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Mark (out of Sour Jazz)
@sourjazz.bsky.social
Chocolate (dark), Tea (black), Film (noir).
Proud MD ANT. www.sourjazz.com
His poem Suicide In The Trenches stands a very good chance of being my favourite poem ever.
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If you’ve never read the 1953 Davis Grubb novel, I can recommend it with supreme confidence. Be sure to save the receipt – I’ll personally refund you in full if not satisfied!
November 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Why not cut out the middle-man?
October 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Sour Jazz keeping very good company alongside Iggy & The Stooges, MC5, New York Dolls, Flamin’ Groovies, Lou Reed, Johnny Thunders, Motorhead, The Damned, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, and The Hammersmith Gorillas...
October 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Which swiped its name from the kids breakfast cereal…
October 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Whoever designed the #NoKings logo was stunningly unqualified - the red X should be in front of the crown, not vice versa. But then that’s typical of The Left, Democrats, Liberals and Progressives — they’re absolute shit at messaging.
October 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Haavoittunut enkeli [The Wounded Angel]
Hugo Simberg (Finnish, 1873-1917)
Oil, 1903
October 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Postie’s been, with the new album from Max Décharné. Veronica’s Lake is out on vinyl from 15 November 2025, on the Dangerhouse Skylab label out of France, and digitally via Bandcamp.
#GallonDrunk #TheFlamingStars #TheEarlsOfSuave
October 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If you’ve not read this one, you absolutely need to.
October 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Their second album’s a lot of fun, also. Songs by X, styled like The Ventures.
September 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Now playing, and probably still playing in a few days’ time...
The Batfish Boys – The Gods Hate Kansas(1985).

The best thing to come out of Leeds since Keith Waterhouse.
August 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
His book on Rowland S Howard is worth scooping up if you stumble upon a copy that’s not stupidly priced.
August 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Possibly my most-prized possession...
August 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Face, verso, spine, and flappy bits...
July 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
July 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
July 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
On heavy steady rotation:
Blixa Bargeld Sings David Bowie
July 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
They’re ridiculously cute as cubs/pups/babies...
June 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
From one massive Hamilton fan to another, I envy you!
June 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Used to see him often in the late 1980s - a total gent and always good for a lovely chat.
June 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
“If George says it’s good, then it’s good by George!”
If there’s ever been a finer tagline, I’ve sure never read it.
June 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This one was my introduction to his work.
One of those pieces that I just want to disappear into.
June 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The First Time I Saw Paris
Ellison Hoover (1888-1955)
Lithograph on wove paper, Date unknown
June 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Seems a bit healthier than mine.
May 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I know that bitter feeling of culinary disappointment all too well…
May 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM