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Tame Impala

Posted on August 18, 2022 by S

Thursdays are stupid and I demand my money back. This one still has a few hours to go but it’s not worth the seventeen and sixpence entrance fee I paid to the man with the brown Derby hat at the … Continue reading →

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Sweet Home West Midlands

Posted on July 29, 2022 by S

All roads now lead to Birmingham. Not the one in Alabama but the original, the definite article, you might say. The West Midlands of Britain Birmingham which is where the Blinders are usually Peaky, where good things are always bostin’, … Continue reading →

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Brush Me, Daddio

Posted on July 21, 2022 by S

Ritchie Syzslak will face Lizard ‘Surgical’ Truss for the leadership of the Cuntservative Party (it’s not a party, it’s a work event) after a boring thrilling contest to eliminate the other runners and riders. Funny, the language the media chooses … Continue reading →

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As Their Lies Wash You Down And Their Promises Rust

Posted on June 22, 2022 by S

Rail workers are using strike action to try to convince a disinterested government to give them a pay rise in line with inflation. Inflation happens to be ridiculously high but some economists argue that increases in wages do not automatically … Continue reading →

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Carousel

Posted on June 22, 2020 by S

Thirteen weeks ago my isolation began; that’s three months; an entire planetary season. News today came that the government has totally ceased pretending to care about the medically vulnerable, or anyone, because they’re effectively saying we can all go back … Continue reading →

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Lock, Stock and Twelve Smoking Thursdays

Posted on June 11, 2020 by S

This is the twelfth Thursday of lockdown. Count them. You can use your toes if necessary. Sure, I’ll wait… …see, twelve of the buggers. How in hell have I crawled through so many weeks in isolation? By inventing a completely … Continue reading →

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Cry Havoc

Posted on May 31, 2020 by S

I’m not a fan of the Conservative Party here in an increasingly disunited kingdom of not very great any more Britain. Never have been and my expectations of the current crop when it came to dealing with the viral pandemic … Continue reading →

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Beep Boop

Posted on May 5, 2020 by S

The last few days have been tough. My body has been yelling at me and the only refuge from pain has been sleep. Today I managed to take delivery of some groceries without feeling like being out of bed was … Continue reading →

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Mere Anarchy Is Loosed Upon The World

Posted on April 24, 2020 by S

‘Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold…’ Yeats never had to live in lockdown, as far as I’m aware, and his name is a lazy anagram of yeast, yet somehow he nailed this tail end of week five of confinement … Continue reading →

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Thinkses

Posted on April 21, 2020 by S

Hello, come on in, pull up a Tuesday and let us think about the wonders of more than a month of lockdown. Yes, wonders, for amidst the tragedy and the grief of this viral shitstorm there have been moments of … Continue reading →

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