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Trade press advert for "Angel With a Lariat", the 1987 album by k d lang and the Reclines.

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The late, great, Jeremy Hardy. Back in the days when he was young and talked about his upbringing in the stockbroker belt. Back in the days before he took singing lessons.

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Channel 4 adverts from about this time in 1986. We've got...

Aspel & Company, where George Michael is about to make an important announcement about Wham!

Bob Geldof advertises the music coverage in the Today newspaper. Whatever we remember Today for, it isn't the tepid and middle-of-the-road music writing.

How do you eat your Creme Egg? Cadbury's were in the second year of a big promotional push for the foil-wrapped treat. This year, they rip off Paul Simon's "50 ways to leave your lover".

Griff Rhys Jones makes a film noir to advertise Holsten Pils. He's intercut with vintage footage.

Pedigree Chum associate themselves with the Crufts' dog show, which had taken place two weekends previously. Not sure who the spokesman is, feel like I should recognise him.

Casual compulsory heterosexuality as Peaudouce advertise babyslips, a kind of pull-up nappy. Peau-who? Established in 1971, they were an offshot of Proctor & Gamble's Pampers range of nappies, but with enough distinction to not be confused with the established brand. Peaudouce was sold to Kimberley Clarke in 1996, closed three years later.

Barbecue beans from Heinz, advertised by a young lad whose house slips underwater - and he doesn't care.

British Rail advertise with Sammy the sailor, who uses BR Savers to visit girls in every port. The "Saver" had only been introduced in 1984, half-price fares if you travel any day except Friday (or the Thursday before Easter) and avoid the morning rush into London.

And then a Channel 4 trailer for Mr Pye starring Derek Jacobi, and then into Hill Street Blues

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Chris Lowe from The Pet Shop Boys, on Top of the Pops at Christmas 1986. Great that he's turned up in fancy dress, as children's character Mr. Benn.

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Mike Smith in a remarkable Christmas jumper. Snowman on one shoulder, actual bells on the other. Santa badge by the microphone. The main design is a Christmas tree.

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Alannah Currie on Top of the Pops, 2 February 1984.

The Thompson Twins performed Doctor Doctor, the pink light added a surprising menace to the song.

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From Top of the Pops, tx 12 August 1982.

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Sorry to hear about the death of Tom Mintier, CNN's space correspondent. His was the voice we heard in January 1986, when the shuttle went up and never came down.

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From the night of 11-12 June 2016, a conversation between Stella Creasey (Lab, Walthamstow), and Chris Baughen (Radiox henchman) about how Radiox keeps daytime for Ver Lads.

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Christmas trees in Caretta-Shiodome, Tokyo, Japan

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Sights of Texas.

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“I used to feel this constant pressure to be more feminine; a quiet, or sometimes not-so-quiet demand - ‘You need to wear a dress or people will think you’re gay.’ Now I feel a sense of freedom in dressing, and I’m enjoying it so much. I love wearing a Saint Laurent suit to an event. I mean, what a gift.” - Ellen Page, Vogue Magazine

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I must have misheard the tax guy. I thought he said I was getting a thousand bucks back… ;p #ducks #ringneckmallard

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Avril Lavigne

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Goodbye Lullaby: first lines.

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#onalijting

A selection of memorable moments and things I've learned from my Legend in Japan experience. Crashing into the cymbals, and living in the eternal now. LiJ Performance Bingo. Doing unspeakable things to microphone stands. Climbing on the speaker stack. Flying dismount. Singing while lying down. Breaking the wall of the stage and spending half the performance in the crowd. It's like when a bottle of fizzy pop is shaken and shaken and shaken, and as soon as the cap's loosened, it goes whoosh. We had a fan swap with Kids Can't Fly, loved Of Fire And Fate, and were privileged to be at the start of Skaciety. London Stone is a basement pub, themed in a gothic / horror style, with toilets hidden behind a fake bookcase. That's the gimmick, the laughter it generates has literally no beginning. Over the last three years, we've seen venues close. In Bristol, the gig changed venue because the Cooler had closed. When LiJ went back just five months later, the replacement venue, the Croft, had also closed. People are growing up without the chance to experience of seeing live shows, and that's bad for the future. Quality bands don't just spring up out of nowhere. They have to practice, and the best way to practice is in front of a critical audience. Or just any sort of audience. The economics don't add up, either. Just to cover petrol money, you're going to need to play to an audience of a certain size; merchandise helps. When the band and the paying audience fits around a table for ten, with seats to spare, something is wrong.

"She's never seen Legend in Japan before: do you have any advice?" "Do you have socks on? Prepare to have them rocked off." When you hang around enough with wonderful people, they start hanging with you. Legend in Japan are a Kerrang band playing energetic punk with a pop edge. They don't belong on a Planet Rock bill, all noodling guitars and absolutely no showmanship. The two aren't interchangeable, and only someone deliberately ignorant of popular music would confuse them. My sense of direction is still rubbish. Travelodge remains the dictionary definition of adequate, it'll do. Premier Inn is always a little piece of lovely: comfortable beds, a fragrant smell in the rooms, and a huge breakfast kept really hot. My favourite hotel was the Mercure in Nottingham, converted from Victorian townhouses. The Holiday Inn at Three Bridges is dashed useful for Gatwick, and might just work as a base for London. The railways have improved from when I spent time with the crusties. In three years and 40 trips, I've made three delay claims. Well done, British Rail, you're reliable.

Here's why the band is ending: the bulk of Legend in Japan's set was in place by summer 2012. A few newer songs have turned up in the live sets - There's the rope, Bam chi chi la la, Yes men - but the creative spark was fading. With some of the band moving out of the UK at the start of the new year, Legend in Japan have decided to call it quits. The final set list, and stop me if you've heard this one before: * Victory victory * Echoes "I blame the insanity workout" * Fall guy, dedicated to Neil Duncan * St Genevive * Yes men * Agitation! Propaganda! It is over. Mourn not the loss, celebrate what has been achieved. "Absent friends". "Getting out alive". "Agit!Prop!". The community, the fandom, the camaradarie.