Fat Roland

Can we just take a moment to appreciate Mark Benton being Mark Benton? Thank you.

I was working last night so I'm going to watch the Brits today. I presume Bjork was the best bit?

Well I got Geese and Sault right. Maybe I'm only good at guessing names of things that you could easily throw over your shoulder.

"It would create a seismic wave, like the solar flare in the movie 2012 or like the Greens in Gorton & Denton."

✍️ Brand new blog post! Here are my hot tips for the 2026 Brit Awards and if I'm wrong, I'm moving to Mars fatroland.blogspot.com/2026/02/here...

Books loosely propped on a shelf, including titles by David Gemmell, Gary Braver and the loud-mouthed DJ Chris Moyles

Shocked that I still owned it, I gave the worst book ever to my local donate-and-take library. Months later, it's still there, festering. I think you can guess which one.

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The melodrama, the exasperation, the daftness. One of my favourite accounts

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Sorry, haven't got my reading glasses on

"It's a damn sight better than being the Uncle of AIFF or the Second-Cousin of Spotify..."

✍️ New blog post: These ghost sounds from Suzanne Vega's Tom's Diner are the spookiest thing you'll hear today fatroland.blogspot.com/2026/02/thes...

Well done, Gorton & Denton. You chose hope over hate, and I don't have to annex you. PS - if anyone would like to buy 160,000 unneeded bricks, let me know.

Nice work, the Brit Awards. I would also like to see:

Manchester Victori-Amos
Manchester Pica-J-Dilla-y
Salfboards-Of-Canada Central
Manchester Oxbow-Lakes-By-The-Orb-ford Road
St Werburgh's Road (it's a rock 'n' roll tram stop so doesn't need a pun)

Come on, Gorton & Denton, don't let the racists win. And if you do, we're annexing you by building a big wall in Reddish.

Karl Hyde, man of stripes.

I actually thought for a moment you were referencing Dude Where's My Car.

THAT'S who that guy is. Like, maaan.

I couldn't see: too much puddle in my eyes. I saw an "M". The rest was a soggy blur.

As a result, I now hate all Ms.

Your absence is noted 😭😭😭

Happy to be the first subject in an Alexei Sayle cloning programme.

Genuinely, my first thought as I posted this was 'I bet Fil's laughing at this'. Or more accurately, 'I bet that damn Fil's laughing at this, why I oughtta [fist shake]".

😡 Got deliberately puddled by a driver this morning. I'm soaked. If someone could report them - the registration number is M-something something something something.

She wasn't just handsy - she was booby and facey and everything-y. In her defence, which is very much not a defence, she was absolutely trollied.

Shout out to the woman at Sankeys who accosted me on the dancefloor to tell me everything was rubbish then, after climbing all over me, tried to invade the DJ booth to stop the entire night. I asked Jordan Peak to keep an eye on her and things turned out fine.

I can't BELIEVE Paddington Bear's bad language at the Baftas. Rutting on the red carpet was bad enough, I mean jeez.

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This isn't about your panel, but maybe my comment will boost your post... In the book-collage stock photo they've used on the ticket page, one of the books describes a zombie attack. In Turkish. (Thanks, Google Translate/Lens)

Is Cloverfield the best monster named after a vegetable-oil-based spread?

Today is International* Underage Drinking Day. Woohoo! 🍺 👶 🍻

*applies only to Sandford and the nearby model village

<takes a bow>

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A photo from the dancefloor at Sankeys. Banging no-nonsense tunes, many more friendly punters as there were drugberks, a whole pub for chill-outs and chats, and a strict rule about putting a sticker over your phone camera before you enter.

Guys, that box in the corner of your living room is here to assist you. Do not listen to the rumours or the screams or the naysayers.

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Chronicles Of The Residuum – Electronic Sound Destruction never sounded so good

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