Music
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Blur Quiz
Are you a Blur fanatic or did you only buy Parklife because you like photos of greyhounds?
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Single of the Week
The honour of being Dave's first ever single of the week goes to the wonderful Marina and the Diamonds.
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Top 15 Flight of the Conchords songs
Fusing comedy and music and getting the best out of both worlds is notoriously tricky. Meet the masters - Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement aka Flight of the Conchords.
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Jay-Z
It's only an interview with the biggest rap star in the world isn't it? Courtesy of ClashMusic.com.
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Harry Shearer
The mighty Spinal Tap lads are back with their latest DVD - Unwigged & Unplugged: An evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. Dave caught up with Spinal Tap and Simpsons legend, Harry Shearer for a chat.
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Enjoy our Top 5 most memorable Buzzcocks guests, the Simon Amstell vs Mark Lamarr debate and profiles of the Buzzcocks hosts.
Music quizzes
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But are you a Blur fanatic or did you only buy Parklife because you like photos of greyhounds?
Blur Quiz
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Celebrate the man and the band with our Doors quiz.
The Doors Quiz
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Are you Mad Fer It or just vaguely enthused? Take our quiz, but be warned, you may experience some Unknown Pleasures.
Pub Quiz: Manchester music
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Can you recall how some of our ex-music legends ascended the stairway to heaven?
Pub Quiz: Rock star deaths
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Once upon a time, rock was all about big hair, spandex and endless guitar solos that would have any right-thinking person reaching for their revolver. Thankfully, Nirvana changed all that – but how much do you know about the gods of grunge?
Nirvana quiz
Pub trivia
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Norah Jones is the daughter of Ravi Shankar – the legendary Indian musician who taught Beatle George Harrison to play the sitar. Her real name is Geethali Norah Jones Shankar.
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Next time you catch a repeat of the Fast Show, keep your eyes peeled during the Competitive Dad sketches. One of them features an appearance from none other than Amy Winehouse – then a fresh-faced 14-year-old pupil at Sylvia Young Theatre School.
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Madonna started her career as a drummer in an 80s band called The Breakfast Club. She went onto become part of another group called Emmy before finally deciding to go it alone as a singer.
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Contrary to popular belief, David Bowie's eyes aren't two different colours. The truth is that one pupil has been permanently enlarged ever since he got punched in the face at school.
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Jack White of The White Stripes is fixated with the number three. He often signs his name Jack White III, owns a record company called Third Man Records, and has gone under the alias Three Quid. Why? While working as an upholsterer years ago, Jack noticed three staples holding some fabric to a piece of furniture, and became fixated with the number for evermore. As you do.
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Prince's full name is Prince Rogers Nelson - he was named after the Prince Rogers Trio, his father's old jazz band.
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As well as being rather too fond of fast food, Elvis also had a fetish for police badges. He was so obsessed with collecting them that he paid a special visit to the White House to pick up a narcotics agency badge from President Nixon.
