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'Withdrawn, Condemned - A Childhood of Punk Rock Music and Railway Enthusiasm' by Hugh Gadjit up now on Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/withdrawn-condemned
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Ah no, Rick Buckler's just passed away... another slice of my childhood gone. RIP Rick x

Not sure how all this is going to play out, but I'm envisaging a Death of Stalin type of situation as one possibility.

"‘Mum, do you think the Sex Pistols are a disgrace to the country?’ ‘Yes. Yes, I do’. My ears pricked up instinctively. Anything provoking this snap disapproval merited investigation." Withdrawn, Condemned, up now on Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

Secondhand paperbacks round up youtu.be/-IAJ3lYju-M

Remember those interview picture disc things? I never bought one either.

Gulf, bay, whichever. Primary school head used to play us this, before morning assembly www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qnY...

'While that first term at senior school had seen my maths performance take a worrying nose-dive (it never recovered), I had enough grasp on the geometry of Hornby’s curves that the goal of the twin operating line was at last within reach.' www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

www.sweetrelief.org/davidjohanse...

"I’d come in on the wrong side of a track system war. While the older Super 4 track – the basis of my layout – was still available, this was becoming supplanted by System 6 rails – the VHS to the older system’s Betamax." www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

'I could relate to The Jam on geographical terms, having passed through their hometown many times. They seemed to articulate the home counties experience; the world of the stockbroker belt commuter, with its preoccupations and its suffocating frustrations...' www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

Today I learned: never buy aquarium plants if they've been kept in the shop's axolotyl tank. Stowaway eggs.

RIP Marianne www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Cq...

Happy year of the

"...Eurodisco somehow won out over anything more controversial. That said, Boney M proved obliging with the contentious subject matters, as was the case with their ‘Belfast’ single that same year..." Withdrawn, Condemned out now on Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

#SaveThePCC Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease. For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below; you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...

'...you still had to hack through a quantity of pap (in Smash Hits) – but a little perseverance paid off; the lyrics to ‘Hong Kong Garden’ were crowbarred into the same space as Rose Royce, The Commodores and The Jacksons − perhaps that was a reasonable cross-section...' www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

Looks a bit less like a dogsh$h!t with some colour/materials added, but still a bit disgusting. Baby steps fun with Blender

The Telegraph, with its finger on the pulse of the nation…

Oooh, substack lightnin'

'Elvis, like The Beatles, seemed like something other peoples’ mums would be into. Worse, he seemed like a bit of a greaser, something that Teds – a fading cult regularly lampooned on comedy shows – would gravitate towards. Regrettably, I had no real appreciation...' www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

May VLR bash: www.ticketmaster.co.uk/vive-le-rock...?

Blender doughnut? Or something I nearly stepped in?

In which my book gets a bit of a talk-up from a usually cantankerous booktuber: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8A6... Withdrawn, Condemned available at: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

Blimey, somebody just bought me a coffee in bymeacoffee! Nice!