: Album of the Day: Boredoms - Chocolate Synthesizer Well this is an angry group of young men. It makes a change from the recent pop crap served up over …
: £5 sci-fi, zero gravity, zero patience Hey! We’re both free for a Monday afternoon cheapo Odeon £5 deal. What crap do you want to …
: Album of the Day: Robyn - Body Talk An album recorded by Committee, Chaired by pop bots. ⭐
: Cycle, Lidl, Chaos: Late but Victorious I was a man on a mission on Sunday morning: operation buy two pairs of the Lidl carbon plated cheapo …
: Album of the Day: Charly García - Piano Bar AI could churn this out with an 80’s fused with Latino prompt. SO 1980’s, and not in a …
: Album of the Day: The Shins - Wincing The Night Away I’ve not really got an opinion on this album. It started, it ended. I didn’t bail. I …
: Album of the Day: Mac DeMarco - 2 This is completely new on me. I rather liked it. Inoffensive, sweet, soulful. Disco folk? Possibly. …
: Links for 25-03-26 #lolspurs
: Locked Out, Moving On A brief walk around these Sunny Stockwell parts, mainly with various errands, but also partly …
: Album of the Day: Prolapse - The Italian Flag I thought the band name sounded vaguely familiar, but I couldn’t quite place it. A little …
: Links for 24-03-26 “This is difficult to explain and justify to those unfamiliar with what a Taiwo Awoniyi is. …
: Album of the Day: The Notwist - Neon Golden There’s a fresh energy to this album, mixed in with an innocence and a sense of fragility. …
: Crap Match Report: Spurs 0, Forest 3 #lolspurs away, pyrotechnics for the home team’s arrival - what’s wrong with players …
: Raleigh, sunshine, smug grin Another spring Sunday morning, another roll out on the Raleigh electric. There was a bright sun to …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 73, Birmingham Rockets 95 The penultimate home court game for the Rebs this season. A strong performance was needed if a push …
: Links for 22-03-26 “I don’t follow Forest for the logic of it, I follow them for the magic of it.” via …
: Crap Match Report: FC Midtjylland 1, Nottingham Forest 2 THIRTY years to the day since Forest last exited a European competition at the hands of Bayern …
: Album of the Day: The National - Boxer Indie schmindie miserablists. ⭐
: Links for 20-03-26 Away tickets for Premier League to stay capped at £30 for two more seasons via Morning Star …
: Nigeria Delivers - The World Can Wait This was a decent find - Alphonsus Idigo and Search. It’s slice of Nigerian reggae pop from …
: The Postman Delivers: Bert Jansch’s Avocet. Bloody hell - I wasn’t expecting a book as part of the CD package. …
: Album of the Day: The Vaccines - What Did You Expect from The Vaccines? Short and sweet - which was a blessing as that was all that I could tolerate. Indie shite …
: Links for 18-03-26 “I know that such a documentary is the director’s construct, telling the story he wants you to …
: Album of the Day: Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera There’s a tremendous amount of energy on this album. It’s not exactly bedtime listening. …
: Links for 17-03-26 “There are also people out there who’d make appalling local councillors, not because you …
: Big DAWG Tuesday afternoon at the Table of Dreams 🏓 Lost 5-0. Big dog stopped play. My mind was a little …
: Album of the Day: The Dear Hunter - Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise The fourth album in a six-act story? Blimey. I may have missed the first three, but there’s no …
: Birthday Leave, Coastal Chaos To Wrabness! For a big old birthday walk! Technically it wasn’t my birthday. And nope, …
: Album of the Day: AJJ - People Who Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World Goofy US college art rock shit that actually isn’t very funny. It reminded me of the …
: Crap Match Report: Forest 0, Fulham 0 Tense. VERY tense. ffs - this is only poxy Fulham at home - a club, less we forget, that once …
: Spring Classic: Daffs Out, Idiots Limited 🌼🚴♂️ There was Estuary Wilds blue skies to greet me on Sunday morning. After what seems like months of …
: Crap Match Report: Wivenhoe Town 1, Halesworth Town 2 Cometh Halesworth, cometh the hail. I do LOVE nominative determinism. I don’t love yet another …
: Links for 14-03-26 “AI opens up graphic art to people who never thought they could do it. I bet you some …
: Crap Match Report: Forest 0, Midtjylland 1 Hey hoe. Here we go again. Bloody Midtjylland. They rock up at the World Famous as outsiders, intent …
: Links for 13-03-26 “Is reported that at former chief of staff McSweeney’s leaving drinks in a Westminster pub, …
: 1,001 Albums Later… Time for a Little Café Bleu We finally finished off the 1,001 Album list today. Every day for the past 1,001 days, R and I have …
: Album of the Day: Metric - Fantasies Strong Garbage vibes here. No bad thing. It’s not going to win any Ivor Novello awards for …
: The Postman Delivers: ‘92 and ‘94 away. I’m not sure about the white kit. It doesn’t quite look …
: Links for 11-03-26 “When Nottingham Forest were considering appointing Vitor Pereira last month, among the key …
: Album of the Day: The Youngbloods - Elephant Mountain Some of the instrumentals work best here. That’s not to say that the vocals aren’t …
: Album of the Day: Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid No pop, no style. That’s me. And this was just too poppy for my tastes. I’m sure …
: Bum Dosser Monday at the Odeon I feel ripped off. We forked out £8 at the cheapo rate to see the new Elvis film at the Sunny Colch …
: Spit, Sets and Sunday Sport 🏐 To the Essex Sports Arena! …once again on Sunday. Our weekend has effectively been …
: Album of the Day: Scott Walker - Scott 4 I know I’m supposed to like this. But I find it dull. No soul, no excitement. It’s …
: Links for 09-03-26 “Edu arrival was Forest’s most calamitous recent decision – it’s hard to see how it could have …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 79, Hemel Storm 74 The Rebs men took to the Essex Sports Arena on Saturday evening, following on from an impressive …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 92, Newcastle Eagles 79 International Women’s Day Women’s Day down at the Essex Sports Arena. The Rebs are …
: Links for 06-03-26 “Performances on the pitch do not merit price rises. The running of the club off the pitch …
: Crap Match Report: Man City 2, Forest 2 No such thing as a free hit - especially when Forest are usually the ones being hit. Christ. The PL …
: Album of the Day: Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted Too much noise for me this morning. ⭐ ⭐
: The Postman Delivers: I watched us get relegated wearing pinstripes back in 1993. Thirty three years later and Forest are …
: Links for 04-03-26 “Here in Nottingham and far beyond, there are and will continue to be groups who gather — in …
: Album of the Day: White Denim - D Strong US Ozrics vibes here. It sounds like it could have been recorded back in 1969. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
: Final Score: 2–2. Train Wins. To the Table of Dreams! Under fading light! This was the briefest of brief games. The Estuary Wilds …
: Album of the Day: R.E.M. - Green Probably the last great R.E.M album before the great pop sell out. You snob! Whatever. R.E.M were …
: Sunny Colch Meets Vegas Elvis To The Odeon in Sunny Colch! …on Monday afternoon. The Morning Star Elvis Correspondent …
