 Jet - Hold the Back Page
It transpires that BMG have graciously licensed the original Jet album to a UK record company. It may also be the case that they will hand over the original 1/4" master tape. So expect an October 2010 bumper Jet package, including tracks previously unreleased on CD and also a possible one-off live event to mark this momentous, historic, era-defying and momentous occasion. More in due course. Background to the Jet affair is, as ever, here and details of the long-lost original Jet album are just back there.
For those who just cannot wait to get jiggy with the Jet-fix, there is the recently-unearthed treasure trove from the Hunter-Ronson tour, 'Some Flotsam', currently available as download and, in a short while, as a physical CD with intimate illustrated booklet. A free flowing white cape will be supplied with every CD. Vegetables to thrust down your tightly-fitting trews will not be supplied, but we recommend you try root vegetables such as marrows, cucumbers and mangold wurzels to achieve the required effect. In a pinch, you could try asparagus, but we take no responsibility for the results. Yo mama.
 Whatever You Do, Do Not on Any Account Worry
(Martin Gordon website): More video looms out of the murk of the not-so-recent past. 'Don't Worry', trills Kim Appleby. On the contrary, dear, DO worry, a lot. Her band, with MG 'playing' keyboards, performs for Spaniards. Put your seatbelts on and go here. Ole.
 Polkaholix
Martin Gordon manages to recycle his favourite rhyme for the third time, having contributed words to the title tune of the new Polkaholix album 'Polka Face'. Evidently the protagonist comes from Sirius B, where the locals take polka rather seriously. S'Express were in the same position, although in their case it was club music for cretins, rather than polka for pop people. MG also wrote the sleeve notes for Polkaface, albeit disguised as a local retard.
 Sweetpea
And on the topic of aliens - Julie Skattebu takes time off from frolicking in frozen Nordic saunas with birch twigs to deliver an impression of what you would look like if Your Daddy Was a Dalek and Your Mummy Was a Non-stick Frying Pan (on the Martin Gordon website). Frankly it's somewhat idealised. This is a savage indictment of the kind of world in which we now live. A stone fox, isn't it.
 New Picture Galleries
All pix in the Martin Gordon website have been organised into eras, and exotic technology (Cool Iris) is incorporated for a savagely compelling, interactive experience which, as well as distilling the essence of European-owned cultural heritage, also allows for the contribution of user data. Whether this is a Good Thing or not remains to be seen.
Apparently the impression is rather like being on a cross-channel ferry. It probably helps if you have not consumed large amounts of alcohol before viewing. If you're on Facebook, you can find the galleries here. If not, you can Start Here. Swank.
 Historical Scribbling
...is gradually being collated. It's only historical scribbling but we have no fundamental objections to it on principle after lengthy consultation and a free and fair exchange of views.
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