Obviously I'm not going to tell you what I chose. The whole point is you have to buy the magazine to find out. But it shouldn't come as any surprise that this absolute fckng belter is among them... www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG-e...
Next issue of Disco Pogo @discopogo.bsky.social mag, out on 31 Mar, is a Prince special. I wrote 'The Late Prince', a guide to his 30 greatest post-80s tracks, and enjoyed revisiting the diamonds, pearls, peaches and gold from his less-celebrated phases. Pre-order: store.discopogo.co/merch/577465...
Flaming Nora!
MINICAB CLASSICS: an occasional series in which Late Nite Minicab FM highlights one song from our playlist. This week it's my choice, Save The Best For Last by Vanessa Williams. If you want to comment, feel free to go over to the post on Minicab's page and get involved... tinyurl.com/minicabvanessa
In 1976-77, Marc Bolan, Steve Harley and David Bowie co-wrote a song called Madman which was never recorded. (It's a long story - look it up.) After Marc's death, Cuddly Toys (formerly Raped) covered it. The performance is pure Ziggy cosplay, but the song is surprisingly good. youtu.be/w52Yc8LhopA
Some epic handbags during injury time in this game, by the way, followed by a pitch invasion at the final whistle. These are disgraceful scenes that no true football fan wants to see, of course. (You can watch it on Sgorio on the iPlayer.)
Happy Saint David's Day to all who celebrate.
Here's one of Wales' finest: The Damned Don't Cry by Visage. Evokes the alienation and boredom of the modern human condition with such elegance. A deeply underrated single.
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Ian Hunter! Wilfred Owen! Ian Woosnam! Jesse Armstrong! John Biffen! YOUR BOYS…
(Congratulations Barry Town United on winning the Nathaniel MG Welsh League Cup against England’s The New Saints!)
I don’t know what this is about, but it’s good work.
I look forward to hearing the fans chanting for his dismissal.
I was wondering what had become of Rangers and Wales winger Rabbi Matondo and learned he was loaned to Hannover 96 in the German Bundesliga 2 last season. And from that, I learned that Hannover 96's head coach has a name which is probably a niche category on Pornhub. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christi...
Playing the songs that count IN LARGE AMOUNTS.
BRIGHTON! It's @spellboundclub.bsky.social's DEPECHE MODE SPECIAL at Komedia TONIGHT! Celebrating DM's 45/45 (45 years since their first 45, Dreaming Of Me) by playing ALL their 80s singles (and a bit more) among our usual Alt-80s sounds. 9pm-3am, £8 cash. Full info: www.facebook.com/events/83337...
One Windsor arrested.
Now we just need to round up the rest of them.
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45 years since Depeche Mode's first 45 (Dreaming Of Me), so @spellboundclub.bsky.social is having a DEPECHE MODE SPECIAL at Komedia Brighton THIS SATURDAY! playing all DM's 80s singles (plus other big tunes) among our usual Alt-80s stuff. Mode every third song! Info: www.facebook.com/events/83337...
(That said, if the box literally said 'Red Indians', then that defence falls apart...)
I wonder about that. The plastic characters aren't white people dressed up as Native Americans. There's an argument you could make that this is honouring an ancient culture, and could comfortably be bought by people from that culture. But I'm not making that case, and I don't know the answer.
(Whereas the mannerisms and voice given to the Indian elephant keeper in Ivor The Engine, which we're also watching, feel a bit more explicable by the era in which it was made.)
Before anyone says it, I do realise 2000 is a quarter of a century ago, but I remember it clearly and it feels enough like part of the 'now' that you couldn't do cultural appropriation like that. Blimey.
Watched an episode of dog-based cartoon Spot with our 2-year-old. Spot put on a headband with a feather in, and ran around patting his mouth going OO-WOO-WOO. The wife & I had a "different times" chat about 'Red Indian' fancy dress of 1970s/80s. Credits roll. Narrated by Jane Horrocks, made in 2000.
I always assumed Shelley Duvall was his daughter, I’ll be honest.
Evan Dando and Liam Gallagher once tried to sneak off from the backstage area at an Afghan Whigs gig with a bottle of whiskey. I told them to put it back. They sheepishly did.
Loving the playing surface in this Grimsby v Wolves game. Proper agricultural mud bath. Memories of 1970s Derby County with the Baseball Ground looking like a ploughed turnip field. Players struggling to stay on their feet. Different skill set needed. Like a golf course that’s all rough and bunkers.
It Would Be A Shame If Anything Happened To Ray.
Maybe I should have done. But I sort of had it coming (I slagged off his girlfriend's record), and he was mob-handed and I was alone.
Well, I don't know what was in the pint glass.
Evan Dando threw a pint over me once, then when I turned around, he pretended he hadn't done it.
Picture the advert. Arrows hit the bar. Ftmmm! Ftmmm! Camera pans back. The archer is Cupid.
I was completely rocking this hairstyle when I was 17-18, complete with spray-on fake ‘blond’ (actually gold) bits in the quiff, which turned green on contact with rain or gel. Like I was an old building with a copper dome, suffering from verdigris.