: Album of the Day: Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms I won’t have anything bad said against Brothers in Arms. It’s uncool as fuck, and that …
: Crap Match Report: Brighton 2, Forest 1 The crappest of Crap Match Reports - ‘cos Brighton away was… crap. REALLY crap. The …
: Wind Assisted Defeat The briefest of brief games of wiff waff on Sunday lunchtime. We managed to beat the rain, but not …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 74, Milton Keynes Breakers 84 The march to the play-offs was underway for the Reb’s men at the Essex Sports Arena on …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 102, Cardiff Met Archers 80 The Rebs won the battle for height ahead of tip off. Archers looked a little lightweight. The refs …
: Crap Match Report: Wivenhoe Town 1, Gorleston Reserves 2 I missed the first goal for Gorleston. I was running fashionably late, as ever. It didn’t help …
: Links for 01-03-26 “But who were these people who wrote this stuff? These fantastical people, Julie being at the …
: Rave Dreams, Shipyard Screams To The Nottage! …on a damp Estuary Wilds Friday evening. Thirty five odd years ago and we …
: Read the Serve, Lost the Plot This was a weird one. My partner experimented with what she called a “demon back hand spin of …
: Crap Match Report: Forest 1, Fenerbahçe 2 A top stat from Sir Colin of West Bridgford ahead of KO: Forest have the 3rd best all time record in …
: Album of the Day: Iggy Pop - The Idiot aka Low 2. It’s the layers on The Idiot that makes this album so special. Some songs almost …
: Links for 26-02-26 “There’s a solution for e-bike parking chaos - but it’s not problem-free” …
: Golden Hour Returns, Ego Departs 5–1 🏓 Early evenings at The Table of Dreams are back. It’s LOVELY being able to down work tools at …
: Spring Legs, Shed Dust, Solo Laps 🚴♂️ To the Northern Gateway! For the first track training session of the spring! Chapeau! But first, …
: The Postman Delivers: The famous Forest ‘sick’ kit. I bloody hated this at the time. We first wore it back in …
: The Postman Delivers: Bob Dylan’s Infidels. Originally released in 1983, first came to my attention in 1983, finally …
: Album of the Day: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Devotional Songs Did me nut in. Bailed after the first track. ⭐
: Effortless, Fearless, 2026 Here’s a half decent find for early 2026: the debut release by Momooko Gill. It came via …
: Album of the Day: Culture Club - Colour By Numbers A genuine UK soul classic. Look beyond the brilliant pop, and you have a stunning voice that …
: The Postman Delivers Another B.A.D cap. It’s not quite one of the incredibly rare corduroy editions from the late …
: Links for 24-02-26 “That nicely sums up Labour’s problems. You’re supposed to be selling hope, not soap.” …
: Album of the Day: The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet Beggars would work far better without the distraction of Sympathy. Sure, it anchors the whole album. …
: Album of the Day: Wilco - Being There This is clearly a serious album. It wasn’t recorded with TOTP appearances in mind. It was …
: From Forest to Farce Another day, another mauling at The Table of Dreams. Following on from Forest’s fuck up at the …
: Crap Match Report: Forest 0, Liverpool 1 Oh woe is a Head Football Coach. Oh especially WOE is a Head Football Coach who has just overseen a …
: Cold Lines, Warm Vibes We popped into The Minories whilst in Sunny Colch. I would hesitate to call it an art trail, but …
: DIY Punk Meets Gallery Grandeur Sue Webster’s Birth of an Icon at Firstsite has the type of bombastic exhibition title that …
: Mud, Boots, and Sunny Colch To Sunny Colch! …on Sunday morning. We were both free for a few hours. The roads were still a …
: Sun’s Out, Choke’s Out To the Table of Dreams! …on Saturday afternoon. For once, it wasn’t raining. The mud …
: The Postman Delivers: A very mixed bag. First up is The Meteors. I was always on the edge of the psychobilly scene in …
: Links for 21-02-26 “Things will come unstuck. Things will fall apart. Mr Hyde will rear his ugly head once more - …
: Beat the Rain. Got Beaten Instead The Estuary Wilds weather forecast suggested rain. My instinct was to GTFO and play wiff waff before …
: Album of the Day: Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches This album oscillates up and down, both in mood and on the musical scale. The guitars are so …
: Crap Match Report: Fenerbahçe 0, Forest 3 Writing a Crap Match Report when Forest are crap is easy. The words take care of themselves. Writing …
: Top Man Suits, Bottom-Tier Politics There was a couple of young fellas outside my house as I opened the garden gate ahead of the morning …
: Links for 19-02-26 “But now comes a new start - another one - and I can’t remember a managerial appointment …
: Album of the Day: War - The World is a Ghetto This is stunning. It captures the shift from soul to funk, without ever becoming guilty of falling …
: Dub, Pride & Proper Vibes Thisis raising a much needed smile this morning, the Gay Jamaica Independence Time compilation. It …
: Album of the Day: Minor Threat - Out of Step Short and sweet. Just the blast I needed to kick start the morning. Look a little deeper beyond all …
: Links for 18-02-26 “People make the same mistake with AI that we make with every new tech. We focus on the …
: Album of the Day: Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814 This sounded far too manufactured and false. Sure, I hear your social concerns. But it’s …
: Album of the Day: LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out Bailed after four tracks. My head wasn’t really in the right space for this. Aggressive, …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 83, Derby Trailblazers 91 To the Essex Sports Arena! For a Valentine’s Day themed mid-table clash between the Rebels and …
: Crap Match Report: Wivenhoe Town 1, Whittlesey Athletic 0 Whittlesey Athletic rocked up at Broad Lane on Saturday afternoon to find a surprisingly half decent …
: Rehab, But Make It Muddy I had a spare couple of hours late afternoon on Friday, and for once, the bloody Estuary Wilds skies …
: Dress for Success. Lose Anyway We took a punt for a Friday lunchtime game of wiff waff. The weather above was changeable. It …
: ZTT, Me & 1983 It’s been FORTY THREE years since the magic of Into Battle with the Art of Noise has been …
: Links for 14-02-26 “A volatile character is walking into a volatile situation at the City Ground. The results …
: Album of the Day: Big Black - Atomizer Atomizer is a very rhythmic album, and not the clusterfuck of noise that I was expecting. It even …
: Album of the Day: The Black Keys - Brothers This sounds like a diluted version of that horrid rock / rap crossover. Not that there’s any …
: Crap Match Report: Forest 0, Wolves 0 Another day, another MUST WIN game for Forest down at the World Famous. With Wolves threatening to …
: Mud, Miracles & Meltdown This was a weird one. We rocked up at The Table of Dreams. The newly installed boules court was …
: Album of the Day: Elton John - Madman Across The Water There’s an awful lot of waffle on this album. Indian Sunset in particular had me losing the …
: Unplayable Indoors. Unrecognisable Outdoors A clean Table of Dreams was waiting for us on Tuesday lunchtime. Living out in the bloody Estuary …
