Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

Have you really got a Hispano-Suiza, Caliban?

No, fraid not..... I woz jus muckin abaht!! taking the cue from ammy's double-barrelled car reference. The old Light 15 on my profile is the oldest car I've ever owned (1951... great year, eh amms?? ). I'd previously owned a 1973 Citroën DS23 (my first car ...)

[amateur51]

No, fraid not..... I woz jus muckin abaht!! taking the cue from ammy's double-barrelled car reference. The old Light 15 on my profile is the oldest car I've ever owned (1951... great year, eh amms?? ). I'd previously owned a 1973 Citroën DS23 (my first car ...)

Did you call it Pearl Fisher, Caliban?

Lovely motor, the DS23

[Nick Armstrong]

Did you call it Pearl Fisher, Caliban?

Lovely motor, the DS23

Ooooh yes it is. There's a lovely example in the window of the Society of Motor Manufacturers in Great Peter Street up from Millbank - happened to cycle past it yesterday

You're going to have to help me with the Pearl Fisher reference...

[Lateralthinking1]

Good stuff. Almost like that After Dark programme on Channel 4. I'd love them to bring that back.

So onwards and upwards to L:

- The birthplace of a composer fascinated by polyphony - he was originally called Alan

- A title given to a march by a 19th century composer from France - the earlier one of the two titles for the piece

- An electronics wizard who developed a synthesizer for Disneyland - the man and his machine

[amateur51]

You're going to have to help me with the Pearl Fisher reference...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PYt2HlBuyI

"Oui c'est elle, c'est la déesse" - geddit?

[amateur51]

Good stuff. Almost like that After Dark programme on Channel 4. I'd love them to bring that back.

So onwards and upwards to L:

- The birthplace of a composer fascinated by polyphony - he was originally called Alan

Not Alan Measles, then?

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01133/arts-graphics-2008_1133005a.jpg

[Anna]

Sorry; what was the answer

[amateur51]

Sorry; what was the answer

[Lateralthinking1]

Is that the artist formerly known as Grayson? This is a question.

[amateur51]

Is that the artist formerly known as Grayson? This is a question.

Alan Measles is Grayson Perry's teddy bear

[Lateralthinking1]

Thanks. I didn't know. Presumably he now has a different name and specialises in melismas.

[Lateralthinking1]

.....Here is a clue. The birthplace of the composer who was originally called Alan is in this country -

[amateur51]

Thanks. I didn't know. Presumably he now has a different name and specialises in melismas.

Alan Measle's is currently curating GP's exhibition at the British Museum, so don't diss da bear, ok?

http://alanmeasles.posterous.com/

[Lateralthinking1]

No one could call him a bear of little brain. Here is another clue. The man who was originally called Alan was born in a place with a famous orchestra.

[Nick Armstrong]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PYt2HlBuyI

"Oui c'est elle, c'est la déesse" - geddit?

Goddit!