Entertaining things subjected to wry and rigorous scrutiny this week include:-

* The most bizarre and tenuous rock autobiographies – eg the tell-all revelations of Elvis Presley’s nurse, Primal Scream’s tambourine player, Sinatra’s valet and the girl who made John Lennon a cheese sandwich.

* How Roger Daltrey wound up living in a van.

* Aimee Mann v Steely Dan and the curious world of support acts.

* Would you rather see a “legend” or the next big thing?

* The noble tradition of song stealing in reggae.

* “Your bus leaves in ten minutes, be under it!” and other inspired ways of dealing with hecklers.

* If you mailed a letter to 'Andy Partridge, Swindon' or 'Rod Stewart, Essex', would they get it?

* And Dolly Parton’s dignified escape from the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

Plus there’s a ceremonial reading of Bono’s piss-poor poem about Ukraine.

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Saturday 30th September