Author: Andrea Martin-Banks

Shopped in the UK for being upset about my dangling dongle What is wrong with you Britain? What happened to your manners and your self-worth?  If you are a driver and you accidentally try to run me over because you can’t be bothered slowing down or looking where you are going, why look so offended… Continue reading WOE BETIDE THOSE WHO STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES IN THIS MEAN AND UNPLEASANT LAND…

BY ERIC LASTICK THE PRESERVATIONS OF THE VILLAGE GREEN Dylan Thomas of food for thought…observer and writer of ”Under Milkwood” Woodwinds of the soul—and Nickey Hopkins Harpsichord heart to the multifaceted musical language…it’s musical concept is born—while gathering of gears in the spices and dashes of rare blends–go the folk en psychedelics. Mystics right out… Continue reading RAY DAVIES VILLAGE GREEN’S TURNING OF THE NEXT-ED KNOWLEDGE’S AND PLACE WHERE RECORDS BUILD AND BIRTH OF VINYL…AND IT BEGINS

We at the BEEB must be careful not to take sides, says that nice John Simpson https://open.substack.com/pub/leighgbanks/p/slaughter-of-our-children-now-the?r=drr6n&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

THE case for outlawing XL Bully dogs is overwhelming. They are killers. Out of ten people torn apart by dogs in the UK recently, six were killed by this brutal breed. The last victim, Ian Price died as he fought one attacking his elderly mother. Dog lovers say the breed cannot be blamed. And they are… Continue reading THE DOGS OF JAW… they are good dogs, they do what they are bred to do. KILL!

ANOTHER ROCKING PIECE FROM OUR RESIDENT SURREALIST WRITER, ERIC LASTICK  Sidney and company…Big Pink in full wardrobe…Brits warmth and ”Meddle”. Fur-top coat, Water’s Floyd’s and Barrett’s —along with Mason’s ”stick man’s truths…and honors. Gilmore not quite there yet. Cause and effect: Wild–zip, crazy eyes of lot’s of ‘Diamonds!”  And at center court, controller of the… Continue reading LED ZEPP BUYS OFF THE FLOYDS… DARKER SIDES OF THE MOON!

Bob Dylan has set more dates on what is rapidly becoming his never-ending Rough and Rowdy Ways tour. A few weeks ago, Bob announced 17 dates and promised more would be on the tracks. There are whistle-stops in Springfield, Massachusetts, Port Chester, New York and Waterbury, Connecticut beginning October 1 in Kansas City, Missouri. The Rough and Rowdy Ways tour hit the road in… Continue reading IT’S NO DISNEY WORLD ON TOUR, SAYS BOB AS HE PROMISES MORE DATES

An open letter to the victims and perpetrators of abuse of parents and children Briefly, let me try to explain to the victims of parental alienation why they feel neglected by the traditional media. And there are three… The first, in the UK, are restrictions on reporting cases… rules so draconian that journalists and editors… Continue reading +THE TRUE REASONS WHY PARENTAL ALIENATION SEEMS TO BE A NO-GO AREA FOR NEWSPAPERS, BROADCASTERS AND TELEVISION

THE LATEST LOOK AT AMERICANA WITH THE AMAZING … ERIC LASTICK The nineteen hundred & seventy three’s music scene where ”Glam Rock” engages with “Grunge Rock” at The Roxy Theater…as each costume and blue jean—–front line through the looking glass—-all along the stretches of West Hollywood lanes, in great anticipation of the show. Neil Young… Continue reading RAVES & ROLLS OF WEST HOLLYWOOD’S EARLY OPENERS … AT THE ‘ROXY’ 1973

Russian defector sells helicopter and lands a new life for family Maksim Kuzminov, aged 28, is a Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot. He could also be the first propaganda hero of this awful Ukraine war. But to Putin and his twisted cohorts Kuzminov is a coward, a thief, a deserter – and a target. He surrendered… Continue reading FLY FROM THIS WAR, PUTIN PILOT TELLS AIRFORCE