.I watched with interest a programme about the making of the Beach Boys album Pet
Sounds....I was a big Beach Boys fan back in the early sixties and bought this album when it
came out....it was heralded as a masterpiece...BUT....I didn't get it...I thought it was a bit of a
mess and felt the band had lost its way...shock horror....the programme described how Brian
Wilson loved Phil Spector's "wall of sound" and modelled the album on that....but in my opinion
he got nowhere near.....HOWEVER during the programme Mike Love (Beach Boys front man)
said he couldn't understand why they never stuck to the surfing songs which were going
well...so SOMEONE agrees with me.

2.The soaps have come under criticism for their violent storylines etc....I only see the adverts
for them which make me want to throw up....to me they are a dumping ground for over the hill
pop stars and out of work third rate actors....and the sad part is viewers think it's real life....oh
dear.....they had the producer of Coronation Street on answering the comments which was a
complete waste of time as she looked like she had just come home from school.....it strikes me
that these days everyone wants to use so called entertainment programmes to make political
points and social comment instead of doing what they are supposed to do.....entertain us.

3.Ant McPartlin (one half of Ant and Dec) seems to be going through a rough patch.....he has
recently been arrested for alleged drink driving...there was a three car pile up and fortunately
no-one was badly injured...a kiddie apparently received minor injuries.....but there is no excuse
for drinking and driving and luckily for Ant there were no serious injuries or he might have found
himself in jail....the price of fame I suppose....and this weeks "Saturday Night Takeaway" has
been cancelled (maybe we will get something worth watching) but we are supposed to feel sorry
for him....and someone on ITV said they feel sorry for Dec because after all HE has to make a
living....a LIVING!!....he's worth millions.....PLUS ITV have stated that they are their biggest
stars....which says it all....maybe I am missing something....they do their saturday night
show....which they do actually work hard on...then stand giggling in the wings on Britains Got
Talent...which anyone can do...and present the jungle thing...which anyone can do...and they
are the BIGGEST stars?...do me a favour....television in this country has gone past its sell by
date ... it can't get much worse.

4.Driverless cars?...this is like something you hear about on April Fool's Day....what is the world
coming to?...this has to be the most ridiculous invention in the history of time....they are saying
that these objects will cut down accidents on roads....but apparently if they swerve automatically
they won't allow for a passing cyclist....wonderful....the answer to road accidents is to increase
the penalties for idiots who have no consideration for anyone else....ban them for 10 years or
even life...problem solved.....I would no sooner get into one of these vehicles as I would into an
aeroplane without wings....but I suppose this is modern technology and someone somewhere
will make a fortune.

5.The song this week is one of the many jingles I did for local radio....it was for a daily
competition on Radio Merseyside on a programme hosted by Debbie Jones....she would play a
sound and the listeners had to guess what it was....hence the title of the jingle "Worrizit?".....I did
lots of these things for both radio Merseyside and Radio City.