drummer and he has just completed a 24 hour drum session in aid of Children In Need......and raised 1.6 million pounds for the charity....I have to salute this fella....he is an absolute star. On the political front the Save The Planet Show in Scotland has come to and end.....that's about all I can say because I still don't know what it was all about.....so that is my input.....thank you. Now it's time for my one of the worst records ever made spot......this one is very bad and is beyond description which is very strange because it is by one of biggest stars .....David Bowie.....this was the first record he made before creating his many images such as a spider from Mars etc.......the song is called "The Laughing Gnome"......unbelievably by David Bowie.