brian's mate bill drummond

[fat cherry]

was on the radio this afternoon:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/mayo.shtml

Only caught the last few minutes of it so dont know much about what was said earlier, the bit I heard covered the obvious topic of the million quid and whether he regrets not doing the scotland world cup song (he does). Not even sure if they have the 'listen again' thing, though they have a podcast so you sould be able to get it sometime if you're interested.

Chez

[guitarplayer on here too]

I heard bits of it. Alot of talk at the start of Drummond predicting the death of music (didn't catch much of that so I can't tell you more), his 17 work, explained why he was planning to cut his left hand off with a hacksaw at the Brit Awards in the 1990s and throw it into the audience. Claimed that various artists used his book "The Manual: How to Have a Number One Album the Easy Way" as a blueprint for success, including The Klaxons and Bob the Builder (!). The rest seemed to be general chit chat.

[Mr. Brian]

There does seem to be a PT Barnum quality about Drummond

[withahip]

There does seem to be a PT Barnum quality about Drummond

Hit or miss, that's what makes him so interesting. imho.

[zabird]

There does seem to be a PT Barnum quality about Drummond

A graduate of the Malcolm McLaren/ Bernie Rhodes School, eh?

[fat cherry]

dunno cos i never met him, but in reports those two (who, funnily enough, i've never met either) come across as bully boys (bernie rhodes knows dont argue ... etc) whereas drummond comes across as merely manipulative, i still say the day he left was when the decline began.

C.