In the late 90s, I think all of us skinny indie boys were a bit in love with Lauren Laverne.

Continue readingPulp and the 90s glamorising of Northern working class culture

I guess I’m a bit of a tech-head. I don’t know why I feel any ambiguity about that: I’m contemplating

Continue readingWhy I’m gradually abandoning ‘Vichy Tech’ and going back to Web 1.0

So the Catweazle Club has returned in a new venue, which I really like. (See above.) I was able to

Continue readingThe One Who Brings The Pop

Out of frustration at how the gradual enshittification of Facebook Groups was destroying my ability to organise folk music events,

Continue readingA guide to how (and why) to use Discord

[And be warned: this is a loooooong one.] Let’s start with this… Since George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney and

Continue readingAll my hot and spicy Star Wars™ takes

Yeah, so, it’s been a while. About five years to be exact. In 2018 I had a lot of things

Continue readingHello again