I have finally gathered together another selection of stories with a musical connection, which, as the title suggests, you might hopefully find at least a little interesting. There are a few sporting links in this one, some copycats and a brush with tragedy. If you have missed past installments, you can always catch up: Part 1: Shooting Pigeons here Part 2: Punch Drunk here Part 3: Die Another Day here Part 4: On The Skids here Part 5: Christmas Edition here The Jazz Footbal

I cast the net out for ideas for themes for the next playlist and it was my son who came up trumps this time. So, this time around we will be focusing on Insects - ten interesting and varied tracks about everyone's favourite part of the animal kingdom! *** 1. Adam & The Ants: Antmusic This was the last single off of debut Kings Of The Wild Frontier , only being held off the UK top spot by Lennon's Imagine (fair enough). Interestingly, the video was the first directed by Ste

As ever, here at Birds That Are Blue, we're a bit late to the party - but last week was the 60th birthday of the venerable Jarvis Cocker,...

18 May 1980, not only saw the awesome and tragic eruption of Mt St Helens, but also the day that the legendary singer from the legendary...

An occasional collection of songs suggested for you using a given theme. Today we look at 'Colours' songs. To make it more challenging, I...