Tag Archives: Twitter

Smearing Sturgeon

Posted on 09/04/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

With the General Election only a month away, expect a failing fourth estate that’s entirely reliant on sustaining the British electorate’s loyalty to Westminster’s conventions and structures, to throw copious amounts of shit at her and the SNP. The recent … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Alex DeLarge, Alistiar Carmichael, BBC, Braw Welsh accents, Captain Kirk, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Frank Bruno, Hillsborough, Holyrood, I smell shite, James Cook, Karen Dunbar, Kelvin McKenzie is a cunt, Labour, Leanne Wood, LET THEM DIE!, Lib Dems, Lying bastards, Natalie Bennett, Nationalists, NHS, Nick Clegg, Nicola Sturgeon, Nigel Farage, Peter Oborne, Phone hacking, Plaid Cymru, Print Journalism is dying, Scottish Office, Self-interest, Smears, SNP, Terence Davies, Thatcherism, The Daily Mail, The French can be trusted, The scum newspaper, The Telegraph, Too many tags, Tories, Twitter, Unionists, William Shatner, Yes I did have to look up how 'Plaid Cymru' was spelled | Leave a comment

Parroted

Posted on 25/01/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Got the call about half eleven, bloody landline, nothing that could be done about it. She used it intentionally I reckon. She wanted me to come over, didn’t say why. Sounded well pissed off and demanded it be now, obviously. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction | Tagged Acid, Caged, Coronation Street, Facebook, Fiction, Fruity, Futility, I'll admit - I had a blast writing this, Intellectuals, Jeremy Kyle, Mars bars, Morons, Nan, Parrot, Parroted, Short Story, Stupidity, Superglued fingers, Trippy, Twitter | Leave a comment

Ten of Hearts

Posted on 25/10/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Ten Of Hearts When I saw the Ten of Hearts lying on the top step of my doorstep I should’ve been suspicious. The card was placed meticulously with the intent of perfect asymmetry. Live in the city, particularly the city, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction | Tagged Birthday, Esther Rantzen, Fiction, Katie Hopkins, Revenge, Talkshow, Ten of Hearts, Trash telly, Twiteratti trolls, Twitter, YouTube | Leave a comment

The miserable truth behind Sky’s coverage of ‘Transfer Deadline Day’ (Revisited).

Posted on 28/08/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

This is a reposting of an article I wrote in the build-up to Sky’s coverage of Transfer Deadline Day last summer. As expected Transfer Deadline Day managed to be addictive, compelling and amateurish, occasionally at the same time. You can … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Charlie Webster, Football, Gordon Gekko, Jim White, Kate Abdo, Kirsty Gallacher mmmm, Misery Loves Company, Sky Sports, Sky Sports HQ, Sports, Totaliser Gimp, Transfer Deadline Day, Transfer Gimp, Twitter | Leave a comment

A Poem About Nothing/Scenes From A Popular Culture

Posted on 07/08/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

You know, I’m trying to write But try as I might, it’s all shite Instead, I’ll consign some time, While I’m still in my prime On a poem about nothing Or of nothing, about something But I can’t think of … Continue reading →

Posted in Crap Poetry Corner | Tagged Andy Warhol, Clyde River, Crap Poetry Corner, Fat bastards, Gaza, Gluttony, Heinz, Hypocrisy, Mediocre Existentialism, My worst one yet?, Popular culture, Shit Tattoos, Skinny Jeans, Syria, Twitter, Vanity | Leave a comment