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Another one starts — 2025 edition

I know, I know, resolutions don’t really work, and it’s hard to find the motivation for anything in this cold weather (hence no blog for 11 days), but my general aims for this year are…

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All is quiet

#SameStupidJokeEveryYeat

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One year finishes — 2024 edition

I’m really sorry we lost Ed Piskor, Graham Thorpe and Steve Albini this year. I hadn’t been expecting Donald Trump to win and that’s what I told my kids and friends before the election. Once Joe Biden pulled out of … Continue reading

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My Top 25 of the year (1984, that is)

At this time of year lots of folk produce their top tunes of the year. Well here’s mine, but instead of this year, it’s a top 25 of 1984 when 17 year old me was actually a bit more up … Continue reading

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Just listening to Michelle Gayle

#ATuneADay

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Sad things

A few recent sad things:

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The more you ignore me, the closer I get

#Moore #Morrison #Morrissey

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Sticker art

I liked these stickers someone applied to a comms cabinet in the High Street

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Did I enjoy today, yes or no?

I don’t really know Rob Beckett’s comedy work, but I was intrigued by this profile in the Observer, particularly the idea of going to bed each night and asking yourself the question “Did I enjoy today, yes or no?” And … Continue reading

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Marked down mince pie season

Spotted in B and M last Friday, the first marked down mince pies of the season.

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