The latest victim—err, participant—in Clash Music’s often-hilarious “Last Day on Earth” feature was none other than Adam Ant. When asked about how he would spend his final 24 hours on the planet, Ant gave the expected “I’d like to meet my dad in Heaven” and “eat ice cream” answers. Then he unloaded some classic Prince Charming quips.
What would be the after-dinner entertainment?
I’d have a burlesque show with Dita Von Teese. Or the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.
How would you like to die?
Quickly and on the job. And you can interpret that any way you like!
If you could be resurrected the next day, what would you come back as?
Either a seagull, because they fly really well — they can actually catch food in mid-air — or a snail, because they’re hermaphrodite and they copulate for six months.
This Day in Music Spotlight: Radio Station Bans Sir Cliff Richard. :: Special thanks to ThisDayinMusic.com . Cliff Richard, the Peter Pan of British pop, untouched by scandal since his launch in the black and white 1950s, was embroiled in a career-threatening scandal on this very day in 2004. Tony Blackburn, The DJ who opened Radio One back in 1967 with the immortal “good morning everyone! Welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio 1,” had been taking it easy in radio land for a few years when he triggered a Cliff Richard scandal that went all the way to Parliament
Paul McCartney Drawings Withdrawn from Sale at Auction. :: A set of drawings by Sir Paul McCartney, which were expected to fetch more than $40,000 at auction, will not be hitting the auction block after all, BBC News has reported. The drawings, which were done by McCartney in the early ‘70s as prototypes for a part-animated film, were being sold by the daughter of animator Eric Wylam, who died in 1997.
