mostly david ephgrave

I realised this morning that, in my rush to finish yesterday’s blog about the stickers on my guitar case , I'd forgotten to mention the most prominent one. On its own, it looks confusing. That’s why I included the CD to make sense of it. You’re looking at a back-to-front version of my old band’s logo. It’s in reverse because it’s a window sticker. Suddenly it all makes sense.   It came free with Big Day Out’s first CD, Get Happy. We recorded the EP in 1998, early on in our ‘career’. I was 17 and at college. I can remember travelling to the studio by bus on the first day, thinking how I was probably the only passenger on my way to a recording session. Perhaps I was being presumptuous about its clientele. We were a four piece at the time. I sang and played bass. I wrote the songs with the other singer and lead guitarist, Rich (who featured in a scam-related blog a few days back). When he was in the band, I felt inferior to his talent...

I’m of the opinion that people who have a sticker in their car’s rear window that says ‘Powered by Fairy Dust’, shouldn’t be allowed to join the AA. This isn’t my only caveat. My ruling also applies if you display it in any other window, or anywhere else on the bodywork. It’s also not just the AA that you should be banned from, but the RAC, Green Flag or any other company that supplies car insurance. Basically, you shouldn’t be allowed on the road. I understand that people sometimes want their vehicles to reflect a little of their personality. They’d like their Astra, Micra, Corsa or Polo to stand out from the rest. They also want to show their fellow road users that they have a sense of humour; that they’re ‘crazy’, ‘quirky’ and ‘FUN’. By displaying the words ‘Powered by Fairy Dust’, or some other inane slogan, you only end up achieving the opposite. It’s like writing an email in comic sans or wearing a novelty tie; it’s almost nev...