DJ Punctum
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"Modern medicine is not a line where you left your fossils." Married to an American so watch it. Co-author of the now completed Then Play Long blog (https://nobilliards.blogspot.com).
Actually I think you'll find most people do want Mariah, again and again. And Wham! and Slade because it's Christmas and the world's horrible and people want to forget about that and just have fun. They aren't interested in being trendy hipsters. Most normal people aren't. Remember normal people?
November 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Actually I think you'll find most people do want Mariah, again and again. And Wham! and Slade because it's Christmas and the world's horrible and people want to forget about that and just have fun. They aren't interested in being trendy hipsters. Most normal people aren't. Remember normal people?
'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
What a shame you can't mute photographs on here, isn't it?
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
What a shame you can't mute photographs on here, isn't it?
ILx’s tribute to the late Rachel Cooke. Final confirmation, I think, that actually it’s you lot who have been the problem all along.
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
ILx’s tribute to the late Rachel Cooke. Final confirmation, I think, that actually it’s you lot who have been the problem all along.
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Very nice to receive these CDs in the mail today, which helps assuage a somewhat frustrating morning:
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Very nice to receive these CDs in the mail today, which helps assuage a somewhat frustrating morning:
Who'd've thought HMV would have ended up being cooler than Rough Trade?
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Who'd've thought HMV would have ended up being cooler than Rough Trade?
Ah, now it's doing what it ought - wasn't doing it last night - hence:
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Ah, now it's doing what it ought - wasn't doing it last night - hence:
"I have to do and say these things - THEY're going to kill me if I don't!"
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
"I have to do and say these things - THEY're going to kill me if I don't!"
"If you don't like Labour policies leave"
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
"If you don't like Labour policies leave"
This just in from Clash Music. Perhaps if musicians made music for real people rather than middle-aged men sitting in their mother's attic reading Alan Moore comics, they might be better.
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This just in from Clash Music. Perhaps if musicians made music for real people rather than middle-aged men sitting in their mother's attic reading Alan Moore comics, they might be better.
The last time I went trick or treating (which wasn't what it was called at the time) was in 1972. I was eight. Try to be more like me, won't you?
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The last time I went trick or treating (which wasn't what it was called at the time) was in 1972. I was eight. Try to be more like me, won't you?
Actually it's because of the climate crisis, as your paper said twelve days ago, but keep on shoehorning for those clicks.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Actually it's because of the climate crisis, as your paper said twelve days ago, but keep on shoehorning for those clicks.
"Well, that must have been fun"
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
"Well, that must have been fun"
Give it a break, eh, lads?
October 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Give it a break, eh, lads?
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Define your musical taste with eight artists:
October 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Define your musical taste with eight artists:
Oh dear. I just looked at page two of More Brilliant Than The Sun and realised why there might be problems republishing it:
October 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Oh dear. I just looked at page two of More Brilliant Than The Sun and realised why there might be problems republishing it:
L: with pocket money but of my own volition (1976)
R: with money I earned (1978)
R: with money I earned (1978)
October 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
L: with pocket money but of my own volition (1976)
R: with money I earned (1978)
R: with money I earned (1978)
"You, boy! Is your opinion UNHINGED?"
October 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"You, boy! Is your opinion UNHINGED?"
To be frank, Poll, we've been expecting you to say this since 1980.
October 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
To be frank, Poll, we've been expecting you to say this since 1980.
I heard Neil Young's synthesiser record when I bought it in January 1983, long before Grandaddy existed. First paragraph exemplifies why people can't be arsed with music writing any more. Didn't get past it.
October 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I heard Neil Young's synthesiser record when I bought it in January 1983, long before Grandaddy existed. First paragraph exemplifies why people can't be arsed with music writing any more. Didn't get past it.