: The Postman Delivers: Uncle Joe’s 001 double CD. It’s a collection released after his death, capturing various …
: Album of the Day: Ramones - Ramones When I want dumb ass rock ‘n’ roll I turn to The Ramones. I’m finding that I want …
: Album of the Day: Paul Weller - Wild Wood I was very late in finding Wild Wood. I was so pissed off with the way TSC came to an end in 1990, …
: Links for 09-02-26 White Bike Cyclist Memorial for Irene Leardini in New Cross Road via @Transpontine
: The Postman Delivers: This was a bit of a weird one. I was convinced I already had some Buddy Holly in my collection. But …
: The Postman Delivers: B.A.D. II’s Kool Aid usually sells for a price range that is out of my reach. This copy …
: Links for 08-02-26 “No more news without community involvement. Let’s make it community published. How does …
: Crap Match Report: DIRTY Leeds 3, Forest 1 I love it when we wear all red. It’s a Munich thing, innit. I hate it when we wear all read …
: Links for 07-02-26 3am Eternal In Kardboard, Komrades #23 A private tour inside Lambeth Fire Station, London Fire …
: Links for 06-02-26 “Lime bike boss proposes adjusting traffic lights “to reward safe cyclists” Good luck …
: Album of the Day: M.I.A. - Arular This sounds more like a mix tape than an album. I love the chopping and changing of styles and …
: Album of the Day: Dire Straits - Dire Straits It’s difficult to approach a Dire Straits album without all the headband bullshit that exists …
: Links for 04-02-26 “So if you want a £5 English breakfast, to get your watch fixed, to buy some jewellery or get …
: Album of the Day: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe As Milk This is a far more acceptable introduction to the Good Captain. I’ve always struggled with …
: Espresso Socialism I’m starting to slowly, slowly soak up the sheer joy that is the Cafe Bleu Special Edition …
: Album of the Day: Black Flag - Damaged You don’t play a Black Flag album to enjoy it. You play it as a release for all the fucked up …
: Links for 02-02-26 GP with Stewart Lee, and a superb Sly Dunbar tribute for the final 30 “If everyone just sits …
: Album of the Day: Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! An album that excites and infuriates. The shorter, tighter pure soul songs such as Everyday People …
: Crap Match Report: Forest 1, Crystal Palace 1 I’ve struggled to get excited about the supposed rivalry between Forest and Palace. You …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 115, Bristol Flyers II 43 This was the first home court match for the men this year. A big home crowd had gathered at the …
: Crap Match Report: Wivenhoe Town 3, Long Melford 3 To Broad Lane! …on Saturday afternoon. It’s been a while. Wivenhoe Town were at home to …
: Links for 01-02-26 " I am determined and I am dogged. I don’t think my ability has got me as far as it should …
: Crap Match Report: Forest 4, Ferencvaros 0 The Europa suits were on show again on Thursday evening at the World Famous. ‘cos that worked …
: Low Bounce, Lower Score A wet Table of Dreams greeted us as we rocked up on Thursday lunchtime. I don’t think it was …
: Album of the Day: Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell An assault on your senses from start to finish. The beats are so fresh; the delivery matches the …
: Links for 29-01-26 “Will they have a ceremony for the last domain to be turned off, kind of like the last …
: Album of the Day: Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause “The song “Cowboy” is seen as being instrumental in the development of the fusion …
: Sun Out, Focus Gone. 5–1 After the crappy rain and storms of the day before, Wednesday afternoon had perfect conditions at …
: Links for 28-01-26 Riding high: the triumph and tragedy of Tom Simpson Kenny Burns Night Colchester ranked in the top …
: Album of the Day: My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything Wonky as fuck. It sounded like my MacBook was tilted at an angle as I streamed it. Beyond all the …
: Album of the Day: Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Scream The Beatles released Let It Be only eight years before The Scream came out. It sounds like a musical …
: Links for 27-01-26 All your favourite bands hate fascism Uncle Bill doing what he does best: write, record, release. …
: The Postman Delivers: As the title suggests, Madcap is a BONKERS album. It most certainly wouldn’t have been …
: Tupperware Skies, Power-Walk Vibes Another day, another meh Weird Wiv walk. That’s unfair. The meh was in the weather, and not …
: Links for 26-01-26 “Enter the Governments Non-Dreamer in Residence, Steve Reed…” The Co-op …
: Crap Match Report: Brentford 0, Forest 2 I honestly didn’t give a shit about this game after the disaster away in Braga on Thursday. My …
: Links for 25-01-26 Long live local journalism Peter Shilton’s ‘hand of god’ shirt to be sold this …
: SIX discs? Sacré Bleu And so there’s a new Cafe Bleu SIX CD boxset out. Gosh. Outstanding though TSC debut is, …
: The Postman Delivers: Kevin Holland’s Pig in Shit book. This was a weird one. I heard a snippet of a news story this …
: Links for 23-01-26 London’s Wonderful Mosaics
: Album of the Day: Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu Inoffensive, but not for me. I am open minded when it comes to music. I even played some George …
: Crap Match Report: Braga 1, Forest 0 This was always Nuno’s fixture for me. When the draw was made back in September, Nuno’s …
: The Postman Delivers: Fairport’s Liege and Lief. I thought I already had this tbh, but nope. The 1,001 Albums list …
: Album of the Day: Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs Sydney is not feeling too well today. But Syd is best when he’s a little bonkers. I’ve …
: Links for 22-01-26 Oddcaste 268 Not a duff selection in the thirty minutes of song choices from Mr Mule. He’s …
: Links for 21-01-26 “At Lewes town council, the conversations we are having focus on how these changes could be an …
: Album of the Day: The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps A remarkably ambitious album - especially so for what at the time was a jobbing indie toilet band …
: High Tide, Longer Legs Another day, another Quayside walk. Actually, it was a lot more than that - almost 5km in total. …
: Album of the Day: Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters You need to listen to this album LOULDY. Despite the racket, it’s also tuneful in places. Big …
: Blinded by Sun, Saved by Luck Another windy lunchtime session at the Table of Dreams. It was a bit hit and miss tbh. VERY hit and …
: Links for 20-01-26 Why do cycle lanes get so much stick online? Because a small minority online are very vocal, and …
: Run Ambitions, Walk of Shame I’m still crocked, I still can’t run. My calf came close to PINGING once again at the …
: Tailwind, Swans, Defeat Another wind assisted game at the Table of Dreams. There was no drone action on Monday lunchtime. …
: Album of the Day: Fairport Convention - Liege And Lief This feels like an important album. It also rambles in places. The songwriting is crafted, the …
: Eight Minutes, Welsh Horns, Zero Distractions This is rather spectacular - a new track from Hen Ogledd with Scales Will Fall. The Latino horns as …
: Impatient Van, Predictable Outcome www.youtube.com/watch Course or Conditional Offer.
