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May 2023 Mixtape

Tracklisting: 01. The Lottery Winners – Burning House02. Teenage Wrist – Sunshine03. Foo Fighters – Rescued04. Rehasher – Rabbit Hole05. Obey Robots – Porcupine06. Fall Out Boy – What a Time To Be Alive07. Aly & AJ – Talking in My Sleep08. Softcult – Spoiled09. Georgia – It’s Euphoric10. Tennis – Forbidden Doors11. John Williams,ContinueContinue reading “May 2023 Mixtape”

April 2023 Mixtape

Tracklisting: 01. Momma – Bang Bang02. Caroline Polachek – Welcome To My Island (George Danes & Charli xcx Remix)03. DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ – Brave04. Abby Holliday- Ohio Laundry Room05. The Life – Grace06. Samia – Amelia07. The Chain Gang Of 1974 – Highwire Days08. Couch Prints – Weakness09. The Japanese House – Boyhood10.ContinueContinue reading “April 2023 Mixtape”

Amateur Half Hour

On 22nd February 2023 it was announced, to little fanfare, that ITV’s home video show You’ve Been Framed! would be cancelled after 33 years. Perhaps the lack of remorse is because we’ve lived with TV for so many decades now we know we’ll likely see once axed shows come back around (Both Big Brother and Deal or No Deal are setContinueContinue reading “Amateur Half Hour”

March 2023 Mixtape

Tracklisting: 01. Liily – Applause02. Coach Party – Micro Aggression03. DE’WAYNE, grandson – GOOD MOOD04. Dazy – Choose Yr Ramone05. White Reaper – Pink Slip06. flor – Gotta Do Something07. Ally Evenson – SINISTER08. crushed – waterlily09. Paramore – Running Out Of Time10. Dylan Fraser – 2030 Revolution11. CHVRCHES – Over Where to listen: SpotifyContinueContinue reading “March 2023 Mixtape”

February 2023 Mixtape

Tracklisting: 01. Softcult – Dress02. Fall Out Boy – Heartbreak Feels So Good03. The Lottery Winners – Worry04. standards – Bubble Bath05. Hundred Reasons – Replicate06. Brothertiger – Tangerine07. Old Sea Brigade – Old Blooded08. Joshua Radin – Running from the Dawn09. Prinze George – Coastline10. Cary Brothers – Neon Lovers11. Smallpools, Yot Club -ContinueContinue reading “February 2023 Mixtape”

Subscriber Series: First Chart Singles

In Summer 2022, I welcomed subscribers to mailing list by asking them the question “what was the first chart single you bought?”. Here’s a compilation of the responses I received.  https://youtu.be/86URGgqONvA?si=Ef4L9OgxFaVu3Lv8 Claire Norman: “The first single I bought for myself was Iron Maiden – Run To The Hills, 12 inch picture disc (vinyl), in the early 1980s.ContinueContinue reading “Subscriber Series: First Chart Singles”

Beer Tours: Cheltenham

Cheltenham Motor Club, Upper Park Street, Cheltenham GL52 6SA DEYA Brewing Company, 33/34, Lansdown Industrial Estate, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham, GL51 8PL Favourite Beers, 5 Hewlett Road, Cheltenham, GL52 6BB Jolly Brewmaster, 39 Painswick Road, Cheltenham GL50 2EZ Planet Caravan, 25 Bath Street, Cheltenham GL50 1YA The Railway Inn, New Street, Cheltenham GL50 3QL Sandford ParkContinueContinue reading “Beer Tours: Cheltenham”

Beer Tours: Edinburgh

Belfield Brewery, 46 Stanley Place, Edinburgh, EH7 5TB Brewdog (Doghouse), 5 New Street, Edinburgh, EH8 8BH Brewdog (Lothian Road), 50 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9BY Cold Town House, 4 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2JU Fierce, 167 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4LS The Hanging Bat, 133 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9AB The Holyrood 9A, 9a Holyrood Road,ContinueContinue reading “Beer Tours: Edinburgh”

Gigs of 2021

Thursday 2nd September 2021: The Lottery Winners at The Joiners, Southampton Friday 3rd September 2021: Maxïmo Park at The Brook, Southampton Wednesday 15th September 2021: Ash at Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth w/ Indoor Pets and The Gulps Saturday 6th November 2021: Fatboy Slim at Bournemouth International Centre w/ Sarah Story and Aldo Vanucci Friday 3rd DecemberContinueContinue reading “Gigs of 2021”