Frank Sidebottom Dies: A Nation Mourns

A keystone of Manchester alt.cult life in the the 1980s, along with the late Hovis Presley and the fortunately still thriving Henry Normal and John Shuttleworth, Frank Sidebottom, the top man of Timperley hung up his papiermaché head for the last time yesterday. The village of Timperley would have declared a day of mourning  but decided that no-one would notice anyway. The important question remains, however, what's to become of little Frank? (Via Feasting on Roadkill)