Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes has to rank among the greatest casting coups in history.
He's so good I sometimes believe in time travel. That someone went back in time and got Arthur Conan Doyle to invent Sherlock Holmes just so Jeremy Brett could play him a hundred years later.
Huffing after someone on foot out of breath, calling for Carver in the radio.
Sadiq Khan actually has v. intense ‘The Bill’ energy. ‘PC Khan’ etc. 1994 etc. ‘You’d best keep your mouth shut or these files get slapped on Burnside’s desk first thing Tuesday!’ Etc
Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1946. Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#1946 #paulbowles
The brackets for ‘served all day’ are ominous, too.
dare you do battle with SIR SIMON RATTLE?
I don’t understand the obsession with Guinness. It’s quite a boring beer. Can be good ‘in Ireland’ but even then it’s not that good. And at its worst it’s like drinking whipped cream with seven 2p coins in your mouth.
He looks like yon melted Nazi from Indiana Jones, that chap.
Record Shop Day is to music people as St Patrick's Day is to people who love pubs.
The one day of the year when you make a point of going nowhere near a record shop/pub.
Performance poets are often called things like LUKE AMOS or SAFFRON GABRIEL or TIA JEFFS etc
My new album "Wrigglers" is out NOW via @crackedankles.bsky.social ! It's been described as "Downright wonky" and I think that's fair. Get it here or wherever you get your music: polypores.bandcamp.com/album/wriggl...
#nowwatching *killer* late period 1995 ‘made for TV’ Harry Palmer. Has no right to be as good as it is. You can find it on YT, pop pickers…
Well that’s just as bad as knowing then, isn’t it? I mean, it’s probably not true but still…what a witless fool.
People struggle to tolerate the immense mental strain that accompanies believing things that place them at odds with their community. When they do find themselves at odds with it, they usually rationalize back to conformity. They know what they're expected to believe, and find a way to do so.
Oooh I’ve recoded a mix. 1st mix in over 9 years and 1st recorded
One in 18 years!
It’s a bit wobbly with a wreck or two but .. @louiseann.bsky.social and her hubby have given it a 👍🏼👍🏼 so if you like your techno at 124bpm give it whirl and excuse the wobbles 😂🎶
www.mixcloud.com/AndyDurrant/...
Here’s the cover for ‘fifty lost treasures’, the exclusive bonus fanzine that accompanies Still in a Dream by @simonreynolds.bsky.social when you order a signed copy from select independent retailers. Over 8,000 extra words from one of the finest music writers in the world... geni.us/StillInADream
Boscawen-Un
Men-an-Tol
Nine Ladies
New on our website from Ian Simmons (Member no: 2866)
A “Withnail and I” visit to Cornwall
“I decided to be more ambitious and visit Mên-an-Tol, at least, in part, because it’s not every day you get to see a circular megalith with a hole in it”
stoneclub.rocks/more-stones/...
If you want to read the feature or other Moore-related articles we've published, take a gander here:
thequietus.com/portal/
Everyone wants to be Jeremy Beadle. It’s mental.
JUST IN! 'Generic Flipper' by Flipper
Highly influential slab of corrosive sludgy punk and noise rock finally back on wax via Superior Viaduct.
www.normanrecords.com/records/1083...
It’s always been rough as fuck. Up the road from me.
Thanks, Sarah
Such incredible designs. I wrote a feature on NEL for Vice many moons ago, may be of interest:
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
"...author of 'The Rat Pit'."
‘Soho is different; Soho has changed’ - you’re doing it wrong then.
Soho all day today. You don’t need anything else. Blue Posts and Maigret for breakfast. Going to @reversediorama.bsky.social NOT A BOOK LAUNCH party later. Literal perfection.
Apparently Kraftwerk have specific on their rider that whoever picks them up at an airport must be ‘a good smooth driver with no abrupt gear changes’ NEIN! I love that 😂
#nowreading
Brilliance. As always with Simenon. Other order brilliance.
Looks like that odd antiques child from eighties telly. I always forget the name- ‘anteekth’ etc
Now playing 👀