A selection of verse and poesy from the Beasht himself as well as related writings from chums... plus - some bits & some bobs.


"Now let's pursue a serious note The German seaman sagt, 'Ze Kraaken ist not eine gut idea To waak-on'. Achtung, the water's fine to waak-on, The water's fine... Providing you're bearded and divine And full of the faith and very brave -
Good God, there goes another wave."

By Vivian, Thematically Arranged :

• Odes to the Tube: Silly Whimsy for Silky
• Art and Fart
• Vivian's VERSA
• TUBULAR BELLS Blither Blather
• Oh, to be a boy again... in Punch.
  

  PUFFERY :

• The Ballad of the Alchemical Ball by Ki Longfellow
• MOAB IS MY WASHPOT by Stephen Fry
• DARLING VIVIAN by Legs Larry Smith
• Kerry Dances by Mike "Sport" Murphy
• RAWLINSON'S END by Andrew Brebner
• A La Recherche du Vivian Perdu by David Harrison
• MR. STANSHALL'S PARROT by John Dowie
• TREVOR HOWARD PLAYING SIR HENRY By Vivienne Knight
• Keith Moon by Tony Fletcher
• Perhaps the final accolade is making the funny pages...
• It may be Dutch, but the Beasht made Mojo's top fifty eccentric albums - of course. And so did the Bonzos.
• Tossed in amongst her other observations, Spike Milligan's agent said dining out with Spike and my old man was like sitting atop an unexploded bomb. (Vivian would have said 'bombe'.)
  
  

  DEFLATERY :

  
  
• A SILK'S EYE VIEW OF DAD
• ZIPPED
  
  
  
  

  
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