: Links for 19-01-26 Resisting Trump, we can build popular alliances against fascism and war Relive the excitement of …
: Third-Quarter Blues on the Road A tough 97-88 road defeat for the Rebels women up in Manchester on Sunday evening. We watched it via …
: Drones, Dreams and a Familiar Defeat To the Table of Dreams! …on Sunday lunchtime. Someone else had been there before us. The tell …
: Wet Lanes, Tight Deadlines, Zero Regrets A slightly damp morning out on the Raleigh electric around the lanes. There was just enough surface …
: Crap Match Report: Forest 0, Arsenal 0 The 3pm KO results did Forest no favours. A draw for Burnley, and late, late wins for both Leeds and …
: Crap Match Report: Wivenhoe Town 1, Needham Market Reserves 3 I arrived fashionably late at Broad Lane. No shit. Same as it ever was. I heard a lame cheer as I …
: Two Minutes From the Sofa, £16.50 From Reality A new gym opens at Palfrey Place, SW8. Back in the day and this would have been ideal for me. The …
: Links for 18-01-26 On Albert Island and Horn Stairs
: New Season. Same Humiliation To the Table of Dreams! …on Friday lunchtime. It’s been a while since we played an …
: Album of the Day: The Birthday Party - Junkyard A very dirty album. It sounds like there’s a lot to be said, but I’m not quite sure what …
: Links for 16-01-26 “I don’t want to pat myself on the back while the world falls to shite, but we’re really …
: Links for 15-01-26 Representin' The KLF road.cc Recommends Bikes of the Year 2025/26: the best electric bikes Chapeau!
: Album of the Day: The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics Energy! Rawness! Rock ‘n’ Roll with cardigans! The Sonics were a new one for me. …
: Album of the Day: Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper This sounds very dated now. It’s a sugar rush of an album that is very smooth. Almost too …
: Links for 14-01-26 “This story was one-sided” Cycling campaigners criticise BBC coverage of …
: Back on Planet Sleaford Mods Another day, another new drop from Sleaford Fucking Mods. They’re rinsing all they can out of …
: The Postman Delivers: The Triffids' The Black Swan album, from 1989. I’ve not heard a single track from it …
: Album of the Day: Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps Unlistenable. But I think that’s the point. I pressed on, all the same. I quite enjoyed the …
: Album of the Day: The Young Rascals - Groovin' Walking the line from R ‘n’ B over to something a little let looser. You can almost hear …
: Links for 11-01-26 YouGov poll shows only one group sees London as ‘safe’ – the people who actually live there Fancy …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 84, Caledonian Gladiators 108 To the Essex Sports Arena! To watch some volleyball! And basketball! But we managed to balls it up. …
: Quietly Funk-Free, Blissfully Late Junction Here’s a new one for me: Maxine Funke. Don’t be fooled by the name. Maxine is far from …
: Crap Match Report: Wrexham 3, Forest 3 (4:3 pens) Truth be told, I wasn’t really up for the Cup. Honest. I wasn’t really up for the Cup …
: Beating the Rain and the Brown Stuff The main aim for the WivGigs Thursday Social row was to avoid the rain. We could all see it coming …
: Album of the Day: U2 - The Joshua Tree I don’t know what to honestly say about The Joshua Tree. It’s perfection, but it’s …
: Links for 08-01-26 “We had exactly this conversation about robotic process automation a few years back. And …
: Album of the Day: The Darkness - Permission to Land Refused to listen. ⭐
: Strutting Like a Twat Another day, another walk. Live to walk, walk to live, etc. Of course I’d rather run, but …
: Red, Retro, and Re-delivered The Postman Delivers: Forest home, 1994. So what if I owned an original back in the day, wore it …
: Album of the Day: Van Halen - 1984 Refused to listen. ⭐
: Crap Match Report: West Ham 1, Forest 2 The joy of writing a Crap Match Report is that it is just that: complete nonsense. I had the …
: Another Barge Bites the Dust I walked it all the way to the other end of the Trail and onwards towards the Hythe on Monday. I was …
: Kershaw Unfiltered: Still Kicking the Statues I’ve been catching up with some Andy Kershaw Plays Some Bloody Great Records podcasts. Tell It …
: Album of the Day: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot This has got an experimental feel to it. The ideas sound half-formed, almost with improvisation …
: Links for 06-01-26 “We’re rubbish, they’re rubbish.” Happy El Sackico Day, Comrades.
: The Postman Delivers: A couple of G Force beanies, all the way from the Fair City. It’s Nottingham NG1 heritage, …
: Album of the Day: Kate Bush - The Dreaming Quirky. Bonkers. Unlistenable, Christ, she can’t half shriek. ⭐
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 104, Yorkshire Dragons 92 Yorkshire Dragons rocked up at the Essex Sports Arena short benched. Just make sure that no one gets …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 96, Nottingham Wildcats 78 An early fixture for the Rebels to start 2026. The 4th January date meant that campus was deserted. …
: Links for 05-01-26 “Perhaps the fact remains that Dyche is indeed the best pair of hands for this club at the …
: State of the Nation As we approach the opening of the transfer window, now seems like a good enough time to assess the …
: Table of Dreams: Whitewash, Abbreviated There was a young family of four playing at the Table of Dreams when we first rocked up. It was …
: Crap Match Report: Aston Villa 3, Forest 1 The team news dropped. OH HAI Ola! That was a decent way to start Saturday lunchtime. Oh how …
: The Postman Delivers It’s been a while since The Postman Delivered some CD’s tbh. I’ve been rather …
: Haven Road: Same Flood, No Answers High water down at the Hythe as I cycled through on Friday morning. Which can only mean one thing: …
: Album of the Day: Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi Right from the opening beats of Buffalo Stance, Sushi is pure joy. Uplifting, thoughtful, cheeky, …
: Links for 02-01-26 The state of the left and right Some half decent analysis shocker. And yes, Badenoch is cooking of …
: Championship Football: A Cautionary Tale I had the misfortune to watch a Championship match earlier. Christ, that was crap. Don’t let …
: New Year’s Day Cup: Still Imaginary, Still Mine The annual contesting of the New Year Day’s Cup at the Table of Dreams. Much like the …
: Album of the Day: Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes This wasn’t the outlaw album as advertised. It was country twee with only a slight hint of …
: Wiff Waff, Spin & a Familiar Defeat 🏓 The final game of wiff waff at the Table of Dreams ended in the same way that we started the year: I …
: Three Tights, Four Close Passes, Zero Chill 🥶🚲 THREE pairs of tights were needed for the New Year’s Eve roll out. We started off with the …
: Album of the Day: Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time Over-produced. The songs would have benefitted more if they were raw. Sure, she has a half decent …
: Crap Match Report: Forest 0, Everton 2 The team news dropped. Shit. We’ve not got a lot on the bench, have we? And that’s quite …
: Links for 30-12-25 Lloyd Cole: Rattlesnakes and rim brakes Dear fellow Nottingham Forest fans, there’s no excuse for …
: Album of the Day: Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills This has way more balls than I was expecting. It was also quite soulful in places. The hammond organ …
: Album of the Day: GZA - Liquid Swords I wanted to enjoy this. But it dragged. The rhythm and bounce of the album starts off decent. But …
: Table of Chills A 5-0 drubbing at the Table of Dreams for Monday lunchtime. The only score that was bettered was the …
: To the Table of Dreams! A dull game of table tennis on a dull day as we wait for the year to draw out. Cheer up, luv. etc. …
: Crap Match Report: Forest 1, Man City 2 The team news dropped: Dominguez in for Douglas Luiz. The plan is to beef up the midfield and bore …
: My Frozen Ding Ding An icy ride along the Trail for Saturday morning. It’s the first time that I’ve braved …
: Windbite Rollout An extra layer of clothing was needed for the Boxing Day morning bicycle ride. Having frozen my …
: Album of the Day: Massive Attack - Blue Lines Blue Lines still sounds fresh as fuck. I listen to it at least once a month. It makes me think that …
: Christmas Telly, But Make It Bleak Some pretty weird shit Christmas telly viewing. In short: we didn’t watch any Christmas telly. …
: Links for 26-12-25 How to beat Man City at the World Famous Good luck with that one. Outputs, Not Outcomes The superb …
: Weird Wiv Christmas Day Walking Some hit and miss snaps from a random Christmas Day walk, through Wivenhoe Woods, Ferry Marsh and …
: Wiff Waff Over Worship To the Table of Dreams! …on Christmas Day morning. #OddJase, Odd Wifey as well. But what else …
: Five Layers, Zero Warmth 🎄🚴♂️ A bitterly cold bicycle ride for Christmas Day morning. I was dressed not to impress with five …
: Album of the Day: Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup ''
: And so Farewell Robbo, the True Miracle Man ''
: Album of the Day: Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session ''
: Album of the Day: Africa Bambaataa and The Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock: The Album ''
: Album of the Day: Air - Moon Safari More wine bar wanker music. ⭐
: Crap Match Report: Fulham 1, Forest 0 By all definitions, Fulham is not a proper football club. There. Let’s get that out of the …
: Row, Swap, Rat, Repeat We had TWO crews out along the Muddy Banks for a WivGigs Monday social row. And this included …
: Links for 22-12-25 Why is Andy Warhol Shite? Bill Drummond reflects, thinks, then acts.
