Scharsenalfreude

Rewind pressure from last night www.instagram.com/reels/C1_jZc...

Incredible

Messrs Keenan, Rotter and Jo Seph at the Social last night. This was ace @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social

Got back from the French exchange in 1981 and the NME C81 tape was waiting. The opener, The Sweetest Girl, changed everything, as did the whole tape. Pretty sure an import 12" came next, that was the one I picked up before the UK. Meanwhile, got Skank Bloc Bologna in the bag for the Social later…

You had me at Ray Gunn

I’d posted about Afrika Bambaataa last night and was instantly informed about the allegations, and of course I would not be celebrating any of that. That shit is obviously abhorrent. I did it to recognise, essentially, Planet Rock, and its impact on me personally.

Absolute lols at "Squarepusher's beardy jazz crossover era" Also: new Valentina Magaletti

Saturday Any of the Bristol people on here going? See you at the bar/down the front/one of the venues/staggering from one place to the other

It may be a beautiful sky tonight, but it's only a shelter for a world at risk open.spotify.com/track/4JNXmd...

In my bag of cheeky sevens for Friday at the Social you Living Dead divs

This is also your last chance to buy me a birthday drink to mark the big occasion and also the hopefully-not-last-chance to hear me play some records early door in an upstairs bar. Get on it

When I was in hospital with pneumonia last year he called me out of the blue and chatted for an hour or so. We talked of health issues and mad nights out and everything in between. He was far iller than me; it was a selfless act and gave me a huge lift. RIP

Beginning to think this fella is stalking me. Me and my mate Paul, last night at the royal exchange and literally half my lifetime ago at the Groucho

Film of the year so far (probably, who knows?)

Quolo

Gearing up for a lack of interest in this year's World Cup by barely knowing half the England line up and bench for tonight

Very rarely listen to 6Music these days, but heard this proto-everything record a couple of times on there recently. As ever, Dark Entries doing the lord's work.

I paid £3.50 for London Calling

Fucking hell. "Go ahead. Resist. I'll choke you till you can't breathe." Frederick Wiseman's Law and Order on MUBI. Incredible documentary. Nearly 60 years on those fuckers are still at it. Essential viewing

One of those "bought on the strength of the cover, turned out nice again" buys from god knows when

Hospital don’t want no scrubs, hanging out the passenger side of his best friend’s ride etc etc

Get out your magic decoder ring boys and girls www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvKl...

Buckle up for a fantastic journey to alien worlds

Looking good on the shelves of Smiths travel store at Victoria Station, still get a visceral thrill from knowing my words are out there @filmstories.bsky.social @filmsonwax.bsky.social

Boyhood is Novel of the Month in The Independent! “A challenging, unconventional and daring piece of fiction.” @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social

My king

From the personal collection of Tim Murray, 1973 Radio Times Doctor Who 10th anniversary special, 1977 Marvel Star Wars official collectors edition. Both in top drawer condition

This week's is a belter. Novelty Ashtray Online Community is my favourite late album by The Fall

Good to see they got the Tayto fella in charge of the operation too

More news: see the DJ everyone's talking about (Tia Cousins, not me), Belfast's hotly-tipped Deeply Armed, Chris Rotter's new excursion Dolphin, one of the country's finest writers (David Keenan and his Manifesto of Bliss) and some bloke called Tim Murray thesocial.seetickets.com/event/this-i...

Sadly, this documentary was too late to feature in my Live 2 Club guide to making your own acid house documentary feature that should be in the next issue of Faith Fanzine whenever it lands. Good to see that the trailer seems to have a clutch of essential elements I'd outlined though

Odeon Cinema, Balham 1938 George Coles Image from RIBApix

And Ralph Lawson at Faith a couple of weeks ago. Big revival pressure

Mr C’s let himself go

Any excuse. I wrote about these for @thequietus.com a few years back thequietus.com/culture/film...

This is great. About once a year, I look for the Stupid Babies' appearance on BBC1's Nationwide, being interviewed by Michael Barrett. Adam had obviously got into Two Tone, was wearing a Harrington and when asked his favourite groups said: "The Specials. The Selecter. The Beat. Madness"

Just got stopped by a French person who showed me a picture on their phone and asked "are you this man?" Pic was of David Rodigan. Still can't work out whether it was an insult or a compliment

"I was always into SAturday Night Fever/John Travolta" Big Early Stuff vibes from this early stuff ad #earlystuff

Friday night double bill

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Talking of book launches, this is not a book launch. Come and hear me play Echo and the Bunnymen obscurities, at least one Mekon record and even one or two sevens made in the last decade

Went to the launch event for this book last night, penned by former home ent trade mag writer Helen Bain, who cut her teeth on RRP magazine in the 2000s. Incredible review for a first-time novelist. Book available from all good retailers and some iffy ones too www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

He's such a fucking liar; this is nothing like reggae used to be, or ever was

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Sadly not at home to watch the greatest titled short film ever

Big – and very welcome – news for the local media industry today. This piece includes quotes from my boss @davidfloydnews.bsky.social, who says: “I hope this fund is able to kickstart sustainable new models for local news that prioritise on the ground journalism that is valued by local communities”

Mini Cheddars news (although not the Branston Pickle revival I was hoping for): www.betterretailing.com/br/product-n...