Awwwww

Two of my favorite junior codgers, Mani and Bobby G.

"I'll be shitting me keks."

Cannae wait for the new album.

Roses

Live at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool.

"Manchester in the area!"

And some of my favorite Mani-dancing-whilst-playing-his-bass moments ever...

HA HA HA

I think this could be one of my favorite pictures, ever.

This Old Town

Mr. Weller, Mr. Coxon, Mr. Starkey and Mr. Mounfield on Jonathan Ross's show last night.

I'm dying here

Weller, my new boy-Graham, Mani and Zak Starkey. Wossy is trying to kill me, too.

Please, Gods of YouTube, have this up and running ASAP this weekend.

PAUL WELLER and GRAHAM COXON have formed a supergroup for a one-off
performance on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross tomorrow. The ex-JAM frontman and former BLUR guitarist have called on ex-STONE ROSES bassist MANI to help them play tracks from their new double A-sided single.
They’ve also enlisted OASIS drummer ZAK STARKEY for the pots and pans.

"I don't think he's in regular correspondence with His Holiness"

This made me laugh so freaking hard that I spit water out my nose. Living large, my friends, living large.

I know it's "Anyone but United," but this is so funny!

* Pope Benedict XVI might want to look out for some unusual personal correspondence in the coming days.

His Holiness has not, to our knowledge, consumed industrial quantities of cortex-splitting pharmaceuticals, used the microwave on his tour bus to cook the aforementioned narcotics, vomited on Elvis's front door, bounced a ball off the head of Blur's Damon Albarn for some unknown misdeed, or been banned from Top of the Pops.*

The members of rock band Primal Scream have.

And I hear that the Scream's bassist, the loopy Mani, a Manchester United fan, has decided to write the Pope a letter calling for the canonisation of Man U manager Sir Alex Ferguson, after he won his ninth Premiership title with the club.

"Mani wants Fergie to be made a saint," says a friend, who faces eviction after Mani's excitable (mid-bender) stereo volume control upset the neighbours on Monday night.

"He says he's writing a letter to the Pope listing Fergie's miracles.

"I don't think he's in regular correspondence with His Holiness, but I've not spoken to him since last night, so for all I know he could be on the phone to him now."

The NME is trying to kill me, part 750

Part of an ongoing series.

Following his band Primal Scream being named Godlike Geniuses at this year's Shockwaves NME Awards, the band are now set to answer your questions.

NME.COM's sister title Uncut is staging an audience with the band's legendary bass player - and former Stone Roses man - Mani next week, and they want your queries.

Ever wondered how wide those Madchester flares were? What is his favourite fashion statement: the bucket hats or the white suit? Or perhaps you want to know who the ultimate frontman is: Ian Brown or Bobby Gillespie?

If there's anything you want to ask the "World's Greatest Bass Player" then send your questions to uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com with Mani in the subject line.

I know of a question that I'd like to ask Mr. Mounfield. "Fancy a....." whoops, was that out loud? Naughty Cygirl....

Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums (V.2)

My boys, mugging for the camera.

Freebase

When I saw this on RS's website, I thought, "Holy fuck, why is there a picture of my darling Mani on Rolling Stone online? Did some writer get religion?" Then I realized that the aforementioned website/magazine is 'getting ideas' from nme.com, again.

I don't care, I taste Ambre Solaire

Jackson Pollack's Number 5 just sold for $140 million. Sadly, this is the only piece from Pollack's catalog that I am familiar with.

Why? It's mentioned in a very innocent sounding, yet extremely dirty Stone Roses song, 'Going Down.' Strangely enough, the reason that I realized that the song was positively filthy was not the title. What was it? The bass line. Absolutely raunchy. Lovely.

Think I'm going to listen to it right now, and have Rose-y dreams. Errr, wait, that sounded bad. Stone Rose-y dreams. That's better. I think.

**Ambre Solaire may sound exotic to we Americans, but apparently, it's a cheap suntan lotion made by Garnier. Who knew?

Primal Scream on Jools

Bobby, Einstein (Innes), Little Barry (Marr-looking MoFo) and my man, Mani.

This song is more fun than a barrel of monkeys. With liquor.