: Crap Match Report: Brightlingsea Regent 3, Gorleston 3 We were on time for KO for once. Maybe we shoud watch football matches that involve travel more than …
: Links for 21-12-25 “It isn’t until their 40s that most people understand that what they see isn’t …
: Calf Ping, High Tide, Up the R’s To Brightlingsea! I’m currently crocked with a particularly painful calf ping. Running is not …
: To the Table of Dreams! Blue skies, still air and wellies. It will soon be time for the annual treat that is the Christmas …
: Chunky Mermaid vs the Xmas Din Another Late Junction collab with Max Syedtollan meeting Chunky Mermaid. It’s quite magical, …
: Links for 20-12-25 “It is estimated that more than 100,000 songs are uploaded to Spotify every single day, and …
: Album of the Day: Ian Dury - New Boots And Panties A storyteller, a lover, a man of funk. Add in some good old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll , …
: Jamming I’ve picked up the bass again. Jase the Bass is a Bandcamp account waiting to happen, …
: Links for 18-12-25 Ahh, Young Nigel “London has become a Wild West thanks to cyclists riding on pavements at …
: Album of the Day: Holger Czukay - Movies English isn’t his first language, right? The instrumentals work best. It’s a real …
: Links for 17-12-25 From pigeon droppings to public art: Clapham Junction underpass gets a dramatic makeover The …
: Rants, Cheers, Boarded-Up Britain A fourth drop from the new Sleaford fucking Mods album, The Demise of Planet X. Here we have No …
: Album of the Day: Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark Whinny. ⭐
: Album of the Day: Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue There’s an awful lot going on here: you can’t ignore Lydon’s cry for help - but …
: Album of the Day: The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God I had to give this a second listen. I admit to allowing it to wash over me first time round - which …
: Links for 16-12-25 Spurs Fans MELTDOWN Puerile, for sure. But I still haven’t forgiven #lolspurs for 1991. The …
: Crap Match Report: Forest 3, Tottenham Hotspur 0 Dear John. I confess to having serious doubts about Victor starting in goal when the team news …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 85, Nottingham Hoods 76 Some basketball games are low scoring, yet still tense. Rebels men Vs Nottingham Hoods was a case in …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 103, Sheffield Hatters 102 Christmas Party GAME NIGHT with the Essex Rebels. Usually I would run a mile from anything that …
: Crap Match Report: Wivenhoe Town 1, Leiston U23s 1 A 2pm KO up at Broad Lane as Wivenhoe Town welcomed Leiston U23’s. I still arrived fashionably …
: Links for 12-12-25 Nottingham Forest 1984 Rare Wrangler Home Football Shirt Medium adidas Vintage Yes please From the …
: Table of Droppings Pigeon poo greeted us as rocked up to the Table of Dreams on Friday lunchtime. Which was a little …
: Album of the Day: Alice Cooper - School's Out I know Alice Cooper is cool, and I’m supposed to like Alice Cooper. But it’s still US …
: Crap Match Report: Utrecht 1, Forest 2 Hearing Hans Van Breukelen with Sir Colin of West Bridgford ahead of KP was a real treat. Even the …
: Shades On, Light Fading, Thole Pin Gone The shortest of short rows on Thursday afternoon. We’re approaching the Winter Solstice. Time …
: Links for 11-12-25 Lidl-Trek reveal signature colourful jersey for 2026, complete with new AI sponsor Ooh-la-la
: Album of the Day: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads Only Nick Cave could get away with an album all about murdering women - although I doubt if he would …
: Links for 10-12-25 Government must “move from good intentions to a clear long-term plan” for cycling, campaigners warn, …
: Ping-Pong in a Puddle Wednesday lunchtime at the Table of Dreams. We arrived to find a wet table - which was odd, seeing …
: Album of the Day: Genesis - Selling England By The Pound I wanted to really like this. I think it’s the idea of really liking it, than actually hearing …
: Album of the Day: Green Day - American Idiot There’s some decent pop songs in here. But there’s an awful lot of noise. What’s …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 93, Caledonian Gladiators 95 The Caledonian Gladiators rocked up at the Essex Sports Arena for a Trophy semi-final match on …
: A Quick Game, a Quicker Defeat A cheeky Monday lunchtime game of table tennis at the University. We were up on campus for …
: Album of the Day: Beach House - Teen Dream Not a bad album, but the NME naming it as one of the Top 500 albums of all time tells you more about …
: Links for 08-12-25 How do we create a social web using just the web? We don’t. Tell It Like It Is, Dave Winer.
