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Ambushed by a spring-themed plant-based rock meme, thirty years in the making
In the early to mid 90s there was a small wave of American girl alt-rock girl bands. It was all about the guitars, all about the rock, and always on the grungey side of
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England turned 1500 last year – where was the party?
The older I get the more I enjoy reading about history. Being a father I read alot of Horrible Histories books. I used to read them to my kids. Now I read them to
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‘Not Always Caviar’ in Stansted Airport is not a bad place to have a bite to eat
I find that most cafes in airports are like hi-carb, homogenised shit holes where diabetic coach potatoes go to grow another layer of fat, in their lifelong mission to physically emulate Jabba the
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Accessorising in Stansted Airport
A girl spends five minutes looking at the same scarf in accessorise in Stansted Airport. She’s diminutive, 5ft 5, wearing tight fitting blue jeans which show the slimness of her legs and
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Pacari Chocolate – OK but too pricey
These Pacari chocolate bars are small. They cost 4 Euros. At 50g they’re not good value. The chocolate is ok but it’s not that strong. The texture is a little dusty and then gloopy
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Missiles of October – Better Days
The music of Missiles of October is rough, its the musical equivalent of the feeling you get when you wake up in the morning and you burp and you taste a mix of the kebab and
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Turkish militants produce two tracks to get the blood boiling
I first started listening to what I liked to think was BabaZula’s strident liberalist agenda on a train journey from London to Cardiff, that turned into a coach journey (because the bridge carrying the
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Going down like BHS – a paen for the sinking middle classes
Phillip Green or someone resembling him sips martinis or whatever and smokes a cigar. Andrew Fearn lays down a brilliant casio keyboard beat, which chugs along. The Mods new stuff is more radio friendly, I mean
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Are Sleaford Mods going radio friendly?
Two cars speed round a knackered Total Control Racing track, laid out on an old patterned rug, whilst a Casio keyboard beat chunters along. Its as if the whole thing was intended as an offbeat indie track by
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How Civil Civic’s “Run Overdrive” got me into the Junior Christian Science Bible Lesson Show
Having read Ross McGibbon’s review of Civil Civic’s album The Test and comparisons with New Order, I couldn’t help but take a listen. Listening to Run Overdrive on YouTube I could feel influences coming in
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