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Today The Dark Lord meets his musical hero - only to find out he's aged a little, the sordid story of a colleague and a plumber in a motorway service station and how football could be improved!

Today what happens when you let your jeans warm up by a fire, the soldering iron that almost ended The Dark Lord's career in romance, a drugs bust and what happens when LSD reduces you to talking in English and French, at the same time. The stories he couldn't tell on national British radio, all in today's podcast.

How the staff of a top shelf magazine entertain themselves and it's not what you think. How did The Dark Lord start out in entertainment? Find out today. Also today find out how Alex's harmonica career is going and what happens when you book a romantic room with a view.

It's February but The Dark Lord is still lamenting the most expensive Christmas tree ever. Also this week a trip to meet one of the greatest goons and the most frightening American motel room ever!

Is it just normal people that lead normal lives? It seems not as Alex reveals today. Also this week, learn how the top shelf magazine Mayfair almost became a Bond franchise sponsor, almost, very almost - and that tricky social etiquette of forgetting someone's name.

This week Alex spills the beans on his first brush with sloppy romance, why his resting expression gets him in constant trouble and why you should check the facts first before punching someone.