‘Look! it says…..’you should *load an uzi* because the, the…’ ‘….reptiles are here’ ‘Ahh!…shoot me first and then turn the gun on yourself’

I dreamt Jamie Oliver was a really high up Roman Freemason and he’d invented a ritual called RAGGIO POLPO where prospects had to eat an immense raw octopus that weighed about ten stone as he sat on a purple throne clapping and laughing and shouting ‘get it down you!’.

I’m not a huge Manics fan as I only really like the first three but, tell you what - Gold Against The Soul is a *fantastic* record. I love it! Big, beefy, daft. Sheer 1993, too. Why is it never mentioned? V.underrated.

Norwich Cathedral nave, looking eastwards... #norwichcathedral #heritage #architecture #medieval #cathedrals #photography #history

One of the maddest things about this film is how tame the supposedly ‘dystopian’ homeless camp looks in comparison to actual 2025 LA/SF.

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You don’t hear proper 1980’s transatlantic accents so much these days. David Coverdale had the best.

Just wonderful. Monkhouse: The Last Stand (2016). So funny. *note perfect* - and mid section where he segways into anecdotes, not stand up per se- staggeringly astute/generous - about his contemporaries (Benny Hill, Peter Sellers etc). A quiet - final - masterclass. youtu.be/koFrPs_80gQ?...

faggots, peas and Burgundy. Have this every Xmas eve for dinner after sorting the house, picking up the goose etc. A fine feast!

Here's another in that series of bizarre shock horror ads from Zep...

Turkey. Can’t stand Turkey. Always get a goose.

I wrote a very mild jovial tweet about Radiohead on Twitter which- for some reason -has been retweeted eight thousand times and now ‘American Radiohead Twitter’ has found it. think it might be an idea to mute.

This is an exceptional essay which I think everyone could do with reading, critic or not. A reminder of how to appreciate art even if you don’t like it.

As its Christmas, I think it's time we all took a look at one of the best "worst" low budget promo videos of all time. Features, among other delights, Dennis Waterman being inappropriately suave with a deeply confused looking poodle. youtu.be/rl6f_U72izI?...

One of the best proto metal records by some distance.

Have any other Old Rosie drinkers noticed a slight difference in the current batch? bit oakier and heavier than it’s been in a while. Tbh, that’s what I like about real cider. Even a (relatively) big producer like Westons won’t be making a totally ‘consistent’ drink because the apples are in charge.

Album of this day Damon Locks - List of Demands

I love that highly specific ragu from London Italian greasy spoons that is almost sand in terms of consistency, absurdly finely ground meat, no ‘bits’ at all. Smooth. Very 1986. It’s amazing. I swear you only find it in London.

I don’t know anything about that YT chap who got his jaw broken. But, tbf, he went six rounds. I’ve been doing a bit of boxing training recently and it’s a crazy hard sport - six rounds is hardcore.

“We have LETHAL WEAPON 2 at home.” #filmsky

What a poster. Perfection.

1977 Motorhead Christmas card

‘Sex Bomb’ by Tom Jones

‘She’s a *maniac* maniac on the dancefloor….and she’s dancing like she’s *never danced before*’ - I always imagine properly maniacal moves on that line. Genuinely maniacal moves.

Great interview; v.interesting and detailed on the times but- also- quite *staggeringly* Tap. So very very Tap… youtu.be/DPRJ4YPx4-o?...

100%

#BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse Hastings

Happy 9th birthday to the time my parents brought over wine in a plastic box because Mum was “increasingly wary of glass".

Ignoring the use of the c-word here ("slo-mo-goth-disco" bringing it back in credit), this has ended up in loads of year-end lists, helped, I think, by the fanzine accompanying it written by some div called Tim something or other as much as AW or Sean's odyssey and hard work

New Sleaford Mods any good?

In 1964, Ian Fleming and Georges Simenon met at Simenon’s chateau outside Lausanne and talked about Bond and Maigret. The conversation was published in Harper’s Bazaar, just after Fleming’s death in August of that year. Now the exchange is published on its own as part of the Eris Gems series.

Stop putting whiskey in any kind of wine cask, including port and sherry. It adds *nothing* except a horrible, needless sour note. Actively reduces depth.

Morning lads.

I love the way that it ends. Nine Out Of Ten sounds as if MES just wandered out of the studio and the others decided to keep playing until he came back which, of course, he never did.

I can’t stand Miriam Margoyles or that vet from Ireland

New Facts Emerge is my favourite Fall record. It’s a masterpiece. You have to listen to it a number of times though. It was once stuck in my car CD player . youtu.be/-sh7_QETK5k?...

Absolutely mad how much Andy Burnham always looks like an actor playing a character called ‘Andy Burnham’ in a 9:00 pm BBC2 drama from 1999 about an ‘…ambitious Manchester mayor embroiled in…’ etc. even the name is sheer drama. ‘Andy Burnham’ ffs. He even looks like he always has screen make up on.

Great news that Masterchef have decided - at the racing minute- against Dent and Locatelli; have scrapped all existing footage; and have got NICK KNOWLES as the sole presenter.

#nowreading superb, grotesque Brit pulp with an insane backstory (I won’t go into it here. You can look it up if curious)…by all accounts the writer very much ‘knows of which he speaks’….if you’re interested in the proper underworld/soho you’ll love it.great recommendation @luketurner.bsky.social

When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.

BACK IN STOCK: 'Orthodox Dub' by Errol Brown Repress of the sought-after 1978 dub white label from BB Seaton and mixer/producer Errol Brown. www.normanrecords.com/records/2129...

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Take a journey through time down a new NSF COLDEX ice core borehole just completed by the team in #Antarctica! If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc

What an utterly insane post. Moronic. Classless.

The scientist Brian Cox always looks like he’s just downed two pints of milk before he goes on screen.

It crops up every Xmas and I always post it, because I love it. Ian Curtis at his office Xmas party.