Safe sex doesn't mean no sex , just means buy a big Alsatian well found Brian it's been many years since I've heard that
I got a copy of this on vynyl, already have it on CD but it just sounds so much better and Beth Gibbon with a voice like like hers while puffing on a fag , Portishead are such an underrated band
More Beth Gibbons, the snow is tipping down ,coffee brewing and bread smells coming from the oven and to top it all the arse are out of the cup Take a moment to enjoy this
Ms B reckons the outfit is a size too small, too tight and Toyah's stretching it too much and as a result, it's become see through. Apparently, it'll spoil it. Bless!
No 11. 40 years of the unbelievable Machine Gun Etiquette celebrated in this t shirt. The problem is I'm colour blind and can't see the logo very well. Still a cool shirt, though.
No 10. The image is Valerie Hobson as the 'Bride of Frankenstein' (1935), as used on the cover of the live album 'Too Close But Too Worlds Away'. I'm sure that it influenced Dave's hairstyle and the white flash is now sported by Mrs B. I was wearing this shirt when I went to my local post office one day, about 5 years ago. The woman behind the counter was a huge Damned fan, used to go to school with Captain and we spent 10 minutes chatting about stuff...much to the annoyance of the huge crowd building up behind me.
I love the comedy of Les Dawson. his writing was fantastic and for me, pretty close to the greatest, Spike Milligan.
No 9. Had I done this chart 4 weeks ago, then this might have been No 1. It's amazing for this thing to just exist, for this fan of a band who have spent decades being actively ignored by pretty much everyone else on this planet. Mrs B and I both own one and delight in both wearing them at the same time...it's so ****ing sad, it's almost cool...I did say almost! This year, we sent out Christmas cards where we're both wearing one. Our daughters were mortified......It wasn't the first time....it certainly won't be the last. However much upsetting your kids is great fun, you can only wear it for a few weeks a year...so, it's No.9.
please log in to view this image Snap! please log in to view this image Brian's showing signs of a hard life. Like many of us, he was beautiful once... please log in to view this image
I may have done the opposite, in living long enough for them to get used to me. I had been embarrassing them on a regular basis, pretty much since they were born. I own and regularly wear 2 drape jackets - a neon pink one and a leopard print one, several pairs of lurid Dr Marten creepers and other similarly tasteful garments. Also, I have a collection of Hawaiian shirts with shark designs on them (about 10 or so designs) that I spend the summers in. Mrs B also wears outfits that encourage complete strangers to offer commentary or ask to take her photograph. The kids used to be mortified when we wore stuff like that...until their friends started telling them that they wished their parents were 'cool'. Now they almost kind of like it...almost.
No 8. The second shirt with the single cover design with Beethoven in a viking helmet. It's a great shirt but you can still buy them on ebay and they used to be available in the preferable, 'Burglar' red and black stripe design, which is no longer available... please log in to view this image
No 7. A cool t shirt commemorating an obscure album track - 13th Floor Vendetta, from The Black Album. Even Damned obsessives, like myself, will agree that this isn't in the top 5 songs on the studio section of a double album. However, a few years after its original release, the label, Big Beat, issued a single album format which contained a poster, like this one...with an image of Lon Cheney Jr as The Phantom of the Opera... please log in to view this image ...and that now shifts for serious money...a fair bit more than the record itself...and gave birth to this rare shirt...which doesn't really explain why the image isn't from The Abominable Dr Phibes, which the song is actually about...
No. 6. Another Vince Ray design, much beloved of Mrs B - she owns 4 items with this design on (hi tops, shopping bag, t shirt and hoodie). This shirt is REALLY GLO IN THE DARK...you could light our entire house off it and it's 16 years old. Fantastic!