'Tonight's the night when I go to all the parties down my street'

A number of years ago I was trying to fix up an interview with the reclusive Joe Jackson. A few email exchanges with his management company in Germany was as near as I got and, ultimately, I was told the media shy Jackson was 'unavailable at this present time'.

I remember being a pit hacked off but, hey, his loss. One of the questions I had in my little black book for him went something like this: 'Do you still go to all the parties down your street, or are you more of a tea pot and telly man these days?'

Joe, if you're reading this...