: Album of the Day: Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels Energy, enthusiasm, optimism. That’s Dexy’s - and never more so than on the Searching …
: Crap Match Report: Everton 3, Forest 0 The familiar routine and rhythm of a Forest match ahead of KO: the team news drops. Unchanged. Oh. …
: Album of the Day: LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver This is such a hypnotic album. I found myself drifting between tracks, not really paying too much …
: The Postman Delivers The soundtrack for American Graffiti - a double CD as well. You know how fond I am of doubles. I …
: Crap Match Report: Wolves 0, Forest 1 Another scrolling session down the Sky Sports menu ahead of KO. If it’s a Wednesday evening, …
: Game, Set… and Piddle There was blue sky above the bloody Estuary Wilds for Wednesday lunchtime. We both had a spare half …
: Album of the Day: T. Rex - Electric Warrior For some unknown reason this reminds me of the Metal Micky telly show. It would have been the …
: Links for 03-12-25 Brooks digs up “forgotten” leather, and turns it into limited run of £330 …
: Don’t Cry for Me, I’m with the Penguin To Moving Image! …on Tuesday evening. On the big (ish) screen at the Loveless Hall was The …
: Album of the Day: Elvis Costello - Brutal Youth I always find Costello a little too clever with the lyrics. What a bounder! Writing intelligent …
: Lights Out, Skills Out Another day, another BATTERING at the Table of Dreams. We’re talking 4-1 here. Oh dear. I …
: Album of the Day: Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Of course this album is preposterous. That’s the appeal. I spent most of the time listening to …
: Crap Match Report: Forest 0, Brighton 2 AMAZING! Sean Dyche has been Head Coach at Forest longer than Ange the Clown. Blimey. I’ve …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 118 Newcastle Knights 122 Woh. Where to start here? This was possibly the best ball game I’ve seen. tl;dr the game was …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 92 Oakland Wolves 78 Jersey Night at the Essex Sports Arena. Which means fans are encouraged to wear their fave replica …
: Links for 29-11-25 Vauxhall Could Get One Of The UK’s Tallest Residential Buildings I’ve long since lost …
: Album of the Day: The Who - Tommy Spotify tried to serve me up three and a half hours of this. No ta. I pressed on with the original …
: Crap Match Report: Forest 3, Malmo 0 One Day in ‘79 was the strap line Forest used for the marketing push ahead of Malmo at home in …
: Goggles On. Grow Up? Nah More NEW BITS, via This is Clobbered once again. K-Way is a new brand to me. It specialises in retro …
: Links for 27-11-25 No change to Cycle to Work Scheme in Budget, Treasury confirms — despite reports spending cap would …
: Return to Mu Mu Land Fancy some more KLF mixes? COURSE you do. This is pretty cool - an archive of personal mixes of all …
: Soft Hands, Hard Win To the Table of Dreams! …on Wednesday lunchtime. We were both free. There was brilliant …
: Back to Beth Orton I’ve been listening to Beth Orton’s brilliant Weather Alive album once again. I say once …
: Ken High Street Rubber Chic The Postman Delivers: Rubber. BLACK rubber. And so we have a Swedish Stutterheim rain mac. So what …
: Album of the Day: Fugazi - Repeater There’s a lot of noise here. And not all of it good. I struggle with the US interpretation of …
: The Postman Delivers Mule’s Off White album, and Peter Gabriel’s self-titled third album. I confess to not …
: Christmas Means Beatles Christmas is coming and so it must be time for another Beatles album. Sigh. It’s the music …
: Links for 26-11-25 RSS 2.0, the antidote to enshitification
: Last Light, Lost Points To the Table of Dreams! Under fading light! The window of opportunity for these hit and miss knock …
: Chasing Sunshine, Finding Roadblocks Hey! Let’s for a bicycle ride! On a bloody cold November lunchtime with the potential for …
: TSC: Found… and Forgotten Blimey - a ‘new’ track from The Style Council ahead of the Cafe Bleu boxset drop in the …
: The Postman Delivers A pair of G Force winkle pickers. Sharp, in every sense. So what if they are one size too big for …
: Links for 25-11-25 London’s cycling trips hit 1.5 million a day as ridership surges 43% since 2019 Chapeau! RideLondon …
: Album of the Day: The Slits - Cut You can’t underestimate how radical Cut is: an all female punk band back in 1979, singing …
: Rubber Dreams and Estuary Schemes We had two boats out along the Estuary Wilds for the WivGigs Monday social row. We also had an …
: Radical Lambeth… Eventually And so after finally finishing Simon Hannah’s superb Radical Lambeth, I’ve started to …
: Links for 24-11-25 “If the left cannot remember that movements are built on what people have in common rather …
: Album of the Day: Magazine - Real Life A really interesting record, released between punk and the rise of post-punk. Pre-post-punk? Art …
: Links for 23-11-25 Art Deco: The Golden Age of Poster Design exhibition at the London Transport Museum Why aren’t …
: Crap Match Report: Liverpool 0, Forest 3 The team news dropped. No changes from the DIRTY Leeds match, two weeks ago. OK… This was …
: Frozen Oars, Full Bladder We had to break the ice ahead of a WivGigs Winter Warmer midweek row. Not any ice over the mass of …
: Sleaford Mods: Ho Ho Hell Another drop from the forthcoming Sleaford fucking Mods album, The Demise of Planet X. Here we have …
: Links for 21-11-25 A rupture with the system? “While the Greens have won popularity for their call for a wealth …
: The Postman Delivers Some more G Force clobber. Or a denim waistcoat - cream, natch - in the traditional rough and ready …
: Links for 19-11-25 “The ideology of Labourism – which holds that the Labour Party is the only route to any …
: Album of the Day: The Auteurs - New Wave I cannot stress how much I absolutely adore The Auteurs debut. This has everything I want from a pop …
: Roots to the Rescue Chronixx has been keeping me rather happy over the past few days. The Exile album is a great example …
: Double Denim, Double Heartbreak I’m pretty obsessed with Tyler Ballgame right now. I’m always a sucker for a sob story, …
: Album of the Day: The Stooges - Fun House The sound of a man waving his willy in the air, and not giving it a shit. We should all try this …
: Links for 18-11-25 ‘Anarcho-Punk: Music in London 1977-1988’ – updated and expanded edition Regent Street Will Close To …
: The Postman Delivers Neil Young’s On The Beach. Nice. I wasn’t aware of this 1972 release until it was …
: Album of the Day: Slade - Slayed? There’s more to Slade than the singles suggest. Much of this album is good old boogie bar room …
: Links for 17-11-25 Zarah Sultana says Your Party must be ‘explicitly socialist’ and ‘embrace class war’ No arguments …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 85, Worthing Thunder 132 To the Essex Sport Arena! …on Sunday evening. Volleyball one evening, basketball the next. …
: Spin First, Win Later To the Table of Dreams! The Estuary Wilds sun and dry weather was for once too good to resist. It …
: Two Crews. One Problem: Us We had two crews for WivGigs Super Sunday. Well, that was the plan, anyway. I made my way down to …
: Youth Club Rave Revisited There was a most unexpected and welcome surprise for the four-fer with Robert Elms on Saturday: …
: Links for 16-11-25 Chris Froome’s retirement limbo leaves the sport of cycling to grapple with a difficult legacy
: Crap Match Report To the Essex Sports Arena! …on Saturday afternoon. Saturday afternoons are BALL GAME …
: Post-Rock Therapy The new album from Tortoise is very, very good. They’re a band that hasn’t really …
: Links for 15-11-25 “It was difficult to tell what song he wrote and what song he didn’t write, because sometimes …
: Shag, Stardust, Repeat We had a rare Friday Film Night - a double header as well. With the bloody Estuary Wilds rain …
: Synth Whip > Soul Stomp Robert Elms had another ACE Cover to Cover on BBC Radio London this morning. Up for consideration …
: Links for 14-11-24 Holy Quack! Duck Tours Are Returning To London And if they’re anything like the old yellow …
: Album of the Day: Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygène An album that all the nerds at schools use to have wet dreams over. I was too busy with 2Tone and …
: Links for 13-11-25 The Inside Story of How the Green Party Turned Red
: Golden Days on Borrowed Time A return to The Trail for the firs time in a fortnight. The leaves have dropped, the ferry has been …
: This Time Next Year, They’ll Be Massive Here’s some geezer music for you: I bring you Good Health Good Wealth. This time next year we …
: Photosynthesis Funk Well this is a wonderful oddity from Little Stevie - a double CD as well, something that I’m …
: Album of the Day: Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry An interesting album, but hardly a classic. It does what you would expect from Fatboy - it builds, …
: Still Justified, Still Ancient Another day, another KLF podcast. Eternal, etc. And so here we have Miranda Sawyer with an hour of …
: On Martin Carthy Following on from my Sunday night folk session with the great Dick Gaughan, I’ve gone full on …
: Links for 12-11-25 “It was really heavy going at times. We were angry; we were trying to say things in a way that …
: Album of the Day: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars It’s difficult to understand the importance of Ziggy at the time when I was only three years …
: Links for 11-11-25 Near Miss of the Day 940: “Do you always scream when a bus passes you?”
