Tag Archives: Covid-19

Football Manager 2021 has proven an excellent distraction during lockdown, but it’s missing a certain something

Posted on 28/02/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Still on furlough then? Or having to work from home? Aww diddums. This spuriously designated key worker says fuck the lot of you. Have you finished Netflix and Amazon Prime yet? Gone down too many YouTube rabbit holes? Finished your … Continue reading →

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The NFL – a safe space for Trumpism?

Posted on 31/01/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

In a moment of serendipity, I went straight from witnessing the unsettling and remarkable, Trump supporters occupying and attacking Congress, perturbed by said scenes and the pedestrian hyperbole of the news, I sought out some real football, only to accidentally … Continue reading →

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Sekiro – too good to rage quit

Posted on 29/06/2020 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

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

Posted on 29/05/2020 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

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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Karma? Tiger King proves there’s no such thing

Posted on 29/04/2020 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I’d imagine by now you’ll have either watched Tiger King or heard about it. It offers grotesque human and animal exploitation, murder plots, deceit, sabotage, confidence tricksters, mullets, vicious professional jealousy that’s obsessively creepy and pathological, an uncomfortable amount of … Continue reading →

Posted in TV | Tagged abortive tattoo choices, Absolution, bad dental hygiene, Big Black Bubba, Carole Baskin, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Doc Antle, Exploitation, feral mutant humanoids, Garth Brooks pastiches, Harvey Weinstein, Jeff Lowe, Joe Exotic, Karma, Marilyn Monroe paper mask with the eyes cut, mullets, Reality TV, ringpiece, Tiger King | Leave a comment