Category Archives: Operation Gettin’ Down

I think the Sound Of Music excerpt at the start was Cam Rogers’ idea initially – I ripped off the same moment as part of the incredibly haphazard ‘book’ for A Largely Fanciful History Of The Spiegeltent – and then … Continue reading →

This one closed the official part of Operation Gettin’ Down (there were a couple of bonus hidden tracks) and I guess it’s slightly different to most of the other tracks in that it’s actually about sex, and not a sex … Continue reading →

The title track from the 2002 release. We’d just had Operation, um, Desert Shield or something (you kinda lose track nowadays, you know?), and it seemed in keeping with the theme of the album to go looking for a completely … Continue reading →

If there’s a prevailing theme to the lyrics of Operation Gettin’ Down, it’s sex; on the other hand, this is just getting silly.

Hard to believe, and against all odds, this is actually kind of a serious song. I know, I know, we had people on the door and everything, I don’t know how it got through. Well, I’m talking to you like … Continue reading →

Some (not all, I hasten to add) sports clubs seem to pride themselves on being the last bastions of ugly, rampant, unchecked homophobia. Cricket’s actually a lot less guilty of this than other codes I could mention, but then Sherbet … Continue reading →

A dangerous late-night infatuation with Jeri Ryan of “Star Trek: Voyager” prompted this rather silly funk workout that owes a little bit to Herbie Hancock’s Head Hunters (not in a legally binding sense, of course). There’s a lot of in-jokes … Continue reading →

Oh, my goodness. Don’t ask me what I was thinking, because I have no idea. I still kinda like the overall message, though.

Oh, good grief.