: Album of the Day: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Architecture And Morality One of the first albums that I bought back in 1981, and one that I continue to play almost forty …
: Album of the Day: Jerry Lee Lewis - Live At The Star Club, Hamburg This sounds a little like Stars on 45 - HIT after HIT after HIT. And all under 23 minutes as well. …
: There's Always Been a Folk Element to my Music If it’s a Sunday night, then I must be listening to some folkie shit, right? OH HAI Dick …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 87, Loughborough Riders 82 There was a BIG Sunday afternoon crowd at the Essex Arena for the visit of Loughborough Riders. …
: Crap Match Report: Forest 3, Leeds 1 Forest always do Remembrance Sunday very well. It’s respectful without being OTT. The fella on …
: The Postman Delivers Bark Psychosis' Hex, Lowell George’s Thanks I’ll Eat It Here, and Ali Farka …
: The Road to Ruin Runs Through Herne Hill Don’t stop off at the Oxfam in Herne Hill and spunk away more money on CD’s. DON’T …
: Links for 09-11-25 “Alternatives like Signal, Wire, and Element prove that secure communication doesn’t require …
: Satan’s Spin Class Muddy Hell at Herne Hill Velo was a hell of a lot of fun. It was a Halloween themed Cyclo X ride, …
: Crap Match Report: Peckham Town 2, Ide Hill FC 0 To The Menace Arena! …on Saturday afternoon. Peckham Town were at home to Ide Hill FC. I was …
: Reimagining the Obvious I found myself cycling through The Frontline on Saturday afternoon. This is usually a great cut …
: After the Lady Mayor's Show Some thoughts on the Lady Mayor’s Show, 2025. Yep, that’s right. It was the LADY …
: Crossing at Waterloo Not once, but twice! Overcast heading out, beautiful blue skies on the way back in. Terry meets …
: Faster. Older. Still Plodding A return to Brockwell ParkRun for the second consecutive week. I could make a habit out of this. …
: Just Another Brixton Morning Cycling from the town centre, and through the Frontline. A few random snaps as I pondered how early …
: Links for 08-11-25 The left can beat Reform if it embraces class conflict Don’t compromise - FIGHT!
: 1,001 Albums Later - And Still No Escape from Hair Metal We reached 1,001 albums on the 1,001 albums generator on Friday morning. Blimey. What next? For the …
: Sunny Stockwell Skies Another ‘almost missed this one’ snap. Judging by the lack of a sun setting, I’ll …
: How I Pretended to Be Rich in Mayfair What the chuff am I doing in the epicentre of the Mayfair high art world, knocking on a majestic …
: Links for 07-11-25 Racism ‘baked into the institutional design’ of Metropolitan Police, review finds No shit, …
: Album of the Day: Little Richard - Here's Little Richard It’s not just the opening seconds of Tutti Frutti that make you smile - it’s the opening …
: Bass, Smiles & Brixton Vibes To Lion Vibes on Thursday evening. For Selecter [erm] Thursday! If it’s the first Thursday of …
: Sunny Stockwell Skies It’s been an incredibly mild day around these SW8 parts. T-shirts were the wardrobe choice for …
: Crap Match Report: Sturm Graz 0, Forest 0 Let’s talk about squad depth. Let’s talk about spending £200M to improve the squad over …
: Crossing at Vauxhall and Lambeth Over at Vauxhall, where the tranquility of the Thames was disturbed by an annoyingly LOUD tannoy man …
: Pamphlets, Punk and Park Life: The Other Side of SW4 SHOUT OUT to the old school punk sitting out side the Socialist Party of GB HQ as I ran along …
: Links for 06-11-25 “If it saves the life of a child then it is worth it”: Cycle lane under fire over £500,000 “safety …
: Album of the Day: Shack - HMS Fable I’m pleased the 1,001 Albums list threw up the Shack album this morning. I’d forgotten …
: Vauxhall and I An early evening walk out to Vauxhall and back. Having spent three hours on a stupid train, I was in …
: Sunny Stockwell Skies It looks so peaceful. Trust me, it’s not at 5pm on 5th November 🧨
: The City That Use to Be Mine I’m telling you nothing new here: Nottingham’s a dump. But then again, so is everywhere else - …
: Album of the Day: Ali Farka Touré - Talking Timbuktu Cultural appropriation probably isn’t appropriate. These days we call it a collab. Both styles …
: Freedom '90 Revisited An unexpected new drop form Kae Tempest, and a most welcome cover of George Michael’s Freedom …
: Brixton in Foucs Sometimes the best recommendations to satisfy your cultural thirst come from right on your own local …
: Album of the Day: Elis Regina - Vento De Maio Light and cheerful, with an almost rural feel throughout. As ever with foreign language albums, it …
: A Brush with Brown I can’t remember where I first got the hat tip for the excellent Brown Collection over in …
: High Art, Higher Shelves The new V&A Storehouse East - aka the World’s Largest Jumble Sale. Harsh. Sure, it’s …
: Links for 04-11-25 “I am committed to getting around the silos of the owners of social media, and making it …
: Links for 03-11-25 Zack Polanski Has Pledged to Legalise Drugs. So Should All Leftwing Leaders
: Searching for Starman in the Storehouse Thoughts on the David Bowie Centre over at V&E East. tl;dr Where’s Dave? I struggled to …
: Album of the Day: The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free I love the oddball story behind this. Writing an urban concept album based around losing £1k …
: Fags, Fairey & Formaldehyde To Newport Street Gallery! Which is possibly the best free art gallery in London. Quite a claim. …
: Blind Dates with Art To Gasworks Gallery! Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien: Mémoires des corps is the current exhibition. …
: Crate Expectations A spare half hour or so hanging around in Notting Hill. Hey! I know what. The old Music and Video …
: Too Young, Too Fast, Too Glam To The Design Museum! For The Blitz exhibition! I explained my weekend plans to a colleague. They …
: Sunny Stockwell Skies Now that’s more like it. Wrap up warm, soak up the S Ldn rays and it could be mid-June. Sorta.
