IT’s GOOD TO BE BAD
Ed Sheeran writes bad songs
He knows that he does
And he’s glad when we does
Because after the bad ones
WE WANT WHAT WE CAN’T HAVE
James Averdieck liked the idea of running a chocolate business
So much so that he told people he did
Even before he really did
But when his dream became reality in 2003
A SAFE PLACE TO DO DANGEROUS THINGS
For the film Susperia Dakota Johnson had to learn German expressionist dance
It is an incredibly hard dance to master
It involves succumbing to gravity
A bit like being in a trance
GOOD GUYS VS GOOD GUYS
Louis CK tells a joke
About pro-life campaigners
Shouting & screaming outside an abortion clinic
Hounding the women going in
THE QUEEN OF RETRO
John Le Carre was in awe of his hero Agatha Christie
He had always wondered how she could imagine such elaborate plots
And consistently create such unexpected killers
So when he met her he plucked up the courage and asked her
MAXIMAL OR MARGINAL?
In 2003 Dave Brailsford took over at British cycling
His ambition was to turn them into the best cycling team in the world
Working with finely tuned elite athletes
There wasn’t much room for improvement
PLAYING YESTERDAY’S HITS
The Monday Night Wars ran from September 1995 to March 2001
Probably the most important period in American professional wrestling
The wars refer to a ratings battle
Between WCWs Monday Nitro and WWFs Monday Night Raw
START AT THE END
In April 2020 Drake slid into the DMs of Toosie
He wanted help on a song
But he didn’t want lyrics or beats
He wanted the dance
NOT ALL INFLUENCERS LOOK THE SAME
In 1999 Steve Greenberg was manager of the Baha Men
They had made 5 studio albums together but never had a hit
Their last album, Doong Spank had sold 800 copies
Greenberg was going to have to release them
TO BE LOVED, BE PREPARED TO BE LOATHED
In 1999 Floyd Mayweather was trying to renegotiate his deal with HBO
Lou DiBella the head of boxing at the network made him an offer
‘If we walk through Times Square and ten people recognise you, I’ll renegotiate’
The deal remained as it was