Ash Preston
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On this day, 2 years ago. I sat in bed and said to myself, 'Why haven't you finally made that compilation of Jim McDonald from Coronation Street, absolutely battering people to Motörhead? So I did.'
Enjoy! It will forever be my greatest contribution to society.
Enjoy! It will forever be my greatest contribution to society.
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Time is a cruel mistress. It's been 10 YEARS since the Viola Beach tragedy.
I knew bassist Tomas Lowe since I was 6 yrs old. We went the same schools, socialized in the same Warrington bars and clubs. A real laid back and lovely guy. Just awful what happened.
Swings & Waterslides is a banger! 💙
I knew bassist Tomas Lowe since I was 6 yrs old. We went the same schools, socialized in the same Warrington bars and clubs. A real laid back and lovely guy. Just awful what happened.
Swings & Waterslides is a banger! 💙
Viola Beach - Swings & Waterslides (Maida Vale session)
YouTube video by BBC Music
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Time is a cruel mistress. It's been 10 YEARS since the Viola Beach tragedy.
I knew bassist Tomas Lowe since I was 6 yrs old. We went the same schools, socialized in the same Warrington bars and clubs. A real laid back and lovely guy. Just awful what happened.
Swings & Waterslides is a banger! 💙
I knew bassist Tomas Lowe since I was 6 yrs old. We went the same schools, socialized in the same Warrington bars and clubs. A real laid back and lovely guy. Just awful what happened.
Swings & Waterslides is a banger! 💙
I remember getting the news on the way to a play rehearsal and I think pretty much anyone who knew them (with them all being Warrington lads) was just complete disbelief. My emotional reaction was less tears and more the sheer bafflement and trying to get my head around simply HEARING the news.
February 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I remember getting the news on the way to a play rehearsal and I think pretty much anyone who knew them (with them all being Warrington lads) was just complete disbelief. My emotional reaction was less tears and more the sheer bafflement and trying to get my head around simply HEARING the news.
I saw a man give £1 to a fella sat on the floor outside of a Greggs once. I had no choice but to make a citizens arrest and vote fash!
February 13, 2026 at 1:19 PM
I saw a man give £1 to a fella sat on the floor outside of a Greggs once. I had no choice but to make a citizens arrest and vote fash!
Everybody's down on their knees in the veg aisle.
February 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Everybody's down on their knees in the veg aisle.
Time is a cruel mistress. It's been 10 YEARS since the Viola Beach tragedy.
I knew bassist Tomas Lowe since I was 6 yrs old. We went the same schools, socialized in the same Warrington bars and clubs. A real laid back and lovely guy. Just awful what happened.
Swings & Waterslides is a banger! 💙
I knew bassist Tomas Lowe since I was 6 yrs old. We went the same schools, socialized in the same Warrington bars and clubs. A real laid back and lovely guy. Just awful what happened.
Swings & Waterslides is a banger! 💙
Viola Beach - Swings & Waterslides (Maida Vale session)
YouTube video by BBC Music
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Time is a cruel mistress. It's been 10 YEARS since the Viola Beach tragedy.
I knew bassist Tomas Lowe since I was 6 yrs old. We went the same schools, socialized in the same Warrington bars and clubs. A real laid back and lovely guy. Just awful what happened.
Swings & Waterslides is a banger! 💙
I knew bassist Tomas Lowe since I was 6 yrs old. We went the same schools, socialized in the same Warrington bars and clubs. A real laid back and lovely guy. Just awful what happened.
Swings & Waterslides is a banger! 💙
Exactly, absolutely no issue with taking the piss out of the book, but it put Preston in an impossible situation that he'd look a twat no matter the outcome, a proper shithouse trick.
February 12, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Exactly, absolutely no issue with taking the piss out of the book, but it put Preston in an impossible situation that he'd look a twat no matter the outcome, a proper shithouse trick.
Because her book makes her sound a bit dim. They exist to be mocked and get no sympathy. Honestly the reason it worked out against him was because he didn't have enough street cred and people not seen to be some scholar from a reality show aren't afforded the same dignity as others.
February 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Because her book makes her sound a bit dim. They exist to be mocked and get no sympathy. Honestly the reason it worked out against him was because he didn't have enough street cred and people not seen to be some scholar from a reality show aren't afforded the same dignity as others.
I mean just don't believe any mild pap a celebrity says I suppose. If that was the reason they did it then they're tossers. OHHH you win guys. Terribly petty.
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I mean just don't believe any mild pap a celebrity says I suppose. If that was the reason they did it then they're tossers. OHHH you win guys. Terribly petty.
His style was cruel which is fine, but he put Preston in a real 'you literally can't come out of this positively' where he wasn't exactly asking for it. Bill Bailey does his absolute best to make it all funny after with the getting an audience member on bit.
