Richie Brown
@richiebrown.co.uk
Web monkey / children’s writer. Likes 80s comics, 90s indie, rave, athletics and Sunderland FC. Here to get away from antisocial media. Currently writing a 5000 entry singles club. Used to run This is not a Song about pre-Britpop indie, 1989-1994.
Love that Orman-Chan got the Fu Manchu question there #universitychallenge
December 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Love that Orman-Chan got the Fu Manchu question there #universitychallenge
Oh FFS, don’t call them “cute” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Russia poses acute threat, new MI6 chief to warn
Blaise Metreweli will say the threat is posed by
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December 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Oh FFS, don’t call them “cute” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I think the fact the celebs on The Wheel could only name two Taylor Swift songs (same two I knew) between them shows how disposable the pop industry has become.
December 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I think the fact the celebs on The Wheel could only name two Taylor Swift songs (same two I knew) between them shows how disposable the pop industry has become.
Comments are universally appalled at this, but I wonder if there’s potential here in the allegory not being so much communism as the likes of Brewdog / Spotify where a CEO-bro has “good intentions” but can’t help selling all of those out the more money they make? Could actually be good…
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Comments are universally appalled at this, but I wonder if there’s potential here in the allegory not being so much communism as the likes of Brewdog / Spotify where a CEO-bro has “good intentions” but can’t help selling all of those out the more money they make? Could actually be good…
Pop fact #1754: David Bowie had to give all royalties earned for ‘Fashion’ to Bill Oddie after judge Philbert Massingham ruled he and Tony Visconti had ripped off ‘Make a Daft Noise for Christmas’.
December 12, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Pop fact #1754: David Bowie had to give all royalties earned for ‘Fashion’ to Bill Oddie after judge Philbert Massingham ruled he and Tony Visconti had ripped off ‘Make a Daft Noise for Christmas’.
Oh wow, how nice of the Stones. How about they now give back the royalties they picked up from the Soup Dragons and Carter USM using teeny pieces of their tracks? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rolling Stones finally approve Fatboy Slim sample after 25 years
One of the most bootlegged dance tracks of all time, Satisfaction Skank, gets an official release.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Oh wow, how nice of the Stones. How about they now give back the royalties they picked up from the Soup Dragons and Carter USM using teeny pieces of their tracks? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scottish news headline: country battered by storm winds, many without power.
English presenter / Welsh weather man: it’s so mild.
Nice one #bbcbreakfast ! 😛
English presenter / Welsh weather man: it’s so mild.
Nice one #bbcbreakfast ! 😛
December 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Scottish news headline: country battered by storm winds, many without power.
English presenter / Welsh weather man: it’s so mild.
Nice one #bbcbreakfast ! 😛
English presenter / Welsh weather man: it’s so mild.
Nice one #bbcbreakfast ! 😛
Guess who’s been on Match of the Day!
Something to cheer up a dull grey Tuesday morning, the greatest rendition of the Match of the Day theme.
You know it is, it really is
You know it is, it really is
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Guess who’s been on Match of the Day!
Bring back someone decent and upstanding like Sepp Blatter #worldcupdraw
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Bring back someone decent and upstanding like Sepp Blatter #worldcupdraw
This has gone from boring to offensive #worldcupdraw
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This has gone from boring to offensive #worldcupdraw
Two thirds of Freebass have now left us 😢 RIP
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Two thirds of Freebass have now left us 😢 RIP
Oof. 16/16 on Saturday Kitchen folk. Definitely wasted my weekends! #pointless
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Oof. 16/16 on Saturday Kitchen folk. Definitely wasted my weekends! #pointless
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My view on Donald Trump's empty, unenforcable even if it happens suing of the BBC, is that the BBC should do a massive documentary on Epstein and all the Presidents... sorry people, involved.
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
My view on Donald Trump's empty, unenforcable even if it happens suing of the BBC, is that the BBC should do a massive documentary on Epstein and all the Presidents... sorry people, involved.
What percentage of #onlyconnect contestants work in IT, do you think? 67% tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
What percentage of #onlyconnect contestants work in IT, do you think? 67% tonight.
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Erm, so Mariah Carey and Wham! are already in the UK top 100. Who on earth is listening to Christmas songs in late October?
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Erm, so Mariah Carey and Wham! are already in the UK top 100. Who on earth is listening to Christmas songs in late October?