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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Paul MacInnes

Wanted: your cheesy music puns

Alex James reveals the shocking truth about cheese
He may be a big cheese in the country, but can you do better than Blue Monday?

Axeman, rake, spoon, Alex James has many facets to his character, most of them named after household implements. Today, however, can be added the title of wordsmith as the Blur man turned cheesemaker unveiled his new creation, a veined little number he's chosen to call Blue Monday.

Do you see what he did there? It's a blue cheese and James is a musician. So he's named the thing after a New Order song. But suspicions remain that he could have come up with a better title if he'd only put more thought into it.

Jailhouse Roquefort? Edam, I Wish I Was Your Lover? Surely there are many more where they came from …

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