Just realised the acronym for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is IDAHOBIT and I mean...

Look at me. 😁

Yesterday, I was in a crowd of about 25k people all singing Don't Stop Me Now by Queen.

Always amuses me how many straight people naively celebrate a song about cocaine fuelled casual bisexual sex.

I love it, but if half of them listened to the lyrics they'd stop enjoying it!

The year is 2023 AND YOU JUST LOST IT.

Two lo-fi photos taken on a disposable camera.

Kaiser Chiefs at Manchester Academy. 16th April 2005.

Babies born while we were bouncing up and down at that gig become adults today. The memory of losing my shit when the band played b-side Take My Temperature as the encore number are as vivid as those babies memories of last week. What a gig.

All together now... Ohhhhhhhhh ohhhhhhhhh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

New delivery via eBay. Literally received a big box of DICK.

Anyone else ever get the feeling you're watching yourself from just behind your head like an old PlayStation game? Or you're actually a tiny force having to hulk around a tiresome meat sack, like that alien in the morgue in Men In Black? Too many ins in that sentence. Either way, in the immortal words of David Bowie, "this is not quite yet".

SUPER stoked to see Jinkx Monsoon joining the cast of my all time favourite tv show, Doctor Who.

New delivery: Double A-Sided 7" pink/black split vinyl single featuring the two new Skunk Anansie tracks released digitally last year. The pulsating synth-pop inspired Can't Take You Anywhere, and the anthemic, chaotic heavy metal madness of Piggy.

Adore both of these songs, so very glad to have them on vinyl!

A viral video of someone giving sass to a vox-popper has reminded me of the time I surprised MYSELF with my own grumpy reply to being stopped in the street.

Chugger: "Hello! Have you ever had an accident that wasn't your fault?"
Me: "Well, I walked right into this conversation."

In my dreams you're blowing me... Some kisses.

The right wing media are trying to create a stir over people pointing out the bigotry in Enid Blyton books.

You know, something which was being spoofed way back on the night Channel 4 launched in 1982? This isn't a new observation.

Americans! There's a reason I saw this band six times between July 2021 and December 2022. Now it's your turn to find out why. Go get some.

Excellent new album from my favourite folkpunk polkapirates The Dreadnoughts. Digital only for now but available on Bandcamp to buy or all the streaming services to leach. Get yeeself a cider or seven and enjoy...

https://thedreadnoughts.bandcamp.com/

Quite possibly my all time favourite album. Ok, so it's within the top five at least. And certainly the greatest debut. 25 blistering minutes of perfection, now with a bonus collection of b-sides. I've been after this on vinyl for 20 years. Now, at last, it is mine.

Rik Mayall would have been 65 today. I usually like to joke about in a manner he'd approve of, telling the useless bastard to just stop being dead, okay? But this time around, more than ever... I just really miss him. I feel very lucky to have met him a couple of times and know that I made him smile, because his work continues to make me smile on a regular basis. The very pinnacle. Love ya (P)Rik.

Rik Mayall
7th March 1958 - 9th June 2014

Active weekend behind me. Rory Pond had a trip to the vet for a booster jab. We spent ages sorting out the last remnants of renovation upheaval in our home, then went to see indie legends Space. Yesterday involved enjoying some new vinyl and some childish stationary purchases.

The major theme of this week has been Karvanista.

He's my favourite Doctor Who character not called The Doctor. Last year they announced a figurine of him, but the company fell into administration before release. The stock finally made it out there (via two companies!) this week. Got em at last!

Apologies for the radio silence of late.

Twitter is down once again. But it seems like the communities I'm an active part of are staying put.

There are so many alternatives to join, and none of them seem to have gotten enough of a take-up yet. I hope one wins out. Could it be here?

Merry Chrimbo.

Me on 30th November vs Me on 1st December.