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Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard. 'Mediocre blogger and a piously boring and unfunny writer'. Enthusiastic purveyor of the KLF sheep.

Sekiro – too good to rage quit

Posted on 29/06/2020

Thanks to the lockdown I’ve been whittling down my backlog of games, films, books, and TV. Mostly Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Not playing Sekiro until a year after its release invariably leads to a number of questions, conclusions even: that … Continue reading →

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Song Of The Day – Goodbye Pork Pie Hat by Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Posted on 28/06/2020

From the album ‘Return Of The 5000 lb. Man’ (1976)

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Song Of The Day – Marijuana In My Brain by Dillinger

Posted on 25/06/2020

From the compilation album ‘Cocaine In My Brain’ (2000)

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Coronavirus can be lethal, but all it’s done is place me in an anti-social, nihilistic bubble

Posted on 29/05/2020

Initially I was blithe about Coronavirus, ‘Oh what’s this, another strain of that bird flu or that Sars thingy? So what?’ For a layman such as myself underestimating Covid-19 at the start was defensible. Doing so now is absolutely fucking … Continue reading →

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Song Of The Day – Cradle To The Grave by Mobb Deep

Posted on 27/05/2020

From the album ‘The Infamous’ (1995)

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