Monday, 5 January 2026
FROM A TO Z
Tuesday, 30 December 2025
AND SO NEXT YEAR i'M STAYiNG iN
11/01/25 - JESUS LiZARD + THE NONE -ELECTRiC BALLROOM CAMDEN
31/01/25 - P.i.G - HOPE AND ANCHOR iSLiNGTON
11/04/25 - GEWALT + THE SAFFS + MEGA CiTY FOUR -
THE iNTERNATiONAL LEiCESTER
25/05/25 - JULiE XMAS - EARTH HACKNEY
28/05/25 - CASPAR BROTZMANN - CAFE OTO
31/05/25 - RiTES OF HADDA -ALiCE'S WiCKED TEA PARTY DORSET
17/07/25 - MELViNS + REDD KROSS - EXCHANGE BRiSTOL
07/08/25 - CiRCLE JERKS -REBELLiON BLACKPOOL
08/08/25 - WONK UNiT +MDC + EFFiGiES - REBELLiON
09/08/25 - WONK UNiT +iRViNE WELSH + PETER HOOK AND THE
LiGHT + SLOPPY SECONDS + PiL (BRiEFLY) - REBELLiON
10/08/25 - XRAY VEZ + HR BAD BRAiNS + DOA + TSOL + HELLE +
THE EXPLOiTED + BAD MANNERS - REBELLiON
24/08/25 - SYSTEM OF SLAVES + CHiNA SHOP BULL -
GRiFFSTOCK STROUD
04/09/25 - KROMiUS - STUDiO 7 WiTNEY
03/10/25 - J DEAD - JERiCHO TAVERN OXFORD
19/10/25 - YOB + CROUCH - EARTH HACKNEY
07/11/25 - SWANS + JESSiCA MOSS - PROJECT HOUSE LEEDS
15/11/25 - ANARCHiSTWOOD + KLANK MONSTER + HANDSUM PETE -
FiNNiSH CHURCH ROTHERHiTHE
20/12/25 - MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN + THE LOWDOWN -
STUDiO 7 WiTNEY
A YEAR OF JOHN'S (BOOK CLUB 2025)
THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHiRE - JOHN iRViNG
DELUSiONS OF GENDER - CORDELiA FiNE
ELEPHANTS ON ACiD - ALEX BOESE
THE MOON iS DOWN - JOHN STEiNBECK
DO ANDROiDS DREAM OF ELECTRiC SHEEP - PHiLiP K DiCK
MY FATHERS TEARS AND OTHER STORiES - JOHN UPDiKE
12 RULES FOR LiFE - JORDAN PETERSON
A CORNUCOPiA OF DUNDERHEADS - JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE JR
CONUNDRUM - JAN MORRiS
CLOSER - DENNiS COOPER
HOW TO BE A WOMAN - CAiTLiN MORAN
SO YOU'VE BEEN PUBLiCLY SHAMED - JON RONSON
THE COiNCiDENCE AUTHORiTY - JOHN iRONMONGER
FRiSK - DENNiS COOPER
LOLiTA - VLADiMiR NABOKOV
FALCONER - JOHN CHEEVER
TRY - DENNiS COOPER
TERRORiST - JOHN UPDIKE
DON'T LOOK NOW AND OTHER STORiES - DAPHNE DU MAURiER
THE BOY iN THE STRiPED PYJAMAS - JOHN BOYNE
PERiL iN THE COTWOLDS - REBECCA TOPE
THE DEBT TO PLEASURE - JOHN LANCHESTER
SCAR TiSSUE - ANTHONY KiEDiS
CAPE FEAR - JOHN D MACDONALD
THE NEON BiBLE - JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE
THE MiDWiCH CUCKOOS - JOHN WYNDHAM
GUiDE - DENNiS COOPER
PERiOD - DENNiS COOPER
i AM NO LONGER MYSELF WiTHOUT YOU - JONATHAN RUTHERFORD
COCAiNE NiGHTS - J G BALLARD
DANiEL MARTiN - JOHN FOWLES
THE MARRiAGE PLOT - JEFFREY EUGENiDES
BANGiNG THE MONKEY - TOD ASHLEY
KiLL YOUR FRiENDS - JOHN NiVEN
THE GREEN MiLE - STEPHEN KiNG
KiLL 'EM ALL - JOHN NiVEN
THE FAULT iN OUR STARS - JOHN GREEN
THE MUSiC OF CHANCE - PAUL AUSTER
LiARMOUTH - JOHN WATERS
EVERYTHiNG i NEVER TOLD YOU- CELESTE NG
THE SEA - JOHN BANViLLE
MARGRAVE OF THE MARSHES - JOHN PEEL
THE BOOK OF DUST 3 - PHiLiP PULLMAN
THE DARK - JOHN MCGAHERN
TRYiNG TO SAVE PiGGY SNEED - JOHN iRViNG
ADULTS - EMMA JANE UNSWORTH
FREEDOM - JONATHAN FRANZEN
BiRCHWOOD - JOHN BANViLLE
Thursday, 25 December 2025
i'LL GiVE YOU 20 HOURS!!!!
