Good luck to anyone who wants to be a stand up nowadays. it doesn’t matter how uncontroversial your subject matter, someone will find it “offensive”. You’ll spend most of your time tweeting heart felt apologies […]

I’ve often thought the same about Martin Degville of Sigue Sigue Sputnik. If recent photographs are to be believed he still (to his eternal credit) looks like he’s just stepped out of the Blitz club circa 1980 […]

The goal keepers on the end of a spring always flattered to deceive. One hard shot and they would snap. However like all Subbuteo products beautifully packaged in those iconic green boxes. I think, maybe during […]

Joined the Subbuteo players association back in the late 70’s. I still remember being sent a news letter with the surreal photo of grinning cricket umpire Dickie Bird “flicking to kick” on its front cover. […]

Does anyone remember Leo’s performance of “On Broadway”with Gary Numan? It’s on Youtube and surprise,surprise it’s shit.

He seemed to be on every BBC light entertainment show back in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Seaside Special, Pop Quiz and Crackerjack to name just a few. Incredibly and irritatingly enthusiastic, always leaping […]

Sparks. No1 in Heaven. Perfect.

Overheard one of the Leeds HMV staff yesterday telling a customer that the rent for the Meadowhall store was four million pounds a year.

It seems to me that only the middle aged are interested in keeping the subculture flag flying nowadays. Just take a wander around the Rebellion festival in Blackpool for instance. All those 50 something punks and […]

I wonder if this is the first time New Beat has ever been mentioned on this site. I love it. Most tracks sound like something John Carpenter would compose…..Whilst off his head on ecstasy.

Another glorious Afterword first. A thread that’s a cross between a copy of Heat magazine and an episode of “Loose Woman”. hosted by a panel of tranvestites. Well done you bunch of pillocks.

I’ve got a copy. Amongst others Hibbert interviews Rolf Harris, Jimmy Savile and Gary Glitter, along with Jeffrey Archer, Edwina Currie and Bros. This book hums with evil.

BAH! I give up.

Christ! What the fuck is wrong with you all here? I feel like I’ve just stumbled into a gaggle of 12 year old girls pajama party. Grow up for Gods sake!

Sorry to rudely barge into this Kylie love fest but her musical output was shit in the beginning, shit in the middle and remains heroically shit now. It is as it always was and will be….Shit.

Great piece, but Karloff didn’t play the monster in Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein. It was Glenn Strange.

I like the banjo in Come On Eileen.

Stumbled across highlights of the men’s Scottish Basketball team narrowly defeating Nigeria earlier this afternoon. I mean, in the words of Kenneth Williams “Whats the bloody point?”.

A really posh girl I used to work with(Who incidentally was very into Craig David and the then recently reformed boy band Blue) once casually mentioned that she had just started going out with the current […]

Much prefer Armchair Disco, the B- side to Bad Manners biggest hit Can Can.