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His Name is Jim E. Brown and the name of this article is ‘Jim E Brown might be this generation’s Gerard Hoffnung

December 15, 2025 DUKE Comments Off on His Name is Jim E. Brown and the name of this article is ‘Jim E Brown might be this generation’s Gerard Hoffnung

Rising to the surface like a fart in the bathtub, ‘Beans on Toast’ by Jim E Brown started playing on one of the weekly playlists we cycle through – I remember exactly where I was, […]

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  • No Wave Bliss, Chef’s Kiss Sensor Ghost Irritation on Demand

    January 6, 2026 Comments Off on No Wave Bliss, Chef’s Kiss Sensor Ghost Irritation on Demand
    Hooked by the playful guffaw of the title track, Irritation on Demand I sought the album. Between September and Christmas it shot its way up the list of ‘most listened albums of 2025’ here at [...]
  • Egg Spectrum’s Stinky Sketchbook 2025

    December 29, 2025 Comments Off on Egg Spectrum’s Stinky Sketchbook 2025
    Responding to someone’s request on Facebook to ‘review their latest album’ can be dangerous territory. I vowed never to do it again, since most of the stuff I hear, I can’t articulate words for, holistic [...]
  • His Name is Jim E. Brown and the name of this article is ‘Jim E Brown might be this generation’s Gerard Hoffnung

    December 15, 2025 Comments Off on His Name is Jim E. Brown and the name of this article is ‘Jim E Brown might be this generation’s Gerard Hoffnung
    Rising to the surface like a fart in the bathtub, ‘Beans on Toast’ by Jim E Brown started playing on one of the weekly playlists we cycle through – I remember exactly where I was, [...]
  • The Diegetic Joy of LC Pumpkin

    December 6, 2025 Comments Off on The Diegetic Joy of LC Pumpkin
    I’m at the 2025 Skynet LAN event and due to requiring an update the software that I use that strips ads from my Facebook feed isn’t working properly. As a result, certain adverts are creeping [...]
  • BLACK WESKER – ECO PUNK, NO JUNK

    February 27, 2024 13,090
    Black Wesker comprise a fusion of punk, indie and jazz with improvisation and stylistic changes that subvert the expecations of audiences and regular viewers. The band has developed a reputation for playing their songs in [...]
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    Once in a blue moon we stumble across an album that makes us sit up right, pay attention and think ‘fuck this is how it should be done’ – a flawless collection of hits that [...]
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    One of the many things the scribe gets off on when attending a ‘cultural event’ is watching from the side lines the secondary features outside of the reason he payed a lot of money to [...]

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