Kiss Kiss. Honk Honk.

I'd love to know where random ideas come from.

Some songwriters have described lyrics as being all around them and it's just a case of grabbing a good one as it flies by. Other writers say that good ideas are worked at through blood, sweat and tears.

I seem to have them queuing to get in, though I fear quality control may have something to say abouit their suitability to enter the Towers pages.

From nowhere this morning I decided that the sound of a lone gunshot is really passe and cliched these days. TV docu-drama's, American mini-series or sprawling war/crime/ganster movies - they're all as guilty as the rest.

You know the scene - gun raised, world falls silent, single shot, reverb around location, cut away.

Well, in order to bring people back to enjoying this fine setup I propose replacing the gunshot sound with that of the horn from a clowns car. Simple. Effective. Still grabs the attention but puts a grin on your face.

Imagine your favourite bullet-bound moment in film history. Picture the close-up of the finger squeezing the trigger oh-so-gently before.....

HONK-HONK

See ?

You're smiling already, aren't you ?

Next time I'll be theorising over replacing Bond-level explosions with the sound of party-poppers.