C/D: Allan Jones' "Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before" Column

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In the back of Uncut, that is. The thought occured to me when reading the latest entry, about Richard Branson's Manor party in '76. Usually amusing, sometimes better than others, the picture alone this month should make it classic, featuring Jones in the hot air balloon donning a "protective" helmet, a beer can and that shit-eating grin with the gap between his teeth.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 25 March 2004 16:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Allan Jones was so Lester Bangs like. Taking Drugs, messin' with Lou Reed, on first name terms with the stars, getting beat up by same ..

Who knew..?

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 25 March 2004 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I should add that I don't always love the column, but there's a CLASSIC one from a few years ago that has Lou Reed showing him a guitar synthesizer in the mid-70s, with the line that it was the greatest invention ever made "by human people." Of course, it proceeds to malfunction, Lou rips it out of the wall, knocking down lamps and so forth, while the thing loops endlessly in the background during the rest of the interview. High comedy.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 25 March 2004 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

(embarrassing admission alert:)
haha I'm addicted to Allan Jones' and Tim Masterton's facts n figures filled industry-insider charts commentary in MusicWeek and DotMusic (now Yahoo Music Launch)
chartmathics!

― Paul (scifisoul), Thursday, 25 March 2004 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)

that's a different Al(l)an Jones, i think.

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Thursday, 25 March 2004 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

damn! wasn't supposed to be posting under my own name here anymore ... still, i was just doing my usual job, ie being an anorak ...

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Thursday, 25 March 2004 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

They were teh funney for quite a while, but I must admit that I find that the barrel has been scraped, and it's all a bit tired. Poss a sort of microcosm of the magazine?

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 25 March 2004 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

They published a fantastic episode a few years back, wherein Jones travels to Australia to witness XTC suffer through an industry meet 'n' greet. A particularly rich vein of humour is provided by the drummer, who at the end of every other paragraph chugs a beer and cheerfully reiterates, "Fuck, this is all beyond me..."

― Palomino (Palomino), Thursday, 25 March 2004 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

They were teh funney for quite a while, but I must admit that I find that the barrel has been scraped, and it's all a bit tired. Poss a sort of microcosm of the magazine?

Yeah, but the new one's pretty fantastic.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 25 March 2004 18:54 (twenty-two years ago)

You should hear the ones he tells in the pub

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Thursday, 25 March 2004 20:56 (twenty-two years ago)

We could if you were to relay them here on ILM...

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 25 March 2004 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

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