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The television series, Downton Abbey, has been a huge success, both in the UK, where it originated, and in many countries abroad, where people aren't lucky enough to have social superiors to order them about. What these unfortunates fail to...
Let's face it, guys – we've messed it up. Those people who criticise us should be allowed to show us how it should be done. Come on girls – put your words into action.
Stressed? Anxious? Frustrated? Music is the most wonderful, powerful thing in the world. Lie down, shut your eyes and listen to some of these songs. You WILL feel better.
Ever wondered what England is really like? Find out all you need to know here.
Marc Bolan's career as one of the world's leading, most complex lyricists, was cut tragically short. But previously unseen lyrics have recently come to light.
Racists can't tell you a joke. They can repeat a joke that somebody else has made up. It's never funny. They are never funny. Racists are all stupid. Ask a racist to write a song. They cannot. They are unable, because they are stupid and do not...
Crassnsilly is a qualified dream interpreter, with a proper qualification from the Cambridge University Academy of Dream Interpreting. What follows is real science, and not just made up nonsense. We all dream, even people who have no imagination....
They go on and on about their dumb or dim or daft poems that never rhyme or scan or tell you anything that you couldn't have thought up by yourself, like 'I'm unhappy' or 'I was happy once'. Me, me, me. • Writing about what happened to you is...
Wizzley is run by people with no sense of humour, so what is the point of them?
There was a dull bloke on Hub Pages Who wrote, knowing there were no wages But he wrote, nonetheless, To everyone's distress He went on for ages and ages Hmm ... Poetry is really easy. With my 9-point guide, beginners like yourself who...
There are more and more and more and more and more and more developments added every day which add value to cyberworld. Add-on things to add on to your virtual things. New virtual this and new virtual that to add to your virtual stuff, stuffed in...
In England, as in other nations, one will often hear persons declaring that they are from 'Up North', or 'The North'. One immediately wonders where this 'North' begins, and where it ends, if, indeed, it does ever end. Also, how wide it is. Does it...
I can't help it. I can't stand them. It's hate. But hate in its own box. It's not like a global hatred of racists, bullies, the spiteful and the uncaring. It's not as big as hating tribal massacres in Sudan. It's not even as big as hating the...
The Pope gets up in the morning and goes to the toilet. He puts on his socks, one at a time. He has his breakfast. Then he goes to work. Remind you of anyone? Yes, it's you! But you haven't got the same job as the Pope. You have to physically DO...
Although acknowledged as the obesity capital of the world, not everyone in America is grossly overweight. For instance, Bobby Lardsome, a prisoner on Death Row in a maximum security penitentiary in Iowa, convicted of stealing his mom's apple pie,...
It may not be your favourite, you may not even like it, but it is perfect.
Scissors, paper, stone. A picture paints a thousand words. But: The pen is mightier than the sword. But: A sword can rip a picture into smithereens. According to my extensive research (a quick Google), Facebook may or may not be the fifth most...
HERE'S a quote from today's BBC news. "The UK's banks should be forced to publicly disclose the number of their employees who earn more than £1m a year," according to a government report. One million pounds. Exactly. One million pounds. Nice round...
What's your favourite colour? Who are your Top Ten favourite Olympic shot-putters of the 1990s? Who's your favourite celebrity shoelace designer? The word 'favourite' is not as positive as it sounds. It's a negative term, because, if you decide...
Christmas is coming. This means many things to look forward to, most of them accompanied by television. You can't get away from it, that benign cancer. So take what you can, because you can't give television anything. When I was young, we used to...
NOEL Gallagher is not the only rubbish songwriter in the world. There are plenty of others, possibly myself, possibly yourself, certainly sacred cows like Bob Dylan. Noel and Bob are purveyors of the impenetrable, proudly waving the nonsense flag...
England. Land of green fields, tea drinkers and a Royal family living next door. Or is it? Forget your preconceptions and read on to find out what England is really like.
Priestley at the BBC Don't criticise yourself for having never heard of J B Priestley. No, honestly, it's not your fault. Why should you have? He's long dead and long out of fashion. These days, it seems writers are trying too hard to impress, to...