: Brighton or Bust I’ll miss the Veteran Car Run chugging along South Lambeth Road, if future personal plans ever …
: Sunny Stockwell >Clapham >Sunny Stockwell And I didn’t even add the clickbait Wankerville to the title.
: Sunny Stockwell Skies An hour or so later after this snap was taken, the S Ldn skies were illuminated with an incredible …
: Wankerville: The Return I had to leave the flat on Saturday afternoon. Have For Sale sign, have prospective buyers wanting …
: Running Up That Hill (Again) A return to Brockwell ParkRun on Saturday morning. It’s been a while. Much in the same way …
: Links for 01-11-25 “Across our communities, we share the same priorities — making ends meet, accessing …
: Sunny Stockwell Skies I was a little late in the day coming to this one once again. Technically it wasn’t a Sunny …
: Dark Days Sleaford Mods have dropped a ‘dark version’ of their video for The Good Life. It is …
: Chasing Light, Catching Change Another day, another random walk around these Transpontine streets. The route was roughly from Sunny …
: Album of the Day: Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive Christ, this was bloody awful. The oh so enthusiastic handclaps ten seconds in should have served as …
: Tango Dub for the End Times Blimey - Adrian Sherwood has been busy once again with another new release: The Collapse of …
: Sunny Stockwell Skies Not all Sunny Stockwell Skies snaps capture the sunset - especially so when the silly sun decides to …
: When Regeneration Pauses, Youth Speak I love turning a corner around my S Ldn patch, and then OH MY DAYS, another new mural has appeared. …
: Winter Nets, South London Style I passed some half term kids playing cricket on the North side of Clap’ham Common during the …
: Jangle Season Another changing of the seasons, another selection of new music from Cleaners from Venus. Hurrah! Mr …
: Links for 31-10-25 Worker sacked over video showing Lime hire bikes being hurled out of transport van Early Premier …
: Album of the Day: Gotan Project - La Revancha Del Tango For once a foreign language album I can appreciate. The tightness of the beats and the production …
: From Empire to Exit This is a powerful video from Novara: Tom McTague, author of Between The Waves, in conversation with …
: Lost in Hex, Found in Sound I streamed Bark Psychosis' Hex album this afternoon. There was a cheapo copy going on ebay for £6. …
: Sunny Stockwell Skies I got lucky with the Sunny Stockwell Skies hit and miss iPhone snap this afternoon. It was dull all …
: Grey Skies, Bright Memories Here we are again. The Boy from the Country, the Boy from the City lifestyle continues to ride - for …
: Album of the Day: The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land I wasn’t really in the mood for this, first thing. But I persisted and gave it a spin. …
: Links for 29-10-25 “We are embracing class war, and this time we plan to win it.” Tell It Like It Is, …
: So Long, Garibaldi Red And so farewell Garibaldi Red podcast. Your sporadic appearances over the past season or so were …
: Trail Tales: The Sweet Stench of Progress Another day, another bicycle ride along the Trail en route for a swim. These blog posts write …
: From Miracle Men to Mad Men Ah, so back to the “Forest bubble will burst” bollocks. Cheers, Bob. Back in the day and …
: Album of the Day: The Adverts - Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts I struggled to get my head around this. It’s more rock than punk, even taking a few unwelcome …
: High Tide, Low Gear Another day, another crisp ride along the Trail. Once again there was a bloody high tide down by the …
: Old Light, New Day Everyone loves a big old red boat, right? There’s no finer sight than the Colne Light Ship on …
: ffs Forest ”We go into Europe, all the money is spent and we’re back in the same situation we were when we got …
: Links for 27-10-25 Pochin’s ‘vile’ rant shows Reform ‘racist to the core,’ say campaigners
: Album of the Day: Faces - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse An album that makes you want to BOOZE and reflect in equal measures. The transition from Stay with …
: Crap Match Report: Bournemouth 2, Forest 0 My matchday routine now starts with the early post on the Forest Insta feed. What clues will be …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 87, Reading Rockets 103 There was something of a Rebels reunion on home court as Reading Rockets arrived at the Essex Sports …
: Crap Match Report: Essex Rebels 74, Caledonia Gladiators 70 Another win for the Rebels women at Our House, aka the Essex Sports Arena. New flashy sporting …
: Choppy Waters Ahoy! That was one hell of a high tide down by the Muddy Banks this morning. In fact the Muddy Banks were …
: 22 Dreams Revisited I gave Weller’s 22 Dreams another play first thing this morning. It all came about after a …
: Links for 25-10-25 “If you loved feeds and mourn the day the music died, I have good news, it didn’t die, …
: High Tide Ahoy! There was an impressive high tide down by the Muddy Banks this lunchtime. The eastetny wind was …
: Friday Wiff Waff Friday lunchtime at the Table of Dreams 🏓 BATTERED her 4-1. Wind may have played a part. We played …
: The Postman Delivers New Bits! A lovely pair of Moscot Lemtosh, all the way from NYC. Another find via the excellent …
: The Postman Delivers: BUZZING OFF ME TITS, innit 💥
: New Town, Same Result Gotta say that the result from the New Town & Christ Church by-election for Colchester City …
: Album of the Day: Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen Clever songs, but never too knowingly. Prefab Sprout have always navigated the fine line between …
: Links for 24-10-25 Three-quarters of Brits support Green Party’s wealth tax, YouGov poll finds Disturb the comfortable. …
: Crap Match Report: Forest 2, Porto 0 The team selection was a slight surprise. I wasn’t expecting to see Zinchenko in there. …
: Links for 23-10-25 I ride to work year round. Here are my top tips for making it actually enjoyable through the gloomy …
: Beta Band Back, Chaos Optional Blimey. I missed this one: the Betas are back playing together live once again. There was a couple …
: To Sunny Colch! A pleasant early autumnal walk along the Trail towards Sunny Colch. Not a bad little place to live, …
: Still Bragging Billy Bragg has a new book out. Billy Bragg often has a new book out, and they’re all bloody …
: Your Party, Your Call, etc. But not if you are already a member of ahem another political party. The gathering of the clans up …
: Football, not Theatre I bloody LOVE this from Dyche. As the comments suggest, he’s probably rehearsed the line in …
: Album of the Day: Fleetwood Mac - Tusk Too much to take on board here - especially during a working morning. It served the purpose of …
: When Forest Talk Turns Centrist Some half decent thoughts on Forest from Matt Forde on the latest Forest Focus. I can’t say …
: Album of the Day: The xx - I See You The piece is decent but lacks the intensity needed in electronic music, feeling too dreamlike and …
: FFTV Clickety Clickbait The daily Forest Fan TV catch up. Oh Lordy. “You’re much better than Sean Dyche” …
: On Holy Cow To Moving Image! …on Tuesday evening. Tuesday evening is DATE NIGHT, right? I do bloody love …
: Sleaford Mods Ahoy! Sleaford Mods is releasing a new album featuring a track called “The Good Life” with …
: Album of the Day: The Good, The Bad & The Queen Probably my fave Albarn album. I love the London Music Hall head nod, the bass, the random off beat …
: Chris Sutton's Nottingham Forest Catching up with the Monday Night Club on 5Live from last night. It’s usually a half decent …