Our crack pair of inquisitors tackle the week’s events and sift out the good, the bad and the riveting, which includes …

… whatever happened to savage reviews?

… “For God’s sake, keep the robots out of music!”: the 50th birthday of Kraftwerk’s Autobahn.

… a Naked Nick Cave Plush Doll (£24) and some Jonny Greenwood olive oil.

… strange tales about the making of Disraeli Gears.

… what keeps Kamala Harris awake at night.

… the staggering bill at Murray the K’s ‘Music In The Fifth Dimension’ in 1967.

… Teri Garr, Diane Keaton and other fantasy girlfriends.

... “Twas nought but an skellington covered in skin”.

… rock stars never seen without shades.

… and birthday guest Cathal Chu cooks up another 45 ways to leave your lover – ‘Give two weeks’ notice, Otis’.

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