Gang of Four

It’s very close, but going ABC

Excellent light show! 😂

Hong Kong Garden
Teenage Rampage
Strange Town

Well there’s this…

The Wonder Stuff - Best Song Poll - Final

1️⃣ Don't Let Me Down, Gently
2️⃣️ Golden Green
3️⃣ On The Ropes
4️⃣ Sleep Alone
5️⃣ The Size Of A Cow
6️⃣ Unbearable

📅 Ends: September 10, 2025, 9:00 PM UTC

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Gloria

RDT please

New Order

ABC all day long here!

Another tie break, or both to go through?

Absolutely, in my top 5 👍

Bloody hell, any one of five could get my vote here, depending on how I feel when I woke up!

I’m guessing the reservoir is both warm and shallow?

Some absolute belters there, and not forgetting Leave Them All Behind which followed 👌

Motherfucking wind farms…

Great track 👍

You can’t really go wrong with any year in the 1980s (as long as you ignore ‘86 and ‘87, which were mostly shit).

My vote would go to 1982, which I reckon contains something for everyone!

Donna Summer for me 👍

Fantastic track, left me speechless when I first heard it 👌

My books 1983 and 21st-Century Yokel

My book Ring The Hill

My books Notebook and 21st-Century Yokel

My cat Jim with my books.

Still no payment from my ex-publisher, so I'm selling a few more of these (bought from their warehouse). ALL FOUR of these, signed, for the price of the 1983 hardback (£16.99) plus postage

Please email me at hello@tom-cox.com with your address if you want them.

Any shares of this much-appreciated!

Absolutely outstanding breaking news! #hmhb

With that (lack of) foot movement, I think a straight one would do it

As an afficianado of lower league football, I’m sure you’ll be aware that with one game of the season to go in the National League South, there are 6 (SIX) teams that can still win the title. Madness!

Probably for the best that ‘Renfield’s Afoot’ and ‘Vatican Broadside’ by Half Man Half Biscuit haven’t been included here!

There certainly are loads to choose from, but this would also rank as my number one choice. The last two minutes are just sheer perfection 👌

A big pile of Notebook paperbacks.

The back cover of my book Notebook.

Decided to give away this entire pile of my 2022 book Notebook for the price of postage today. If you can pay more, great. If not, no problem. Pop a reply below if you'd like one. It's a short, silly book, but sometimes a bit serious, too, and people tell me it's a good easy gateway to my writing.

Tom Cox on Substack Between 2017 and last year, I wrote seven books for my publishers, crowdfunding their production via my readers. All of these books, although not setting the world alight commercially, were well recei...

As a result of non-payment from my publisher, I've now taken the rights back to my books... Full explanation here (I'll also have quite a lot of warehouse stock to sign and sell direct in a few days' time)... substack.com/@tomcox/note...

1990, what a great year for music!!!

It was only “improved” because the first half was absolute dogshit and Blackpool chose to declare on 3. We still looked clueless in most departments