SO THAT iS WHAT THEY WiLL GET.....
FiRST RECORD WENT ON AT 5.44AM
LAST ALBUM FiNiSHED AT 1.45AM
BANDS PLAYED..PRiMUS,RESiDENTS,FEVER RAY,PJ HARVEY AND JOHN PARiSH,GLENN BRANCA,SHELLAC,ONEiDA,EVERLOVELY LiGHTNiNGHEART,EFTERKLANG,PiXiES,J MASCiS,HELLA,ROKY ERiCKSON,THE POGUES,THE FALL,SEAWHORES,GRiM TOWER,HiGH ON FiRE,WHiTE SHiT,MiNiSTRY,MADE OUT OF BABiES,THE GOD MACHiNE,BAD RELiGiON,NOFX.
Friday, 21 November 2025
PLAYiNG 27 ALBUMS iN A DAY... AGAiN (3RD TiME)
HAViNG ENJOYED MYSELF SO MUCH THE LAST 2 TiMES
i AM AT iT AGAiN
THiRD AND FiNAL TiME AND THEN i AM REARRANGING SOME OF MY SHELVES AND WiLL HAVE 28 SHELVES NEXT TiME.
THE TWiST THiS TiME iS TO PLAY THE RECORD i AM LEAST FAMiLiAR WiTH FROM EACH SHELF
USUAL RULES OF NO PHONES, BOOKS, SCREENS, DiSTRACTiONS
JUST MUSiC,FOOD,EXERCiSE AND CAT.
Sunday, 2 November 2025
ANOTHER DAY PLAYiNG 27 RECORDS BACK TO BACK
THiS TiME CHOOSiNG NOTHiNG BUT HiTS BiTCH.
STiLL ONLY CHOOSING WHAT TO PLAY WHiLST B SiDE OF PREViOUS RECORD iS PLAYiNG
BUT THiS TiME i AM GOiNG STRAiGHT FOR MY OBViOUS MOST PLAYED TO DEATH RECORD ON EACH SHELF.
USUAL RULES, NO PHONES,NO SCREENS,NO BOOKS, NO DiSTRACTiONS
STARTED AT 6.03AM-FiNiSHED AT 11.39PM
RECORDS PLAYED
BiG BLACK-RACER X
HAMMERHEAD-iNTO THE VORTEX
LOWERCASE-KiLL THE LiGHTS
NOMEANSNO-WHY DO THEY CALL ME MR HAPPY?
JESUS LiZARED-GOAT
THE RESiDENTS-NOT AVAiLABLE
MELT BANANA-FETCH
WiTCH-S/T
BRUTUS-BURST
MARK LANEGAN-BUBBLEGUM
TAD-8 WAY SANTA
JULiE CHRiSTMAS-THE BAD WiFE
HARVEY MiLK-SPECiAL WiSHES
WiPERS-iS THiS REAL?
DWARVES-ARE YOUNG AND GOOD LOOKiNG
NOFX-PUNK iN DRUBLIC
LiARS-SiSTERWORLD
FOETUS-NAiL
HEY COLOSSUS-RADiO STATiC HiGH
BiG BUSiNESS-HERE COME THE WATERWORKS
BEATLES-WiTH THE BEATLES
RUSH-MOViNG PiCTURES
DAViD BOWiE-HUNKY DORY
THE SLiTS-CUT
PiL-METAL BOX
DiAMANDA GALAS-YOUMUST BE CERTAiN OF THE DEViL
FiREWATER-iNTERNATIONAL ORANGE
Monday, 27 October 2025
THE DAY i PLAYED ONE RECORD FROM EVERY SHELF
i HAVE TRiED TO PiCK RANDOMLY WiTH THE ONLY STRATEGY BEiNG TO AVOiD ANY DOUBLE LPS OR TRiPLES ETC.
i HAVE ALSO TRiED TO AVOiD PiCKiNG MY OBViOUS FAVOURiTES AS i PLAN TO DO THAT NEXT TiME.
i PiCKED EACH RECORD WHiLST LiSTENiNG TO THE B SiDE OF THE PREViOUS ONE SO REALLY WAS JUST LOOKiNG THROUGH SHELF AND PiCKiNG WHAT i FANCiED WiTH NO PRiOR PLANNiNG
USUAL RULE OF NO DiSTRACTiONS JUST MUSiC ALL DAY
NO PHONES, NO CALLS, NO PEOPLE, NO READiNG, NO SCREENS
JUST MUSiC, FOOD, CAT AND EXERCiSE CUS iTS GOOD FOR THE SOUL TO HAVE A DAY WiTHOUT ALL THE USUAL DiSTRACTiONS.
















