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Dark may be dark, but its journey is also a lot of fun
During series two of Dark I had, let’s call it, an episode. Who the fuck is that badly burnt fella that’s just appeared on the screen? And what’s he on about? Thankfully Dark’s moments of disorienting opacity are fleeting. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam and Eve, Back to the Future, Claudia, German, I want to believe, Jonas, kitsch fandoms, Meticulous, Mulder and Scully, Netflix, nuclear catastrophe, post-apocalyptic, pre-Covid perspective, Prometheus, Rust Cohle, Se7en, Silence of the Lambs, Stranger Things, The Cave, The Lost Boys, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Threads, Time travel, TV, Winden
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Song Of The Day – -1,100 by SND
From the album ‘Travelog’ (1999)
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Tagged -1, 100, 1999, Glitch house, Mark Fell, Mat Steel, Recently reissued, Sheffield, SND, Song Of The Day, Travelog
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Song Of The Day – Hold On To Your Dreams by Jah Wobble, The Edge & Holger Czukay
From the EP ‘Snake Charmer’ (1983)
The Premier League Preview 2020/21
Just as you didn’t need Covid-19 to return, here’s the return of my rubbish Premier League Preview column. Still, take some small amount of solace in this – Covid-19 has upset the established order of things, and my preview column … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Dhabi’s mobsters, Alex Ferguson, Alisson Becker, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Benjamin Mendy, Big time baller bet of 50p, Bright orange Sainsbury’s plastic bags, Brighton, Burnley, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, David De Gea, Donny Van De Beek, Downturn in football my arse - someone paid £28m for Ollie Watkins, Everton, Expected goals is for losers, Frank Lampard, Fulham, Harold Shipman, Irn Bru, It's Bayern Munchen Al!, Jürgen Klopp, Joao Cancelo's good amortisation properties, Jose Mourinho, Lavish specimens in West Yorkshire fishtanks, Leeds United, Leicester City, Leroy Sane, Lionel Messi will never do it on a cold windy November night in Stoke at this rate, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Marcelo Bielsa, MESSI IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE FAM!, Mikel Arteta, Nathan Ake, N’Golo Kante, Newcastle United, No ingles señor, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Peter Risdale, Peter Risdale's cum soaked John Giles throne, Pogba and Fernandes sounds like a shite version of Hall & Oates, Roman Abramovich is a thieving cunt, Roy Keane, Sean Dyche’s mutant gingerness, Sheffield United, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke City, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Turf Moor, VAR still relies on human ibeciles, Virgil Van Dijk, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, White Lives Matter banner, Wilfried Zaha, Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Song Of The Day – Around The Way Girl by LL Cool J
From the album ‘Mama Said Knock You Out’ (1990)