February 11, 2026 at 7:55 PM
His style was cruel which is fine, but he put Preston in a real 'you literally can't come out of this positively' where he wasn't exactly asking for it. Bill Bailey does his absolute best to make it all funny after with the getting an audience member on bit.
I mean he was just taking a booking like they all do. He didn't act the c**t and thoroughly deserved it like when Donny Tourette acted the dick.
February 11, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I mean he was just taking a booking like they all do. He didn't act the c**t and thoroughly deserved it like when Donny Tourette acted the dick.
Still never met anyone who agrees with me that Preston (no relation) was RIGHT to walk off Buzzcocks.
What exactly was he meant to do? ROFL on TV while the host takes the piss out of his wife's intelligence who isn't there, or goes and lamps Amstell's smug face?
Walking off was more dignified.
What exactly was he meant to do? ROFL on TV while the host takes the piss out of his wife's intelligence who isn't there, or goes and lamps Amstell's smug face?
Walking off was more dignified.
February 11, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Still never met anyone who agrees with me that Preston (no relation) was RIGHT to walk off Buzzcocks.
What exactly was he meant to do? ROFL on TV while the host takes the piss out of his wife's intelligence who isn't there, or goes and lamps Amstell's smug face?
Walking off was more dignified.
What exactly was he meant to do? ROFL on TV while the host takes the piss out of his wife's intelligence who isn't there, or goes and lamps Amstell's smug face?
Walking off was more dignified.
Does this mean Chappell Roan has Liza vibes too?
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Does this mean Chappell Roan has Liza vibes too?
Haaaa!
Yet to see one where anyone throws up either, which given the odds...
Yet to see one where anyone throws up either, which given the odds...
February 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Haaaa!
Yet to see one where anyone throws up either, which given the odds...
Yet to see one where anyone throws up either, which given the odds...
I believe John really liked the record too as he loved funk and it was actually what he would have preferred to have always played at heart. There're some great BITS in the meh songs but they're not consistent.
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I believe John really liked the record too as he loved funk and it was actually what he would have preferred to have always played at heart. There're some great BITS in the meh songs but they're not consistent.
I'll take British humour and everyday life tbh. Not bad. Though I would have preferred "too eccentric to function"
February 9, 2026 at 1:13 PM
I'll take British humour and everyday life tbh. Not bad. Though I would have preferred "too eccentric to function"
Very curious album. Queen are my favourites but it's an album about 4 years out of time and while I'm sure lots of it would go down great in the basement of an underground Munich sex disco, it's a rather niche market.
February 9, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Very curious album. Queen are my favourites but it's an album about 4 years out of time and while I'm sure lots of it would go down great in the basement of an underground Munich sex disco, it's a rather niche market.
I'd probably be the same if I was so rich and entitled the stork delivered me in a fabrigea egg. Privilege mostly breeds ignorance and sociopaths to me.
February 9, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I'd probably be the same if I was so rich and entitled the stork delivered me in a fabrigea egg. Privilege mostly breeds ignorance and sociopaths to me.
Every Little Thing She Does is Maesteg?
February 9, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Every Little Thing She Does is Maesteg?
Yeah, but HE doesn't.
February 9, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Yeah, but HE doesn't.
I'm so British that I can't even enjoy an episode of 'Fake Taxi', because I get increasingly anxious about the meter.
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 AM
I'm so British that I can't even enjoy an episode of 'Fake Taxi', because I get increasingly anxious about the meter.
This, I have to take time out from anything I really like and then have a wee gorge again to enjoy myself.
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 AM
This, I have to take time out from anything I really like and then have a wee gorge again to enjoy myself.
Just staring into the void as 'Roundabout' plays.
February 8, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Just staring into the void as 'Roundabout' plays.
Hope everyone had a good weekend.
I'm knackered, then came across this 2022 pic where I was at peak hot (he says). Drink me in!!! 💦
From a photoshoot. This one didn't get used, as it looks like life has gone to pot, and I'm cracking off an invisible man for coins.
I wasn't/never have... Yet.
I'm knackered, then came across this 2022 pic where I was at peak hot (he says). Drink me in!!! 💦
From a photoshoot. This one didn't get used, as it looks like life has gone to pot, and I'm cracking off an invisible man for coins.
I wasn't/never have... Yet.
February 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Hope everyone had a good weekend.
I'm knackered, then came across this 2022 pic where I was at peak hot (he says). Drink me in!!! 💦
From a photoshoot. This one didn't get used, as it looks like life has gone to pot, and I'm cracking off an invisible man for coins.
I wasn't/never have... Yet.
I'm knackered, then came across this 2022 pic where I was at peak hot (he says). Drink me in!!! 💦
From a photoshoot. This one didn't get used, as it looks like life has gone to pot, and I'm cracking off an invisible man for coins.
I wasn't/never have... Yet.
Never seen a cat before that gives off huge 'so I'm very into prog rock' vibes.
February 8, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Never seen a cat before that gives off huge 'so I'm very into prog rock' vibes.