Paul Crampin

I can’t tell you how much it boils my pi$$ that being a Guardian subscriber I’m paying for this nepotistic drivel. Luckily at the moment most of my ire is directed at the Labour Party cos-playing Reform.

Today.

Saw her play at Le Guess Who? This year. Beautiful set, really moving music.

I’ve just finished the John Martyn. It’s a good read but pretty bleak at the end.

“The only alterantive”

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy album cover. The Reid brothers, a drum and large lettering. The entire image has a slightly faded quality, as if it were a still from a VHS recording.

Four decades back a major label released a debut album that sounded like almost nothing on earth while still sounding incredibly familiar. Our man in San Francisco Ned Raggett takes stock of it all

Happy Birthday to the JAMC's Psychocandy, which turns 40 today!

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One of two games I’ve been to at the Nou Camp was Barca v Bilbao. Cost of the ticket was 9 euros.

This time last week it was day 3 of Le Guess Who? in Utrecht. Such a great festival. Such a great city #utrechtopia

The mighty Harriers!

I hear you calling is an incredible song. Devastating lyrics.

Probably not super environmentally friendly but tend to get most things off most things.

I was in a hotel in the Netherlands last weekend and they put their shampoo and conditioner in bottles with ginormous writing on. I thought “this is what a civilised country looks like”.

The dog, mid flight, plucking the ball out of the air. Never gets old.

A sensible landlord will amend the terms so you are not liable for those amounts.

In the end it took me a dictionary…

We had to stop watching The Twits because the bit where the idiots believe the obvious lies of the obvious liars cuts too close to the bone in Brexit Britain.

B’stard

I watched Babylon (1980) with my eldest and he couldn't believe London looked like that it in my lifetime. We are a terribly backwards looking nation, infantilised by the royal family.

Sorry - but it was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the photo.

Piers Morgan has let himself go.

It's a world expanding and life affirming experience. The DJ Marcelle set was just genius.

Piers Morgan has let himself go.

It was great to meet you! As your friend said, you had adopted a terrible disguise. That 3 hours of Lady Lykez and the DJ Marcelle was totally brilliant. Already booked for next year…

“Despite”. You think the people who go won’t have or use phones?

It was totally brilliant this year.

Is this an “old,old” post or a “new,old” post or a “new,new” post?

And North London #ladylykez

I have good news for Americans enjoying freakouts on X - we are now nine years into our most famous city being run by a friendly Muslim guy and the far right are still incapable of being normal about it even for a single day