Giles Booth ⁽⁵⁵⁾

Gavin Hogg wrote this artcle for now-defunct Sounds music paper in September 2016 - I am most grateful for him sending me the original copy to reproduce here now the Sounds website is no more. It’s 1976 and your dreams of success have been realised. You’re in a…

Spacecake by Kevin Godley, published by the Hand Held Company, iBook £9.99 - reviewed by Giles Booth, 31 May 2015 Kevin Godley, quarter of 10cc, half of Godley & Creme and 100% of Kevin Godley, has published an autobiography as an iBook - it's on iTunes…

Peter Cook's play makes up a large chunk of the album, and for some it's at least as important as the music. Some people hate it, I admit. Judge for yourself! Many many thanks to Carsten Heuer for taking the time and effort to transcribe…

Peter Cook’s play dialogue is peppered with memorable, non-sensical lines; some of my favourites are listed below (mostly the gnomic utterances of Walter). You can’t teach ducks to dance. Rome wasn't burnt in a day. ...nothing worth setting the Thames on fire for. If you're…

The number 17 is woven throughout Peter Cook's play script. Here are some of the references to it, some possible reasons behind his obsession with the number, and some... coincidences. According to the sleevenotes, the action of the play takes place on the 17th of…