Tag Archives: Leonard Cohen

The Premier League Preview 2022/23

Posted on 31/07/2022 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

We’re fast approaching the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Yeah, psyched for it. Remember when Qatar was awarded it? The world was very different back in 2010. Crappy 3G smartphones. Alex Ferguson was still managing Manchester United. Prince and Leonard Cohen … Continue reading →

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Song Of The Day – The Best Songs Of 2021

Posted on 29/12/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

So that’s Christmas out of the way, only New Year to go, then onto 2022. Lots to look forward to; more Covid-19, general political idiocy, rising food and electricity prices and a World Cup being held in fucking Qatar. Still, … Continue reading →

Posted in Song Of The Day | Tagged Bach, Bandcamp, Bob Dylan, Bodytronixx, Boiler Suits and Combat Boots, Bunny Is A Rider but not on my fucking list it isn't, Caroline Polachek, Covid-19, Currency Audio, DijahSB, Fourth, Gnod, Gondwana At Noon, Inner Z, Leonard Cohen, Loft, Lousy, Overtime, Pick A Day To Die, Remotif, Riverside, Skee Mask, Song Of The Day, Soundcloud, Sunburned Hand Of The Man, System Olympia, The Best Songs Of 2021, The Human League, The Umlauts, Vivaldi, Waitin’, Wish It Would Rain (Massive Vibe Moment), Wordpress, YouTube ads can get tae fuck | Leave a comment

By ratifying the Saudi takeover of Newcastle United the Premier League has lost control over its future

Posted on 31/10/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Back in August I wrote that the Premier League’s blocking of the Newcastle takeover was arbitrary, cruel and inconsistent, given they’d already let another sovereign wealth fund belonging to a country with a questionable human rights record buy Manchester City … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged 1992, Abu Dhabi, beIN (lower case b you heathens), Bradford fire, Champions League, European Super League, Financial Fair Play failure, Gary Neville needs to take a break and we need a break from him, Get back on telly Delia, Greedy cunts, Hillsborough, Iraq, Jamal Khashoggi, Leonard Cohen, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mike Ashley is also fat, Newcastle United, Premier League, Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Roman Abramovich, Saudi Arabia, Sky's homogenisation of football, Stalinist purge, The Future, UEFA, Whataboutery cunts, Yes Kim Jong-un is fat | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Politics, Sports | Tagged Ah the stereotypes - there must he more to life, Bills Mafia, Black Hole, Blitz!, Brexiteer gammon, Colin Kaepernick, Congress, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Cult, Donald Trump, Erasure, Exploitation, Fake news, fantasy football league, Flex in yer Spandex, Gazzetta Football Italia, Joe Exotic mullet, John Wayne, Kap's Angie Davis afro, Last Trump related thing I'm doing, Leonard Cohen, LGBT, NFL, Oakland Raiders, patriotism, Renault, Rob Halford, Rooney Rule, Safe Space, shooting vests, trucker hats, Turd in your Superbowl punch bowl, Twitter, Washington Redskins, WWE, WWF | Leave a comment

Essential Listening: The Best Albums Of 2020

Posted on 28/12/2020 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Are we all still alive after Christmas with your family? Is your family? Not dismembered among a morass of Turkey bones? I’ve had a stressful Christmas, which I won’t get into, suffice to say Christmas was cancelled and I’ve barely … Continue reading →

Posted in Essential Listening | Tagged 30th Century Boy, Antifa, Aphex Twin, Bandcamp, Be Up A Hello, Bill Callahan, Black Lives Matter, Blade Runner, BLM, Blonde on Blonde, Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan, Charlotte Kemp Muhl, Crystal Castles, David Johansen, Demdike Stare, Dismembered family members, Doğu Çiçekleri, Eastern Flowers, Essential Listening, Fragments of Nothing, Gold Record, Highway 61 Revisited, James Blake, Jon Collin, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Loose Ends, Madlib, Malibu Liquor Store, Marc Bolan, Mojave Desert, Murphy's Law, Nick Cave, Persian, Placebo, Róisín Machine, Róisín Murphy, Richard D. James, Rough and Rowdy Ways, Sault, Sean Lennon, Shit & Shine, Sketches of Everything, Squarepusher, Streetsoul, Stressful Christmas, Sven Wunder, The Best Albums Of 2020, Tribute to Marc Bolan: AngelHeaded Hipster, Turkey bones, Turkish, UNTITLED (Black Is), UNTITLED (Rise), Various, Velvet Goldmine | Leave a comment