It’s Tuneful Tuesday, ’cause as ever, I’ve missed Musical Monday. Anyhoo, my offering is early 90s hair rock, Low Life in High Places from Thunder, featuring a singer who looks remarkably like someone I used to know*. No, it’s not my usual thing, but I rather like it because  despite my complete lack of vocal talent, I can sing along with it quite well. And because it seems so incredibly appropriate, I’d like to dedicate it to the subjects of a couple of recent posts.

In other news: I’m not getting this whole banning of minarets in Switzerland thing. Apparently, it’s to prevent the rise of extremism – how does that work exactly? Has someone found a causal link between architecture and extreme views? I suppose they could be connected, if you think about it: the Nazis were pretty extreme, and Germany has a lot of architecture. Same with Cromwell, maybe prior to going up to Cambridge with all it’s architectural temptations, he was a lovely guy who had absolutely no problem with women, catholics, Irish people, Christmas … And of course, there’s Nick Griffin**, part leader of the (British Nutty Party) British National Party, part Terry Gilliam animation gone horribly wrong, and (obviously) wholly damaged by exposure to London at an early age.

At this point I’ve got to say: won’t somebody please think of the children!!!! We’re sending vulnerable, young minds out on school trips to castles and bridges and castles and museums and castles and universities, even theatres for goodness sake! It’s only a matter of time before we produce a generation who decide to go out and take over the world and tell everyone they have to speak English, and that they jolly well will spell colour with a ‘u’, and they’ll drink tea and play football and jolly well like it.

Hang on a minute ….. didn’t that already happen? Well, there you are, if you needed proof, you have it. School trips should obviously be banned immediately! We should be protecting children from the harmful effects of balustrades and cornices and – dare I say it – arches! Of course, that won’t happen, you know why? Political Correctness Gone Mad.

One more thing: We Brits are not immune to architectural controversy. You may think of St. Pauls in London as a rather nice building and a symbol of resistance during the Blitz, but back when it was all new and shiny, it was considered quite provocative. If you compare it to other English cathedrals, it is very different; instead of a soaring spire to heaven it has a Roman (Catholic) dome, and the base is very similar to a pagan roman temple. This didn’t go down too well with some sections of polite society who were very busy trying to be good Anglo-Saxon protestants****.

Bet you’re glad I told you that *****

* If you happen to be J – yes, I see the stats I know you read – imagine our mutual ‘friend’ Mr M of S’Boro in a wig … oh, and with a life, friends, and probably a personality.

** BTW,  Griffin is a Norman name, therefore, French. Just saying.

*** Have to add lots of exclamation marks, that is the correct punctuation for that phrase; I saw it in the Daily Mail, so it must be right.

**** Yes, we’re back to Nick Griffin again.

***** O, that wink’s for you To everyone else: my son says I shouldn’t wink on the internet. I say it could be worse, I could follow it up with ‘you betcha’.

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