And yet for all their evident shortcomings, and lack of shelf life in real time, few metal bands were more influential than Venom.

They were on a tiny label, didn’t tour extensively, couldn’t play all that well…

Kinda incredible, really.

They were pretty loose alright

Also, back then, they couldn’t play worth a damn, anyway.

I’m genuinely sorry he felt that way.

As someone who also attended a secondary modern (because I spent my teenage years in Buckinghamshire), I’ve been able to turn it into a badge of honour.

You know the scene in one of the Wallace & Gromit films where they’re riding a toy train from which they’re laying track as they go along?

That’s me.

James, genuinely, I wish you only the best in getting this one into net.

5001?!?! What are you, bionic?

Upon his otherwise spotless reputation? Wow.

What do you call a dog that can do magic?

A labracadabrador.

If he’d mentioned the HS2 bomb site between Mornington Crescent and Euston, he might have had a point.

Sidebar: what the hell is going on with his hair? He’s one naked flame away from going up like a petrol station.

As did I. (I was at the Underworld.)

I think it’s hard to see anyone involved taking that leap of faith. Even though (perhaps hopefully) I can imagine it being quite the boon for Labour.

And legislators aren’t allowed to guarantee that laws won’t be overturned by future governments.

Quite the scene.

We just need Jack Burton to go up to him and say, “Are you crazy? Is that your problem?”

He reminds me of the old dude from Big Trouble In Little China.

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See also: famous footage of the mourners at the funeral for the latter as his coffin is carried aloft.

Those cats, eh? Again.

Invaluable to whom?

Although particularly well (and interestingly) written, like its author, American Canto is a bit of a jumble.

But in describing Trump’s White House, Olivia Nuzzi deserves credit for a phrase for the ages.

‘A Watergate every two hours.’

That’s genuinely hilarious.

Well I appreciate the support, Kahn.

Mother and child reunion in East London.

Leyton Orient 1, Barnsley 3.

Bodies is good though!

Honestly, Kahn? It ain’t that great. It’s good for information, I think, but it’s vastly overwritten. In places, the prose is knotty.

I don’t know if you read Robert Reich’s Substack about this, James, but it’s the scariest thing that’s met my eye this month.

Alright, this week.

It’s not much of a firewall though, is it?

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Hmmm. I wonder what he’s up to here?