'Mike's Mini Men' (Roy of the Rovers comic, 1978: "It must be a fluke! It must be!" Sexism, poor marking and the taste of sour grapes all in one panel.

The tickets have been released for my two shows at Prohibition in August! Really looking forward to working with Daisy Summerfield. Ticket links below: www.prohibitionrecordingstudios.co.uk/events/the-g... www.prohibitionrecordingstudios.co.uk/events/the-g...

A heartbroken John Noakes ponders the quotidian nature of his alleged thoughts - and curses an incorrect use of a possessive case apostrophe in 'Buddy' (1981):

You wait all your life for one Liverpool-based Vaughan to turn up in the singles collection of a Hertfordshire record shop*, and then.... (See also M and B Winters at the Glasgow Empire: "Oh, no - there's two of the f*ckers!") *The fortuitously-named 'Empire Records', St Albans. #WeekendSingles

My 'The Girl Who Could Fly' show comes to Liverpool in August. Prohibition (behind the Everyman) is such a beautiful venue. And I'm just honoured to be joined by the brilliant Daisy Summerfield as 'The Singer'. Tickets go on sale on Tuesday March 10th.

Me, Sal and our middle baby Jack - just forty minutes away from the St Albans City/Dulwich Hamlet National League South thriller!

Me and My Celebrity Mates at The Mansion - A World Book Day Special! 4. Peppa Pig (right of pic)

Film of the Day In the Mouth of Madness (USA 1995) www.saintvespaluus.co.uk/film-1-12/in...

We'll be looking at Harlan Ellison's brilliant 1957 short story 'The Soldier' in tomorrow's 'Worlds of Sci-Fi' Shared Reading group. This week's photos are from Cambridge photographer D.Stuart's images* of the deserted Butlin's in Filey - very 'sci-fi'/Xbox FPS! *Thanks to @jondennis.bsky.social

I've always tried to get the message across that great literature explains and illustrates the human condition, and most importantly, that there are good souls out there who think, feel and love the way that 𝘆𝗼𝘂 do. But nothing encapsulates my time on earth as succinctly and accurately as this cat:

New Viz Ex-snooker star raconteur death-in-Spain armageddon:

The Dreaming (46) Live at The Bookbinder, Lark Lane. A brilliant night of Spoken Word and comedy in beautiful surroundings! And it's free!

🎵"We're for-ever, Ever-ton!"🎵

God bless you, Blue boys!

Jesus! What a save!

GTFI!

Film of the Day Uzak (Turkey 2002) 📽 A sad, beautiful treatise on life: www.saintvespaluus.co.uk/film-1-12/uzak

Film of the Day Dead Presidents (USA 1995) 📽 www.saintvespaluus.co.uk/film-1-12/de...

The Dreaming Vol.46 Spoken Word and music at The Bookbinder - in beautiful Lark Lane! Apply* for a performing slot now! *DM, please.

We'll be reading and discussing Nghi Vo's 2024 Hugo award-winning short story 'Stitched To Skin Like Family Is' at this week's Worlds of Sci-Fi Shared Reading group. Texts and refreshments are free. We meet in The Reader Mansion's Red Room on Wednesday February 25th at 1pm All welcome! #booksky

Beautiful Football Photographs 1. WBA's Laurie Cunningham torments Derby County's Gerry Ryan (?) and positively traumatises Colin Todd at the Baseball Ground during the 1977-78 season. A revolution is coming!

Me and Peter Reid share an orthopaedic bath, Rzeszów, Poland, 23.2.16.

I left the house at 11.15 or so this morning, muttering 'Eff off Everton/England' after getting up all excited to watch the T20. I've just seen the denouement now!

BLAST! (39) A brilliant night of Spoken Word and music @theexcelsior.bsky.social Pics courtesy of the brilliant Gary Lambert. We're back at the end of March.l!

