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England 8
China 0
Yeah, you mighta spent billions to be an AI superpower but can yer women stick a ball between the sticks eh? Think about that comrades.
China 0
Yeah, you mighta spent billions to be an AI superpower but can yer women stick a ball between the sticks eh? Think about that comrades.
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
England 8
China 0
Yeah, you mighta spent billions to be an AI superpower but can yer women stick a ball between the sticks eh? Think about that comrades.
China 0
Yeah, you mighta spent billions to be an AI superpower but can yer women stick a ball between the sticks eh? Think about that comrades.
Well I welcome this new bar to Walthamstow…
“Their complementary water bar serves both still and sparkling water, letting customers remineralise the water using mineral concentrates in dropper bottles to recreate famous waters from around the world.”
“Their complementary water bar serves both still and sparkling water, letting customers remineralise the water using mineral concentrates in dropper bottles to recreate famous waters from around the world.”
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Well I welcome this new bar to Walthamstow…
“Their complementary water bar serves both still and sparkling water, letting customers remineralise the water using mineral concentrates in dropper bottles to recreate famous waters from around the world.”
“Their complementary water bar serves both still and sparkling water, letting customers remineralise the water using mineral concentrates in dropper bottles to recreate famous waters from around the world.”
À bout de souffle/Breathless (1960). Can’t been a day - 65 years and counting - when Jean Seberg’s Patricia wouldn’t have been the most effortlessly coolest looking cat on the block. Could drop her in any decade.
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
À bout de souffle/Breathless (1960). Can’t been a day - 65 years and counting - when Jean Seberg’s Patricia wouldn’t have been the most effortlessly coolest looking cat on the block. Could drop her in any decade.
Seberg (2019). Not a great film but if not aware of Jean Seberg’s support of the Black Panther Party and how she was persecuted by the FBI, it’s worth a watch. Kristen Stewart pretty decent.
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Seberg (2019). Not a great film but if not aware of Jean Seberg’s support of the Black Panther Party and how she was persecuted by the FBI, it’s worth a watch. Kristen Stewart pretty decent.
Disco del día
Thee Headcoats - The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm ‘n’ Beat Vernacular (2025)
Thee Headcoats - The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm ‘n’ Beat Vernacular (2025)
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Disco del día
Thee Headcoats - The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm ‘n’ Beat Vernacular (2025)
Thee Headcoats - The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm ‘n’ Beat Vernacular (2025)
La Caja (2021). Mexican kid goes to collect remains of his dad and ends up with a harsh lesson about the brutality of labour in a capitalist society. Really good. Available on MUBI, mis compañeros.
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
La Caja (2021). Mexican kid goes to collect remains of his dad and ends up with a harsh lesson about the brutality of labour in a capitalist society. Really good. Available on MUBI, mis compañeros.
Big up BlueSky. Thanks to a @michaeldaly64.bsky.social post, transpires @johnbaldy.bsky.social I are old school friends. Our interests grew from Spider-Man (primary school) to The Prisoners (secondary). Lovely surprise & wonderful to reconnect after all these years. Here we are, front row rascals.
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Big up BlueSky. Thanks to a @michaeldaly64.bsky.social post, transpires @johnbaldy.bsky.social I are old school friends. Our interests grew from Spider-Man (primary school) to The Prisoners (secondary). Lovely surprise & wonderful to reconnect after all these years. Here we are, front row rascals.
Queen’s Park Rangers 3
Hull City 2
This is what we do for kicks on a rainy cold November afternoon
Hull City 2
This is what we do for kicks on a rainy cold November afternoon
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Queen’s Park Rangers 3
Hull City 2
This is what we do for kicks on a rainy cold November afternoon
Hull City 2
This is what we do for kicks on a rainy cold November afternoon
Spending an inordinate amount of time compiling favourite albums of the year. So much really good stuff ain’t gonna make the cut, however much keep expanding the list.
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Spending an inordinate amount of time compiling favourite albums of the year. So much really good stuff ain’t gonna make the cut, however much keep expanding the list.
Emma-Jean Thackray at Koko last nite. Big fan of her Weirdo album. “Really groovy music but depressing as fuck - that’s what I’m all about.” ❤️
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Emma-Jean Thackray at Koko last nite. Big fan of her Weirdo album. “Really groovy music but depressing as fuck - that’s what I’m all about.” ❤️
Some album covers collected by Raimond Chaves displayed in Tate Modern (wonderful surprise).
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Some album covers collected by Raimond Chaves displayed in Tate Modern (wonderful surprise).
Makaya McCraven at Koko last nite. Sublime demonstration of the art of jazz improvisation as a vibrant communication method. Incredible quartet.
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Makaya McCraven at Koko last nite. Sublime demonstration of the art of jazz improvisation as a vibrant communication method. Incredible quartet.
Uncanny portrait of Monkey Snr in the Tate Modern. Given the fam much merriment.
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Uncanny portrait of Monkey Snr in the Tate Modern. Given the fam much merriment.
Delighted for Scotland. 🏴
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Delighted for Scotland. 🏴
Never listened to this before. Actually enjoyed it.
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Never listened to this before. Actually enjoyed it.
Forgot to attach photo! 😃
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Forgot to attach photo! 😃
Mulatu Astatke at Here/Outernet last nite. Music truly magical. Shame audience largely didn’t seem to appreciate how special it was. Made me wonder why they were all there.
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Mulatu Astatke at Here/Outernet last nite. Music truly magical. Shame audience largely didn’t seem to appreciate how special it was. Made me wonder why they were all there.
Babyshambles at Brixton Academy last nite. “The all-new dependable, capable Babyshambles,” according to their ringmaster, and they were. Pete had “a hell of afternoon” apparently, something to do with a dog, so chaos not totally eliminated from his life, although unlikely to make the front page. 🐶
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Babyshambles at Brixton Academy last nite. “The all-new dependable, capable Babyshambles,” according to their ringmaster, and they were. Pete had “a hell of afternoon” apparently, something to do with a dog, so chaos not totally eliminated from his life, although unlikely to make the front page. 🐶
Fair play to this urchins, Laurie Wright, setting up opposite Brixton Academy to tear through 200 mph Clash meets Dr Feelgood race to the death.
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Fair play to this urchins, Laurie Wright, setting up opposite Brixton Academy to tear through 200 mph Clash meets Dr Feelgood race to the death.
Jonny Halifax Invocation pumped two sets of heavy duty swampy psychedelic blues directly into the blood of patrons of Walthamstow Trades Hall last nite. Souls were shaken, spirits risen. 🪇
November 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Jonny Halifax Invocation pumped two sets of heavy duty swampy psychedelic blues directly into the blood of patrons of Walthamstow Trades Hall last nite. Souls were shaken, spirits risen. 🪇
Gutted to be missing the Primitives in town tonite. Sticking this on hasn’t helped! Glorious.
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Gutted to be missing the Primitives in town tonite. Sticking this on hasn’t helped! Glorious.
Disco del día
The Horace Silver Quintet Doin’ The Thing at the Village Gate (1961)
The Horace Silver Quintet Doin’ The Thing at the Village Gate (1961)
November 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Disco del día
The Horace Silver Quintet Doin’ The Thing at the Village Gate (1961)
The Horace Silver Quintet Doin’ The Thing at the Village Gate (1961)
This week I watched that Richard Burton doc on the BBC, listened to the Manics, and read this. I’m practically Welsh. 🏴
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This week I watched that Richard Burton doc on the BBC, listened to the Manics, and read this. I’m practically Welsh. 🏴