Only those born in the fifties will remember the 1967 sweet melodic song by Herman’s Hermits entitled No Milk Today. It was an Age of Innocence before the scourge of drugs brought the demise of many a pop musician. While some like Jimmy Hendrix paid the ultimate price, many like Eric Clapton battled its cloying hold for decades before either beating their demons or failing & ultimately facing their Maker long before their allotted time.This melody has inspired my brother Blaine to write the lyrics of a parody appropriately entitled No Lights Today. Its target is the hapless Eskom.

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