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You're in a band with Elton John? Well played.

Some sites might want to see proof of age on an official document. Basschat will want to see breath condense on a mirror.

Some backchannel communications are more direct than others.

That pretty much sums it up. Certainly it doesn't make much sense if one thinks one's time has value. That said, it is entirely possible that buying goods from the US might become easier and/or cheaper in the nearish future, and of course it is becoming relatively cheaper to use sterling to buy otherwise unobtainable US goods.

No, I imagine not. Still, that's fiction for you.

It would have worked in the early 1980s, I think: "...that's after the news with Jan Leeming. Over on BBC2, continuing coverage of snooker from Sheffield and updates from the continuing embassy siege. But now on BBC1, Rog and Pete get ahead of themselves and agree to a charity gig that isn't quite what it seems. It's Ronnie Barker and Graham Chapman in Who's Out Of Tune?"

I think this is all utterly charming. The Who always struck me as honest-to-god grumpy, sarcastic, insolent English blokiness personified. They were like that when they were petulant youngsters, they were like that when they went overboard in the 1970s, and they are like that every time they have a barney in public and then pull the jaunty one after they realise they look like berks. None of this fashionable phony professionalism for these chaps. None of the "run a band like it's Accenture" nonsense where everything goes through a PR firm. No, it's proper mickey-taking, storm-in-a-teacup sitcom misunderstandings, all to be settled over a pint. If Ronnie Barker were still with us, he would absolutely play Roger.

These days, the howl in "Won't Get Fooled Again" is probably because he just put out his back lifting a bottle of mineral water.

I would say the buyers do in fact live in this world. They simply own more of it than most of us do. I wouldn't personally spend that kind of money on memorabilia but it is surely one of the more benign ways to spend private wealth. It isn't like they are pricing us out of a market that matters to us. It isn't land.

That's great news, Eddie! You'll get your bass in no time, I imagine. By the way, if you are unhappy with the hardware, I know of a spare bridge that you can probably get for a decent price:

It might be even more fun to poach them.

I suppose that for some people who weren't there back in the day, or would dearly love to be back in the day, it is cheaper than a time machine. I cannot comment on the nostalgic value for others, so the question of whether it is worth the enthusiasm and cost is really down to personal taste and expectations.

Indeed. The singing-lesson scene in The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle comes to mind. Surely the whole point of Oasis is that they are cocky, swaggering, musical junk food? Is there really any point in complaining that some people enjoy a bag of Wotsits with a can of lager?

That is a poor choice on his part. A sedated Farrell is undoubtedly more amenable than a belligerently drunk Farrell.

I believe this is known as "managing upwards."