Number 33, February 22nd 1980. There's a record fair at The Reader Mansion today; I'll be there at some stage and then I'll be selling books and playing some ace 70s/80s electronica (including some 'John') at The Reader Bookshop and Café from 1 - 4PM. See you later! youtu.be/D1YX2dsZ31w?...

My chum told me that the 'Talking Sopranos' crowd was the biggest and worst bunch of meffs she's ever seen at the Empire - and she was at 'Cilla - The Musical':

'Nosferatu, the Vampyre' was one of the first 'X' films I ever saw at 'the pictures', and after seeing 'Aguirre, Wrath of God' and 'The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser' in the 'Sadly Neglected' section of my local video shop, I became - for a short time - Anfield's number one expert on Werner Herzog.

Eight (fairly) random* 45s from this week's trip to Chester, and two ace albums from this month's trip to Malaga. *'Since I Don't Have You'; no sleeve, but only a pound, and Art's version is just beautiful - but not as good as Peter Weller's version in 'Buckaroo Banzai'! #weekendsingles

21.2.13 My father opens a Café in Warsaw:

Kurt. Would have been 59 today. Still great.

Book 12 of 2026 'David Bowie and the Search For Life, Death and God' (Bloomsbury, 2026) - Peter Ormerod I have quite a few books about David Bowie and despite a positive review from The Guardian (certainly no guarantee of quality), I wasn't really expecting anything but an informed and entertaining

Ash Wednesday. I told him: "Breakfast cereal and spaghetti - it doesn't work. You got it all over yourself last time."

When I was growing up, a few of my friends were not allowed an Action Man because their dads considered such toys to be 'dolls', and therefore - by their dads' warped, closeted minds - only suitable for girls, and (more crucially), likely to turn their sons gay "when they grew up". My Action Man

Tonight - raising awareness for suicide prevention:

Women in Punk and Post-Punk ... #WeekendSingles

BLAST! (39) The Excelsior. 19.02.26. Be there. @theexcelsior.bsky.social

Film of the Day Kung Fu USA, 1972) www.saintvespaluus.co.uk/film-1-12/ku...

Film of the Day Control (UK 2007) www.saintvespaluus.co.uk/film-1-12/co...

Smash Hits February 1985 Steven P Morrissey anticipates the power of internet cat/kitten appeal to deliver his sobering message:

Look-in magazine, October 1971: gender-stereotyping boardgames competition!

"𝙍𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣." (𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗽𝘀) Beat the Monday night blues with a trip to the beautiful Bookbinder in Lark Lane! The Dreaming - 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮, 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙚, 𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜!

FB, 07/02/16 "So at the end of that round, Stephen Porter, you've scored no points whatsoever; not a sausage; f-all." Back on BBC2 this Friday. I'd advise you buy a full litre bottle of My Mum's cola and TWO packets of Space Raiders to heighten your enjoyment, seeing as it's the semi-final.

A few pics from our Malaga trip this week - great bars, a few sunny days, ace galleries and record shops - and great company. Can't ask for more!

A splendid vinyl haul from yesterday's visit to Malaga's Mundo Vinilo. #weekendsingles

Viz 6.2.17 'The Depeche Mode Story' Fabulous!

Especially Stewart Copeland...

Viz, 5.02.18 A quiet night in for Biffa and Mutha ends in predictable violence. Fabulous, alternative grammar throughout!

We were at the Picasso Museum in Malaga yesterday - very impressed with the Big Man's 'The Toffee Lady' ('La Dama Del Caramelo') more than anything else, TBH.

This is ace: the estimable toy company Merit brought out their 'Special Agent' set in 1966. The box has 'you' fighting a wrong'un in a sheepie, and there are flick knives, fake documents, guns, syringes (for that all-important heroin), sex toys and 'pleasure accoutrements' galore! Boss!

Sal - Malaga, this afternoon. SO beautiful! We're in a 1960s/70s Everton 'hard man' winger theme bar, BTW!