Mr Shaw writes to remind me I’ve made an appearance in the latest edition of “M” magazine, the business publication of the MCPS-PRS Alliance, who collect royalties for the UK music industry. It’s sent to all kinds of recording artists and composers across the genre spectrum.

He suggests my readers might want to see a scan of the anecdote I was invited to recount, as part of a feature called “My Worst Gig”. I’m next to someone from The Stranglers.

Typically, I end the story being toyed with by inebriated women rugby players with 50s quiffs. They kept singing Japan songs at me, I recall.

M Magazine also used my photo for the contents page, as scanned here.

Note that I’m by my computer, looking at a photo of myself on someone else’s web diary.

The pattern of the curtains was also used on photographer Sarah Watson’s business card.

She was rather taken with my curtains. The credit can only go to my tolerant landlady of 11 years.

Elsewhere, I’ve stumbled on a new photo of myself (below) from the site of Mr Michael Malice, who runs a successful and very amusing site of NYC eavesdroppings.

He is also the subject of a forthcoming graphic novel by Harvey Pekar, of American Splendor fame.

In the photo, I’m posing with Mr Grace from the band My Favorite, at their London gig the other week.

Mr Malice writes “this is quite possibly the gayest photo ever taken.” I think I must have been in an usually silly mood.