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leighspence.bsky.social
www.leighspence.net - www.youtube.com/@leighspence - Writer of nostalgia culture crisis since 2016, understanding in words and video
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New article posted: Dada or Surrealism - which do I need to meet the current moment? WEARILY, WE COME UNWOUND [490] www.leighspence.net/2025/03/wear...

This Week: Bare bottoms, fidget toy music, milky booze, bilious rants and Donna Egg, CheapShow’s new agony aunt. A perfectly normal episode then! www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-426-donna... Share/Rate/Review

Out this Sunday at www.leighspence.net: Dada or Surrealism: which do I need more right now? (Two Sundays ago: coffee.)

New newsletter up just talking about a few of my recent obsessions laylaspence.substack.com/p/mood-mystery

New writing coming this weekend - until then, here is when I realised MTV’s reason to exist from day one was to get its audience on the air: I WANT MY MTV [289] www.leighspence.net/2021/03/i-wa...

The tide is coming in with episode 99 of ill fame - a shapeshifting romance laced with recalcitrant doom 🌊 Read it here: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/il...

TUNE IN TO THE HOUSE OF PICKLES SOUND SHOW TODAY SOHO RADIO 2 TO 4 IS MUSIC SHOW TIME! sohoradiolondon.com

Taking this weekend off, so here is my look at Noele Gordon’s pre-Crossroads role in setting up modern UK television: NO, I HAVE NO REGRETS [378] www.leighspence.net/2023/01/no-i...

Stuart Ashen joins Paul & Eli for an epic episode of CheapShow. A walkabout in #Norwich slides awkwardly into a board game battle for the ages as they desperately take on Takeshi’s Castle! www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-425-the-g... Share/Rate/Review @ashens.bsky.social @e-loud.bsky.social

Taking this weekend off, but among the 489 articles at www.leighspence.net is when I thought Monty Python were scared of fairies: I CUT DOWN TREES, I SKIP AND JUMP [326] www.leighspence.net/2022/01/i-cu...

New article posted: Notes on drinking coffee for the first time. ONE MORE CUP OF COFFEE [489] www.leighspence.net/2025/02/one-...

New article posted: Notes on drinking coffee for the first time. ONE MORE CUP OF COFFEE [489] www.leighspence.net/2025/02/one-...

Not only do Paul & Eli have to survive hot chutneys & foul soft drinks, but they also now need to escape Candy Lad’s Candy Cave! What’s going on? www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-424-the-c... Share/Rate/Review @e-loud.bsky.social CHEAPSHOW

Out this Sunday at www.leighspence.net: Notes from a nascent coffee drinker. (Last Sunday: “Ident”, the Aardman short film.)

New article posted: Ident, my favourite Aardman short film. I HAD HOPED YOU’D SEE MY FACE [488] www.leighspence.net/2025/02/i-ha...

HOUSE OF PICKLES SOUND SHOW MUSIC TIME 2 TO 4 SOHO RADIO MUSIC TODAY sohoradiolondon.com

New article posted: Ident, my favourite Aardman short film. I HAD HOPED YOU’D SEE MY FACE [488] www.leighspence.net/2025/02/i-ha...

Out this Sunday at www.leighspence.net: Ident, my favourite short Aardman film. (Last Sunday: conceptual art.)

Comedian Nick Helm returns to CheapShow to endure a narky Gannon, an unwell Eli and a show stuffed with horrors for the eyes, tongue and ears! Will he survive? Find out! www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-423-stop-... Share/Rate/Review #indie #podcast #comedy

New article posted: Can conceptual art remain open to interpretation? POUR A LITTLE SUGAR ON IT [487] www.leighspence.net/2025/02/pour...

Probably a discovery writer (I have these characters that haunt me, and then I have to exorcise them from my brain box, and then maybe along the way I might make friends with them)

New article posted: Can conceptual art remain open to interpretation? POUR A LITTLE SUGAR ON IT [487] www.leighspence.net/2025/02/pour...

It’s Part 2 of the Watford High Street Tat Hunt. Who got the best items & who failed the task at hand? Find out in an even more random episode than usual! #podcast #comedy @e-loud.bsky.social #indie www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-422-tat-h... Share/Rate/Review

TAAAAAAT REVEAL TIME!

Out this Sunday at www.leighspence.net: Removing context from conceptual art leaves a bad taste in the mouth. (Last Sunday: Demolition Man.)

New article posted: Demolition Man: a dystopian blockbuster more prescient than most. YOU SAY THAT THIS WASN’T IN YOUR PLAN [486] www.leighspence.net/2025/02/you-...

Is this anything?

IT'S TIME AGAIN FOR THE HOUSE OF PICKLES SOUND SHOW 2 TO 4 SOHO RADIO MUSIC SHOW TIME sohoradiolondon.com

Based on 9 years of experience I know the UK larger comedy industry isn't interested in us (despite sell out live show, strong audience, innovate content & outlasting many other pods) & mainstream media ignore us (see above) So we need YOU to spread the word for us Every review/recommendation helps!

New article posted: Demolition Man: a dystopian blockbuster more prescient than most. YOU SAY THAT THIS WASN’T IN YOUR PLAN [486] www.leighspence.net/2025/02/you-...

It’s Part One of a Tat Hunt Episode of bargain hunting hi-jinks. Paul & Eli take to Watford High Street to grab 6 interesting charity shop finds for next week’s face-off! Share/Review www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-421-tat-h...

Out this Sunday at www.leighspence.net: Is Demolition Man also a harbinger for the future? (Last Sunday: “loungecore”.)

New article posted: Does "loungecore" make for easy listening? THEY SOLEMNLY COVENE TO MAKE THE SCENE [485] www.leighspence.net/2025/01/they...

Remember not to forget!

New article posted: Does "loungecore" make for easy listening? THEY SOLEMNLY COVENE TO MAKE THE SCENE [485] www.leighspence.net/2025/01/they...

New newsletter is up on substack and I talk about art magic, Robert Boice, and the knights new armour Read it here: substack.com/home/post/p-...

5 Dancing Men (1993), dir. Bill Davis, Artbear Pigmation A classic Sesame Street short based on the work of Keith Haring

Weed. Marijuana. Bud. Grass. Ganja. Nug. Reefer. Mary Jane. Blunt. Dank. Hashish. Doobie. Pot… Whatever you call it, we’re talking about it this week, candidly and stupidly! www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-420-four-... Share/Rate/Review Special Art by Vorratony

Out this Sunday at www.leighspence.net: Does “loungecore” make for easy listening? (Last Sunday: Abolish Sod’s Law.)

New newsletter up tomorrow, talking about the couple of episodes of ill fame

New article posted: Abolish Sod's Law in 2025. IT'S THE GOOD ADVICE THAT YOU JUST DIDN'T TAKE [484] www.leighspence.net/2025/01/its-...

Is a British trans woman who updated their passport now able to enter the United States? Asking for a myself.