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In which we paddle our conversational canoe through the rock and roll backwaters, stopping off this week at \\u2026

\\u2026 the closure of Word magazine ten years ago and what we miss \\u2013 and don\\u2019t miss - about it.

\\u2026 who in their right mind in this day and age would possibly want to be famous?

\\u2026 Bruce Findlay, the country\\u2019s only famous record store owner.

\\u2026 the energetic sexual activities of Dave Davies in his new memoir and the uniquely mid-\\u201860s British concept of \\u2018kinkiness\\u2019.

\\u2026 Dave Grohl reaches \\u2018the Meldrew Point\\u2019 \\u2013 as old as Richard Wilson when he first played Victor Meldrew (who was a year older than Wilfred Brambell when he played Paul\\u2019s grandad).

.. the documentary someone should make about the Rubettes.

\\u2026 Manny Charlton of Nazareth RIP and the bizarre pop fact that one of their biggest hits was a Joni Mitchell cover.

\\u2026 handcuffed men in court for stealing rare Eagles artefacts.

\\u2026 whether the legendarily awful Be Here Now album deserves a gentler appraisal 25 years later. Don\\u2019t forget it starts with \\u201ca minute of helicopter noise and morse code\\u201d.

\\u2026 and birthday patron Allan Williams\\u2019 collection of Hipgnosis album sleeves \\u2013 paging Picnic, Helloe\\u2019en and Music From Free Creek!

You can buy Dave Davies\\u2019 memoir Living On A Thin Line here \\u2026

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Living-Thin-Line-Dave-Davies/dp/1472289773

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