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How utterly crass and disrespectful of me. Man was practically a Listed Londoner. Probably is brown bread now, though.

I saw them doing something on a TED talk on YT - OTM with the hipster batchelor remark. So much so, I decided to spend the weekend doing frivolous things instead and my flat looks like a bomb's hit it.

Don't know much about him but this was / is a doozie.

Reminds me, do you still want that Peaches CD?

Nah, nothing like that. I'm not into magick either (though obviously I still always snap a matchstick after using it, to stop the Devil impersonating me on Earth). I have felt weird vibes off certain bland and unspooky objects in the past, though. I hope 'cleansing' rituals aren't required, as...

Oh well, I'm going to hell to be eaten by giant spiders then. I just chucked mine in a black bin bag and lobbed it into someone's back garden. On a side note, does anyone believe in cursed objects? Is it possible an object with a dark, unknown past - a found photo, an old table, a rusting...

The bonkers side is also intriguing: from Kondo's website... Start your journey to become a certified KonMari Consultant and help “Organize the World” — a world where people have tidied their homes and lead lives that spark joy. Surprised Sri Sri Ravi hasn't got in on the act. Evangelical...

I don't really get the rarity / Instagram bragging rights angle of it, but can understand in terms of quality - wouldn't hesitate flogging a dub album with only 2 decent trax, and ripping them to MP3, for example, to buy one that I loved and played to death. Most of those videos seem to say...

First world woes, file next to obesity, etc. YT channels popping up like fungi, advocating the benefits of a streamlined life. Marie Kondo reckons you should bow to your socks and thank them! It's all a bit fucking la-la. On the other hand, I've always had this aversion to having too much...

Gotta hand it to the lecherous little gnome, charging £270 (minus accommodation fees) for an "art of silence" course beats phishing for a get rich quick scheme.

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This is, unfortunately, one of the instances where 'the system' is absolutely correct, and anarcho-primitivists need to shut their reeking traps and embrace the minty squidge of Mentadent P (or Colgate if you're Irish).

Do Bulldog Breed count in that? I was trying to tell someone their album was pretty good, then realised it was going to be a really hard sell with song titles like "Sheba's Broomstick Ride" and "Eileen's Haberdashery Store". Can't listen right now as am at work. However, here is an example of...

The best thing about Yes Sir was the fold-out poster photo. Just that pic and the Sun headline was enough of a scathing statement about 'the system', the disc was kind of irrelevant. Haven't heard it in years, remember the whole thing sounding like SWP paper sellers yelling reams of diatribe...

A lot of 60s psych is bland and boring. One of the dullest, most over-hyped groups I've ever heard was the 13th Floor Elevators. Supposed to be a psych classic - just sounded like a typical beat group playing basic rock. Some of the stuff that psych obsessives gush over sounds indistinguishable...

Well, as they put it They formed little groups like rich man's ghettos Tending their goats and organic tomatoes While the world was being fucked by fascist regimes They talked about windmills and psychedelic dreams I suppose 10 Notes On A Summer's Day might be their most psychedelic moment -...

What if he's got cerebral palsy or Treacher Collins and can't get a shag any other way?

Just seen some of the prices his '94 12"s go for on Discogs. Shit! I have two of them...shame they're actually quite good... Is it plausible someone will put out a comp of his early '93-'95 stuff? As I'm sure there's great stuff there I've never heard (and probably won't, at £100+ a pop).

Think this might have been the moment of expiration, tbh.

The Brix era was terrific. She reined in some of his worst prog-rock excesses and got him to lose the Prince Valiant hair-do and jumpers, so good on her for that alone. Side 2 of Bend Sinister is flawless IMO.