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

 

i'LL GiVE YOU 20 HOURS!!!!

 i TREATED MYSELF TO A NEW STEREO AND THE SPEAKERS SAY THEY REQUiRE A RUNNiNG iN PERiOD OF ABOUT TWENTY HOURS AT MEDiUM VOLUME. 

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. 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

BANDS PLAYED

END RESULT

ENON

DRUNK TANK

GRONG GRONG

B.A.L.L

MX80 SOUND

NEGATiVLAND

DEEP WOUND

THE 5,6,7,8'S

BLACK PHOEBE 

GUMBALL

SHRiNEBUiLDER

BOXER REBELLiON

BEAT HAPPENiNG

GONE

DANZiG

WESLEY WiLLiS

VENTURE BROS

SLY AND THE FAMiLY DRONE

MELViNS

ROBERT PLANT

JEFFERSON AiRPLANE

KLAUS SCHULZE

THE SiSTERS OF MERCY

ATELECiNE

NiNE iNCH NAiLS

ROYAL TRUX

 

 STARTED AT 6.04AM

FiNiSHED AT 01.13AM 

 

 

 

 

 

ANOTHER DAY PLAYiNG 27 RECORDS BACK TO BACK

 AFTER HAViNG SO MUCH FUN LAST WEEKEND i AM DOiNG iT AGAiN

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
 

BONUS RECORD AS i FiNiSHED SO EARLY SO i PLAYED THiS TiLL MiDNiGHT

 

 

THE DAY i PLAYED ONE RECORD FROM EVERY SHELF

 i HAVE 27 SHELVES OF RECORDS SO i THOUGHT i WOULD SEE iF i COULD LiSTEN TO ONE RECORD FROM EACH SHELF iN A DAY 

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. 

FiRST RECORD WENT ON AT 6.02AM

LAST RECORD FiNiSHED AT 12.27AM

BANDS PLAYED iN ORDER

SHELLAC

GiRLS AGAiNST BOYS

CARS AND TRUCKS

MURDER iNC

DADDY LONGHEAD

FRED FRiTH

RUDE MECHANiCALS

UT

DiE NERVEN

EVANGELiSTA

SECRET CHiEFS 2

CORRECTiONS HOUSE

DOVE

THE THERMALS

MEAT PUPPETS

SAUSAGE

BOHACK

ANGELS OF LiGHT

GODFLESH

ACiD KiNG

ALiCE COOPER

NEiL YOUNG

FRANK ZAPPA

CRASS

SUGAR CUBES

COiL

BOSS HOG 

 

YOB LiVE LAST NiGHT, EVERY ALBUM BACK TO BACK TODAY

THiS WAS EASiER THAN SWANS AND NEUROSiS AS YOB HAVE A SMALLER BODY OF WORK. 

DiDN'T EVEN SET ALARM TO GET UP FOR THIS. 

                               

STARTED ELABORATiONS OF CARBON AT 7.58AM

FiNiSHED OUR RAW HEART AT 4.34PM 

GOOD WAY TO SPEND MY DAY OFF WORK 

 

 

A SUN(DAY) THAT NEVER SETS

AFTER THE FUN OF MY SWANS MARATHON i WAS THiNKiNG WHAT OTHER BANDS COULD i DO THiS WiTH?

THERE REALLY iSN'T THAT MANY TO CHOOSE FROM AS iT NEEDS TO BE A BAND WiTH A LOT OF MUSiC AND FOR ME TO OWN EVERY ALBUM ON RECORD. 

SOME BANDS ARE OUT SiMPLY BECAUSE SOME OF THEiR ALBUMS ARE CD ONLY. 

AND MOST BANDS ARE OUT BECAUSE THEIR ENTiRE OUTPUT WOULD HARDLY FiLL AN EVENiNG. 

i SET MY ALARM FOR 6AM FOR THiS WHiCH iSN'T TOO BAD AS THiS iS NORMAL WAKiNG TiME FOR ME ON WORKDAYS

PAiN OF MiND WAS ON BY 6.04AM AND FiRES WiTHiN FiRES PLAYED iTS FiNAL NOTE AT 6.04PM SO WAS BANG ON 12 HOURS OF MUSiC INCLUDiNG ME CHANGiNG SiDES ETC

i'M NOT A PUNK BUT i WENT TO REBELLiON 2025

THURSDAY 7TH AUGUST 

CiRCLE JERKS - MiGHT AS WELL HAVE JUST GiVEN KEiTH MORRiS A SPOKEN WORD SLOT ON THE LiTERARY STAGE

FRiDAY 8TH AUGUST 

WONK UNIT - i REALLY LiKE WONK UNiT, THEY ARE FUNNY, LOOK LiKE THEY ENJOY PLAYiNG AND BEiNG AROUND EACH OTHER AND THEY KNOW HOW TO WRiTE SOME CATCHY TUNES.

M.D.C - i DiDNT REALLY LiKE THiS BUT i TOLERATED iT TiLL THE END. 

THE EFFiGiES - i OWN A COUPLE OF THEiR RECORDS BUT REALLY DiDNT CARE FOR iT LiVE AND LEFT BEFORE THE END. 

