For those of us with the truly hardcore allergies, I strongly recommend a Navage. Think battery-operated suction-aided neti pot. I can actually breathe through my nose now.

Sorry you aged out of the target demo, gramps.

The whole Japanese Whispers era is unfairly overlooked, I think.

Fun fact: the drummer on this single, Steve Goulding (Rumour, Mekons), was for a period my editor at my first freelance gig.

There was a children's book, ALVIN FERNALD, FOREIGN TRADER, that came out on 1966 (!!!!) that stops for periodic info dumps about how tariffs are bad and global free trade is essential to capitalism.

I had momentarily forgotten this greased-up asshole.

If I know Allston, plans are already in place. At the very least, Robby Roadsteamer is likely to make his life a living hell.

I didn't.

We all need to post pictures of ourselves at 15 to remind people how very young 15 is.