Pop Shield

Well it’s been an interesting morning on the Nations Favourite, including an impromptu dance routine in the style of The Power Girls throughout the travel bulletin by wild-eyed, wild-haired, comic monitor lizard Buzz Bailiff.

“Who’s headlining the embargoed event that everyone forgets the name of?” says Mavis Marbles on the reverse talkback early one morning.  “I’ve been asked to introduce them on stage, it would be nice to know who it is.”

“Let me see.  Hmm, right. Well it’s a whole load of the usual suspects, blah blah blah, the ubiquitous avant-garde mime artists Dirty Beggar, blah blah blah…finishing up with 80’s soul sensations Simples featuring flame-haired, granola-voiced alleged lothario Rick Buckley” replies Golden Boy.

“Oh, I rather like Rick Buckley!”  says Mavis. “I do think he gets a bad rap; you know. Everyone likes to not like him and goes on about his flame hair and his extraordinarily long arms and it’s all rather unkind. I mean what’s wrong with him?”

“Well, he’s reputedly a lothario for one” offers Melody.

“Is he? Does that even matter?  Anyway, I like his granola voice” says Mavis.

“That’s it – long arms!” I exclaim, almost choking on my actual granola.  High on sleep deprivation and eureka-moment euphoria. “Of course!! That would account for the abominable mic technique!”