Monthly Archives: September 2022

(Self) Congratulations

Slowly and gingerly I attempt to pat myself on the back, not something I tend to do that often of late and not too easy outside of a mental picture this morning as my back and shoulders muscles have been … Continue reading

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Knights Of The Green Shield Stamp And Shout

Oh dear, it seems the Britisher Pound of English sterlings isn’t worth a thing thanks to a chancellor who appears to believe nobody needs money in order to buy food or wear clothes. Is he some sort of communist ? … Continue reading

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“Lot of Soul” He Said

Being told to push, breathe and have another whack on the gas and air – those are moment during labour. Keef Starman offering a political vision which, unlike the current kamikaze Cuntservative approach, appears to acknowledge that governments exist to … Continue reading

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The Boys And The Girls Are All Dancing Around

“Boogie Woogie!” So shouted The Stranglers at the beginning of their 1977 dirt-stomp floor-filler, Go Buddy Go. Yes, they co-opted two existing previous musical styles – the rock and rolls plus the earlier boogie-woogie blues that fed into the rock … Continue reading

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I Would Have Called This Post ‘Every Day Is Like Sunday’ But Morrissey Is Such A Disappointment Nowadays So I Won’t

Another week? Already? I hadn’t finished the last one. No really, I didn’t finish it because Sunday was mostly spent being all full of shitty migraine and having to hide from light, sounds, gravity and coaxial tilt. I demand another … Continue reading

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The Art of Distraction

It wasn’t a New Year’s Resolution but at the start of 2022 I said to myself I should try and write a blog post every day. I’d been quite the slacker in 21 and felt I needed a way of … Continue reading

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You Must Fall

Autumn is happening now. The guardians of the seasons kicked down Autumn’s front door, shouted it awake and dragged it reluctantly out to start doing its job of making people with respiratory diseases, like me, miserable because all too soon … Continue reading

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My Middle Name Is Charring Cross

I need to clear something up from yesterday: I was not born standing up. I don’t even like standing up now; it’s a lot of pressure on the leg muscles that I just can’t be bothered with so I prefer … Continue reading

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Is THIS Your Card?

I wanna be a man, man-cub. Huh? I already am? Wowsers, that was quick. Seems like you only have to imagine stuff in this fast-paced modern type modernity for it to manifestly manifest and become the true-true. You don’t believe … Continue reading

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That Timmy Mallet Can Fuck Right Off

The problem with excess daytime snoozing is that it often leads to INSOMNIA when you ought to be asleep in the darkly night. Oh horrid insomnia which is so very horrid whether capitalised or in lower case. Oh stupid daytime … Continue reading

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