Jeez Louise, fresh content is going to be a serious struggle here for the next few weeks because I have a real-world project taking up all my time.

Music videos are getting boring, so let’s try a run of short and sweet conversation starters this week and see if any of them take off.

First up: All good things must come to an end.

Farmers face ruin as Amsterdam alters image

City authorities in Amsterdam are bracing themselves for a weekend of hallucinogenic bingeing as dozens of so-called “smart shops” that specialise in fresh psychedelic mushrooms sell off their stock before the trade becomes illegal on Monday…

It is going to be one hell of a weekend in that town. If some pranksters were to project something like this on the side of a building in the heart of Amsterdam the terrified wailing would be audible in Copenhagen.

I discern from his comments in the music discussions this story will have no resonance whatsoever with my friend Zimzo, but to some of the rest of you it may evoke a wistful melancholy.