the neon god they made

The people of Britain were today called upon to observe a minutes silence to commemorate the loss of my wallet. A gut-wrenching tragedy that left a generation scarred, until I found it. By my keys. I forgot I'd put it on the stairs.

Not since Sunday 7th's silence for Jean Charles de Menezes has a country been united in such a way.

Apart from the minutes silence two weeks later on the 21st for Mary-Ann Leneghan. Killed in Reading. In with a bad crowd. Bit of a slapper probably.

After the emotional minutes silence for scouser Bigley. A saint amongst us who chose the difficult path of taking enormous tax-free pay cheques for building air bases in war zones and came a cropper, it was felt that one minute was not enough silence. Two full minutes were had in July to show our contempt for terrorism.

If you know someone who isn't observing a silence, please call the hotline.

Synthesiser pioneer Dr Robert Moog has died at his North Carolina home aged 71

Let's join together and observe a minutes awesome electronic noise, with some outrageous wobbly analogue bits.