Head Rambles and Cowangate

I have been watching the ‘Cowangate’ business with some interest. I’m not talking here about peoples reactions, so much as the effect it is having on Head Rambles. The first post on the subject went up on Monday, and the resulting traffic stream is remarkable.  So remarkable, that I had to investigate further. I did [...]

In the shadow of the Shadows

Many years ago, before a lot of you were born, there was a group by the name of The Shadows. They were the backing group for Cliff Richard and also had some considerable success as an electric instrumental group. In 1970, the group split, and two of its founder members – Hank Marvin and Bruce [...]

Finding the nonexistent

So much for a quiet Paddy’s Day. As The Old Fart wrote yesterday, we had a bit of trouble on the server.  He claimed credit for finding the cause, but he really hasn’t a clue. The symptom of the problem was that the blogs that I host seemed to vanish off Google’s radar.  Any search [...]