“There was a time, you know, when you wouldn’t have heard of Madonna”

Oh my, here it is, from around 19 mins, dedicated to “the IP1 team in Ipswich”.

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I remember Peel playing S&F when he was covering Jakki Brambles’ lunchtime show on Radio 1 in 1993. As it finished, he said “go on, you MUST have liked that”, listeners having apparently taken exception to a daily Fall song, Huggy Bear, Joe Gibbs and Man Or Astroman? alongside the week’s playlist.

Sounds amazing

That’s the Charly reissue, right?

I’m convinced Steve Coogan based his performace in The Bureau on the strip club owner in Sammy Lee.

I was once sympathetically mugged on Catharine Street in Liverpool, when my assailant took my last tenner, but gave me £1 from his own pocket after I told him I needed bus fare to get to a job interview first thing the next morning.

See also: counting as far as we could in band/artist names (KRS-One, 2Unlimited, Secret Chiefs 3 etc etc)

I can recommend Cathi Unsworth’s Bad Penny Blues, which is closely based on this case. David Seabrook’s Jack Of Jumps less so, incredible writer that he was.

Hi Simon - great night wasn’t it? I actually booked them for that when I was head of music! Suggs and Chaz got me so stoned backstage after their set that I had to lie down on their couch for half an hour before facing anyone important 😬

Taking my 10 year old to the Brighton matinee on Sunday, his first gig. Can’t wait.

You might want to check out @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social ‘s latest novel, Everything Will Swallow You.

Got tickets for Spurs next Saturday. Surely they wouldn’t sack him after a home defeat to Brentford? Would they? Eh? Would they? #youregettingsackedinthemorning

I’ve heard some idiots went to bed at 8.30pm last night, got up at 1.50am this morning, had a shower, got dressed, made coffee and then turned on the TV to find nothing but snooker highlights 🤦‍♂️

And the fella with no teeth and the baseball cap somehow outside EVERY gig in London, presumably, as a law-abiding citizen, he’ll be seeking alternative employment?

Did you ask them about the ACTUAL attendance? No way there are only 72k people in this picture.

I look forward to the Oneohtrix biopic starring Jeremy Allen White in a few years time

I have been reminded that Brian featured on the RA track Nature Is The Law, a fact I’d trauma-blocked.