Gavin Hogg

A sort of half alive half toy half person monkey, delicate reddish drawing. Mouth open in a sort of realisation expression, wiggly explory lines

Professional Monkey making a Realisation at Work

That calypso album is absolutely brilliant and odd. You will not regret listening, I guarantee.
Happy belated birthday to Jo!

A classic of the genre. "Be-deee-ddee-deebo"

Great LP, I have this too. That Jam cover is hilarious, a few made up lyrics in there.

What a great Hawkwind cover this is!!

Is she singing "gonna use my sausage?"

Next up this doozy

YouTube video by Robert Mitchum - Topic Mama, Looka Boo Boo

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He made a couple! I already had his Calypso album (which is amazing!) on CD but nice to have That Man Mitchum Sings on record

L'il Beethoven from 2004 on CD. A good find for a fiver!

The first time in my life the person at the record shop has said "That's quite an eclectic mix" when I've taken my haul to the counter. The Virgin Prunes debut EPs reissue, a Robert Mitchum LP & CDs by Sparks and Hawkwind. Oh, and some Beatles socks.
Not too proud to say it put a spring in my step.

Smash Hits - 9-22 October 1985 with Julie Hamill

40 years and 1 day ago, this issue of Smash Hits came out. And about 5 years and 4 months ago we talked to @juliehamill.bsky.social about it.
Morrissey and Pete Burns - an unlikely couple to be on the front cover. open.spotify.com/episode/1neF...

YouTube video by The Giddy Carousel of Pop Podcast Dexys Midnight Runners 'Don't Stand Me Down' 40th anniversary special

Many thanks to Simon and Gavin at @giddypoppod.bsky.social, @simonprice.bsky.social, Chris Heath and always a pleasure chatting with @oharaviolin.bsky.social

Really enjoyed the listen/read of the captions via YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOCR...

I can testify that this is delicious

Finally finished playing Disco Elysium this evening. I'll miss it. It was the most original, odd, playful and unhinged game I've played in many years. Great music too, from Sea Power.

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

Support Acts: Jan-Feb: Danielle Dax / Mar-May: Toy Dolls / Jun-Nov: Shakatak

A quite insane tour schedule

This is the maddest tour I've ever seen in my life. It seems like he's doing more gigs than there are days in the year.

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending

“Everyone thought we’d come in and there were going to be these huge costs we could cut away but there just aren’t.”
Reform's own reps discovering in real time that their claims are fantasy. After years of austerity squeezing council budgets, we need a new approach.
https://on.ft.com/47azRY6

Noted in the comments, this is possibly the funniest band picture ever taken, with the bloke on the left only managing to get his jeans and hand in shot, and the other one cropped out entirely apart from the tip of his ear.

Every question you ask at the end of a work meeting should be deducted from your lifespan

Morning Kristin 👋

23 Words How many words can you survive?

🤓 I survived 23/23 words

🏆 Top 1% of players today!

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Where nobody knows your name... Tracing the anonymous faces at the start of Cheers.

Ever wondered where all the Cheers title photos are from? I did. And I've gathered everything I can find into this post. That was fun.

joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...

Gone back to the 90s with a CD / tape player for the kitchen (a tenner off Vinted - bargain).

Episode 37: Dexys Midnight Runners ‘Don’t Stand Me Down’ 40th anniversary special Welcome back to The Giddy Carousel of Pop! In this special episode, we are joined by some previous riders on the carousel to take a trip down rock’s lost highway and discuss Dexys Midnight Runners&…

A Don't Stand Me Down bonanza. Guests on the latest Giddy Carousel of Pop include Dexys royalty in Helen O'Hara and a rare spottiing of Kev Adams on a podcast.

Q. Has there ever been an album so dismissed simply on the basis of the clothes the band are wearing?

A. No

Please enjoy this wonderful piece about Larkin by @zoomburst.substack.com

A great listen. And a companion piece to Searching for Dexys Midnight Runners.

Yeah, that was one of my favourite parts of the podcast. Those little details are always where the gold is. Thanks for listening and sharing mon ami x