Mister F

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1 day ago

Competitive Wailing I was leafing through the latest issue of Uncut the other day. When I reached the last page there was Ziggy Marley telling us all about his...

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Mister F

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3 days ago

Pity The Fools In the wise words of Kevin Coyne, the world is full of fools - and never more so than at this time of year. Here are just a few of them. A p...

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Mister F

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5 days ago

Lucas In London My live music experiences this month have been mostly Brazilian. After Nyron Higor and the gang in Brussels in the middle of the month, las...

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Mister F

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1 week ago

Oceanic Consistency On Wednesday evening I was inside the Japanese Embassy in London's swinging Piccadilly. I can't say why but hopefully the Cadbury's Milk Tra...

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Mister F

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1 week ago

Elyse In The Fields According to my search function it is 13 years since Elyse Weinberg last appeared on these pages. As many of you weren't even born then it i...

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Mister F

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1 week ago

Ernie's El Dorado Pt 15 - Mexico Normally I open each episode of our tour of the Americas by telling you a bit about the country we are visiting. But I am going to assume th...

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Mister F

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2 weeks ago

Words Of The Prophet We haven't had any reggae here recently other than of the Mandatory American variety, so we have recruited the late great Michael Prophet to...

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Mister F

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2 weeks ago

Annie And The Boys I am delighted to be able to bring you news of an old friend of the blog, Annie Dressner.  When Annie first featured on these pages way back...

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Mister F

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2 weeks ago

A Bit Of Brazil In Brussels Last Wednesday night I paid what has become my traditional annual visit to the Witloof Bar in Brussels. It is tucked away in the basement of...

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Mister F

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3 weeks ago

Something For The Ladies It was International Women's Day on Sunday. I don't work weekends and I had urgent pun-based business to deal with yesterday so this is the ...

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Mister F

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3 weeks ago

Pun Fun 4: The Results Ladies and gentlemen, we have another winner! Topping the Body Parts chart is... George with "Penis In Furs" Previous votes have been pretty...

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Mister F

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4 weeks ago

All In A Good Caucasus Apologies for the terrible pun in the title. While on the subject, a quick reminder to anyone who wishes to vote on Pun Fun 4 but hasn't ye...

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Mister F

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1 month ago

A Trip On A Train We have a couple of new records for you today. The first is "Tried To Do's", the new album by Trippers & Askers . That is the nom de plume o...

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Mister F

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1 month ago

Pun Fun 4: The Contenders Voting is now open for Pun Fun 4. Readers were challenged to insert a pun related to a part of the hum an body into a popular song title.  T...

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Mister F

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1 month ago

Neil Sedaka RIP I wasn't planning on posting today but have just woken up to the sad news that Neil Sedaka has died. I've always had a bit of a soft spot fo...

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Mister F

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1 month ago

Ernie's El Dorado Pt 14 - Honduras In headline terms the history of Honduras is pretty similar to many of the neighbouring countries we have already visited in this series: so...

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Mister F

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1 month ago

Strange Sunday Sunday evening found me and Mr F in the basement of the Spice of Life public house just off London's unfashionable Charing Cross Road, hangi...

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Mister F

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1 month ago

Pun Fun 4: The Theme After a break to allow you all to refresh your punning pituitaries and to rest your wordplaying wrists we're back with another round of Pun ...

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Mister F

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1 month ago

The Harp Returns An old friend of the blog - and former guest host - has a brand new record out. I am referring to the Artist Formerly Known as Asthmatic Ha...

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Mister F

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1 month ago

Eccentric Exit While I was strolling around the Salt River district of Cape Town last week I chanced upon a local thrift shop. It had a small selection of ...

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Mister F

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1 month ago

What I Did On My Holiday Apologies for my absence here in recent weeks but until yesterday I had been in South Africa since the beginning of February, having managed...

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Mister F

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2 months ago

Southbound And Down This is the last you will be seeing of me for a little while. I'm hopping on a plane to Johannesburg tonight for a few days' work before cat...

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Mister F

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2 months ago

Guyana (Slight Refrain) Last Friday's post about the music of Guyana kicked off with a track from "Fighting For Survival", the 1981 album by the Yoruba Singers. I ...

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Mister F

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2 months ago

Pun Fun 3: The Results Normally when I announce the Pun Fun winner I do so with great fanfare - their name in lights, celebratory music, that sort of thing. But I ...

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Mister F

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2 months ago

Ernie's El Dorado Pt 13 - Guyana And so we trundle on. This time out we are in Guyana, which perches proudly at the top of South America and invites you to admire its rain f...

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Mister F

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2 months ago

Miniature Namesakes Rol over at My Top Ten is responsible for two of my favourite recurring blog series - 'Saturday Snapshots', where you pit your wits against...

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Mister F

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2 months ago

Pun Fun 3: The Contenders Voting is now open for Pun Fun 3. Readers were challenged to insert a musical instrument related pun into a popular song title.  And what a ...

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Mister F

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2 months ago

Birthday Alert Before we get into today's post, a quick reminder for anyone planning to submit an entry for Pun Fun 3 who has not yet done so. The deadline...

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Mister F

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2 months ago

A Vanload Of Songs Confession time. While Ernie Goggins is of course my real name I have invented a nom de plume which I use on things like passports and legal...

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Mister F

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2 months ago

Pun Fun 3: The Theme After a break for the festive season we are back with a third edition of Pun Fun, the exciting feature where I give you a theme and you adap...

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