Richie Brown
@richiebrown.co.uk
Web monkey / children’s writer. Likes 80s comics, 90s indie, rave, athletics and Sunderland FC. Here to get away from antisocial media. Currently writing a 5000 entry singles club. Used to run This is not a Song about pre-Britpop indie, 1989-1994.
It’s the disappearing, leaping boy that’s puzzling me.
December 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
It’s the disappearing, leaping boy that’s puzzling me.
Can only stomach Old Red Eyes is Back
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Can only stomach Old Red Eyes is Back
“I was whistling on a Tuesday, jester.”
“You bastard!”
“You bastard!”
December 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“I was whistling on a Tuesday, jester.”
“You bastard!”
“You bastard!”
“Don’t touch that ravioli, it’s garbage!” “Ravioli, please.”
December 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“Don’t touch that ravioli, it’s garbage!” “Ravioli, please.”
A few responders from Uxbridge I see.
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A few responders from Uxbridge I see.
Thanks. One or two of the later ones sounded a bit ersatz Blessed, but I guess he’s just older :)
December 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Thanks. One or two of the later ones sounded a bit ersatz Blessed, but I guess he’s just older :)
Was it Brian latterly or someone doing an impression of him though?
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Was it Brian latterly or someone doing an impression of him though?
Which proves the Boo Radleys are NOT Britpop
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Which proves the Boo Radleys are NOT Britpop
Barber: “What’ll it be?”
Kid: “Purple pim”
Barber: “Ha ha! What!?”
Kid: “Purple pim”
Barber: “Ha ha! What!?”
December 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Barber: “What’ll it be?”
Kid: “Purple pim”
Barber: “Ha ha! What!?”
Kid: “Purple pim”
Barber: “Ha ha! What!?”
Teams also need to stop avoiding the horned viper. Nearly always gets left til last this series. Embrace the snake.
December 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Teams also need to stop avoiding the horned viper. Nearly always gets left til last this series. Embrace the snake.
Just did the same with Sunderland. Didn’t mention them once. Entirely about Liverpool not winning, Gabby. At least Danny Murphy tried to give credit. #motd
December 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Just did the same with Sunderland. Didn’t mention them once. Entirely about Liverpool not winning, Gabby. At least Danny Murphy tried to give credit. #motd
You’re writing a novel? Oh really, neither am I. (To paraphrase the great Peter Cook)
December 4, 2025 at 6:27 AM
You’re writing a novel? Oh really, neither am I. (To paraphrase the great Peter Cook)
Madonna moreso. Working with producers who had shaped the underground sound of a couple of years previously and taking it into the top 10. That was the Beatles / George Martin way. Blur were usually just rebelling against the sound of their last album.
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Madonna moreso. Working with producers who had shaped the underground sound of a couple of years previously and taking it into the top 10. That was the Beatles / George Martin way. Blur were usually just rebelling against the sound of their last album.
I think he moved to America for a while. Yeah, he had great advert pedigree and Grange Hill but not sure what else. His turn on the Sausage on a Fork podcast is a good listen, if I recall!
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I think he moved to America for a while. Yeah, he had great advert pedigree and Grange Hill but not sure what else. His turn on the Sausage on a Fork podcast is a good listen, if I recall!
Same here. Remember watching it in the cinema and bought the DVD a year later. There was a lot of hype as it was Katie Holmes’ first film, but she’s blown away by others, particularly Des Askew (ex Grange Hill) and a really clever script.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Same here. Remember watching it in the cinema and bought the DVD a year later. There was a lot of hype as it was Katie Holmes’ first film, but she’s blown away by others, particularly Des Askew (ex Grange Hill) and a really clever script.
Pulp - Spike Island
The Cords - Fabulist
Joe Armon-Jones - Lifetones
Jim Bob - A Song By Me
Stereolab - Aerial Troubles
Miki Berenyi Trio - Big I Am
Ezra Collective - Body Language
James Yorkston - Oh Light, Oh Light
Pop Will Eat Itself - Disco Misfits
Boo Radleys - Solarcide
Wet Leg - Catch…
The Cords - Fabulist
Joe Armon-Jones - Lifetones
Jim Bob - A Song By Me
Stereolab - Aerial Troubles
Miki Berenyi Trio - Big I Am
Ezra Collective - Body Language
James Yorkston - Oh Light, Oh Light
Pop Will Eat Itself - Disco Misfits
Boo Radleys - Solarcide
Wet Leg - Catch…
December 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Pulp - Spike Island
The Cords - Fabulist
Joe Armon-Jones - Lifetones
Jim Bob - A Song By Me
Stereolab - Aerial Troubles
Miki Berenyi Trio - Big I Am
Ezra Collective - Body Language
James Yorkston - Oh Light, Oh Light
Pop Will Eat Itself - Disco Misfits
Boo Radleys - Solarcide
Wet Leg - Catch…
The Cords - Fabulist
Joe Armon-Jones - Lifetones
Jim Bob - A Song By Me
Stereolab - Aerial Troubles
Miki Berenyi Trio - Big I Am
Ezra Collective - Body Language
James Yorkston - Oh Light, Oh Light
Pop Will Eat Itself - Disco Misfits
Boo Radleys - Solarcide
Wet Leg - Catch…
I bought it for a quid in Dundee’s The Works back in 1999. Was pleased to be able to read pictorial versions of Saint Simon Stylites skits from way back in the Lionel Nimrod days as well as checking out tribute acts like the Zimbabwean Joy Division.
December 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I bought it for a quid in Dundee’s The Works back in 1999. Was pleased to be able to read pictorial versions of Saint Simon Stylites skits from way back in the Lionel Nimrod days as well as checking out tribute acts like the Zimbabwean Joy Division.
FFS, Kevin Rowland’s My Beauty is a great record. Just because of the cover art?
December 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
FFS, Kevin Rowland’s My Beauty is a great record. Just because of the cover art?
Ah, but the difference is that I didn’t look it up :)
November 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Ah, but the difference is that I didn’t look it up :)
Your brain is like the twelve headed fish beast of Aberdeen
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Your brain is like the twelve headed fish beast of Aberdeen