Cod Woe

A slightly surprising playlist from a driver who clearly felt he was at the controls of an interstellar spacecraft as the power rock trundled up the A590. I was attempting productivity on the bus, so while writing an Easter Service and applying to go to Berlin, various nonsense swirled. Subjects covered: Sam Foley's role as a Centrist Dad, Kool and the Gang, lavender and urine smells and the unacceptability of Roy Orbison.

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Cod Woe

A slightly surprising playlist from a driver who clearly felt he was at the controls of an interstellar spacecraft as the power rock trundled up the A590. I was attempting productivity on the bus, so while writing an Easter Service and applying to go to Berlin, various nonsense swirled. Subjects covered: Sam Foley's role as a Centrist Dad, Kool and the Gang, lavender and urine smells and the unacceptability of Roy Orbison.

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Give ‘em Beans, like many other football fanzines, came about as a response to the problems that football and society were facing in the mid-eighties. Fanzines, such as Beans, were proudly DIY & nearly always self-published - they attempted to give voice to the thoughts and feelings of somewhat disenfranchised football fans....