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Thom Beaterson
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Pelicans, Penguins, tapes and records.
With secret track on the CD version, if I recall!
January 25, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I'm a big fan of his graphic novels but would love a coffee-table book of his New Yorker covers.
January 24, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I always loved how the author Geoff Dyer described a live recording of Coltrane's My Favourite Things as reaching "into the darkness of space before re-entering, everything burning up around him. The solo: a whole career on alto compressed into just 11 minutes."
January 23, 2026 at 7:14 PM
New tape just dropped. Or something.
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I'm just going to put this out there... Motiv8 improved every song that they remixed. Yes, even He's On The Phone.
January 19, 2026 at 9:11 PM
We were on the brink of the great Romo invasion...
January 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM
And in the city it's a pity cos we just can't hide
Four candles in the window, they know who's inside...
January 15, 2026 at 9:36 PM
That Gigolo Aunts comparison really is spot on. Lovely stuff.
January 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Greystones, marvellous.
January 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
I said a tankard not a tankto.... etc. Just need a Wards one to complete the Yorkshire holy trinity.
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Given you use them in a very specific and artistic way, I guess there's no way this will escalate to bar mats. I spent an undiscolsed fee on this recently. Looks great in the centre of the dining room table (the family disagree)
January 11, 2026 at 10:51 AM
I know they were completely different, but I always used to get this lot confused with God Is My Co-pilot - both seemed to release an album a month and were always on Peel, when I wanted to hear more jungle.
January 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
The most important radio broadcast of the 00s (apart from the last Fall session for Peel)... Was initially disappointed when more dubstep and grime started to creep into the Breezeblock, displacing bigbeat and electroclash. But by the time this show aired, I was fully on board. What a show.
January 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Great choice - for me, just pipped by Jon E Cash's Sublow (although, arguably, that's technically more of a compilation rather than a reissue).

Remember how hard it was attempting, and failing, to track down the CDr in the mid 00s!
January 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Quite partial to the remix by Double 99 (of 'Ripgroove' fame) which had some airplay on Radio 1's various dance shows at the time.
January 2, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Very excited for the new Lande Hekt record at the end of this month!
January 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
And the disposable cups for the water cooler are always very flimsy looking tiny cones.
January 1, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Ash were surprisingly low - I thought that at the time, and still think it now.

I was obsessed with Dreadzone in 95 and was probably annoyed that their string of singles from Second Light weren't better represented.
December 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
And sorry to 'Ull - tha's in Humberside, so tha can chuff off.
December 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM