Monty's Gaming and Wireless Outlook - Issue 178

"Girl, you really got me goin, You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', Yeah, you really got me now, You got me so I can't sleep at night." - You Really Got Me - The Kinks

Most people would consider the above Kinks classic a pretty sexy song, but it wasn't always that way. When a member of the band's girlfriend first heard the squeaky-clean original she complained it didn't make 'me want to drop my knickers'. Which isn't something you hear every day. Maybe she was a bit kinky. Ha-ha. I'll get my coat.

On the subject of the Kinks and coats, it was a wise decision by some Kinks fans to get their coats when they were invited to the house of a man who was the promoter a 1966 Kinks gig in Illinois. They did exactly that after some of them complained about the smell in the house. It turned out the host was one John Gacy Jnr, the serial killer who liked to dress up as a clown when he disposed of his 27 young vicitms.

On the subject of John Gacy Jr and the state of Illinois, the killer was recently the subject of a quite beautiful song by Sufjan Stevens on his recent Bring on the Illinoize album. Did mass murder and harmony ever come so good? Stevens is presently making 50 albums based on every US state where he draws his inspirations from important places, events, buildings, old telegrams and local newspaper archives. It is the best music in the world at the moment.

On the subject of telegrams and important events, this week saw Western Union finally call time on delivering telegrams. In the Age-of-The-Mobile, there is no longer any need for a service that will forever be remembered as the media of delivery when military personnel were killed in wars. Perhaps the future will see videoclips sent to the mobiles of parents and spouses explaining how their loved ones died defending the Government, er I mean, the country.

On the subject of Governments and mobiles, this week saw the launch of a new UK service. Merely go to the World-Tracker website, type in any mobile number and a text is sent asking for permission for that number to be tracked from a PC. Naturally, this SMS is couched in vague terms so unwitting types may be duped into replying. Parents, bosses and The Police may be delighted at such a service, but it's also good news for people clowning around and serial killers such as John Gacy Jnr.

Finally this week, on the subject of John Gacy Jnr and clowns, we go back to the Kinks' frontman Ray Davies who once wrote a song called Death A Clown and later checked himself into a hospital dressed as a clown when he was depressed. Which only goes to show that everything that goes around comes around, and maybe nowadays Dave Davies' ex-girlfriend really does drop her knickers when she hears You really got me.