Toad, Mr Toad, The Toadster, El Toaderino… yes, I think that works quite well, don’t you? Song, by Toad dearly wishes it was as cool as The Big Lebowski.

Shut the fuck up, Donny.

In no way related to that, I think this Friday’s irregular Bender for the Weekender is going to draw inspiration from the gloriously unhinged Uncle Moon and post some looney circus music to get you all in the mood for going out, getting so pickled you think it’s Tuesday, and waking in the arms of a sweaty fifteen-stone Latvian hooker with a nasty rash and a cleft palate, who you could swear blind was a twenty-year-old Czech lingerie model a mere ten hours earlier.

Well not all circus music, perhaps, but joyous, uplifting, deranged and utterly splendid. The sort of stuff to have your friends asking ‘What the fuck is this nonsense you’re playing?’, just before you slap them for their inexcusable philistinery.

Sparks – This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both of Us This one’s a bit of stretch, I know, but it’s mental so it’s going in.
Eels – Flyswatter (The Polka Dots Remix)
Caramel Jack – The Lady Vanishes
Tom Waits – Kommienezuspadt This is a great, crazy song, despite the awful German spelling. A somewhat acquired taste though, I’ll admit
Quasar Wut-Wut – The March of the Zug It really annoys me that this lot aren’t more popular.
Bruce Springsteen – Wild Billy’s Circus Story Just in case you thought I was getting a little too upbeat!