My little musical treasure

For the first time in a long time, I hauled out my huge basket full of audio tapes that I recorded many moons ago. According to the dates I scribbled on them, my collection ranges from 1981 to 1996.
I used to tape all sorts of things off the radio wherever I happened to be at [...]

A bunch of Web Columns …

… I forgot to tell you all about:

The thing we do
Will cooler heads prevail?
2009 – a dicey year
Stacking the Senate
Recovery must be from the bottom up
Candle in the wind
Note to Canadian TV networks: Work for your money
The coalition is dead, long live the coalition

They’re also available at www.wernerpatels.com, as usual.

Remember Tracey’s Sunglasses?

I came across this song on one of my old tapes from the 1980s today (recorded during my early U.K. days):

(Regular version)

(Extended version)
Nowadays Tracey Ullman is known for (a) her Showtime show in the U.S. and (b) having become a U.S. citizen.
Here’s the original music video (poor [...]