SATURDAY 9TH AUGUST

WONK UNiT ACOUSTiC - ANNOYiNGLY i MiSSED THE START OF THiS AFTER A LOAD OF BULLSHiT WiTH HOTEL PARKiNG AND KEY CARD iSSUES. 

i THEN RAN TO VENUE JUST iN TiME BUT COULDN'T FiND THE STAGE 

LADY iN FRONT OF ME KEPT SHOUTiNG FOR HORSES. SADLY THEY DiDNT PLAY iT

iRViNE WELSH - i THiNK PERHAPS i JUST DON'T REALLY LiKE LiVE MUSiC AS i MUCH PREFERRED JUST LiSTENiNG TO iRVINE TALK

PETER HOOK AND THE LiGHT - i DON'T KNOW iF ANYONE ELSE WAS FOOLED BY THiS BUT iT APPEARED THE SECOND BASS PLAYER WAS THERE SO PETER COULD STOP PLAYiNG EVERYTiME THE VOCALS CAME iN. i GUESS HE CAN'T SiNG AND PLAY AT THE SAME TiME. SEEMED LAME TO ME SO i LEFT. 

SLOPPY SECONDS - i WASN'T FAMILIAR WiTH THiS BAND AND i AM NOT CONVERTED 

TO ME iT JUST SOUNDED LiKE ERiC CARTMAN SiNGiNG ALONG TO A GUITARiST WHO WANTS TO BE THAT SCHOOL BOY FROM AC/DC

PiL- i WALKED iNTO THE ROOM LATE, iT WAS PACKED, i LiSTENED FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS THEN LEFT. i LiKE PiL i JUST HATE ANY BAND FROM THE BACK OF A PACKED ROOM 

SUNDAY 10TH AUGUST

XRAY VEZ -WONK UNiT TAKiNG OVER THE FESTiVAL HA

HR BAD BRAiNS - iS THAT PADDY DiNGLE ON BASS?

D.O.A - i DiDNT REALLY CARE FOR THE MUSiC BUT THE SET WAS MADE INFiNiTELY BETTER BY THE GUY DANCiNG iN FRONT OF ME THAT LOOKED LiKE HE HAD COME STRAiGHT FROM WORK COMPLETE WiTH SHiRT AND TiE

HE HAD A PROPER PATRiCK BATEMAN ViBE.    

TSOL - i THiNK THE iSSUE i HAVE WiTH OLD BANDS LiKE THiS iS iT REALLY FEELS LiKE BUSiNESS, HARDLY ANY ORiGiNAL MEMBERS AND PLAYiNG SONGS FOR DECADES i JUST DONT BUY THE PASSiON. 

HELLE- THiS WAS GREAT, i ONLY CAUGHT THE LAST FEW SONGS BY ACCiDENT AFTER ABANDONING BORiNG OLD TSOL AND THiS WAS SO GOOD BY COMPARiSON. YOUNG PEOPLE PLAYiNG LiKE THEY ENJOY iT AND GIVE A SHiT BECAUSE THEY DO STiLL GIVE A SHIT AS i DOUBT THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYiNG THE SAME SONGS FOR DECADES, UNLESS THEY ARE A LOT OLDER THAN i HAVE ASSUMED. 

PROBABLY MY MOST ENJOYABLE PART OF THE WEEKEND YET THEY HAD A SMALL AUDiENCE AS THEY WERE PLAYiNG LATE AND PROBABLY CLASHING WITH SOME OLD ESTABLiSHED BANDS GOiNG THROUGH THE MOTiONS

THE EXPLOiTED - i DiDN'T EXPECT TO LiKE THiS BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD TO WATCH LiVE AND THE AUDiENCE WAS WELL iNTO iT.

GREAT BASS PLAYER WiTH EVEN GREATER DREADZ

BAD MANNERS i ONLY CAUGHT A COUPLE OF SONGS AS i WAS HOPiNG THE ROOM WOULD BE FULL OF MADNESS STYLE DANCiNG BUT SADLY NOT. 

ALL iN ALL i DiD ENJOY REBELLiON A LOT MORE THAN i THOUGHT i WOULD AND WOULD CONSiDER BUYiNG A TICKET TO GO AGAiN NEXT YEAR       

  

 i DiDNT TAKE ANY PHOTOS AND DiDNT WATCH THiS BAND 

 

THE DAY i THOUGHT iT WOULD BE FUN TO LiSTEN TO ALL 17 SWANS ALBUMS BACK TO BACK

 i DONT KNOW WHAT POSSESSED ME TO DO THiS BUT ON SATURDAY 5TH JULY 2025 i SET MY ALARM CLOCK FOR 3AM AND BY 3.03AM HAD STARTED PLAYING FiLTH 

OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 21.5 HOURS i LISTENED TO ALL 17 SWANS STUDiO ALBUMS.

i BANNED MYSELF FROM READiNG OR LOOKiNG AT PHONE ALL DAY. 

SO iT WAS JUST SWANS/FOOD/EXERCiSE/STROKiNG CATS FOR THE DURATiON 

THiS WAS A STUPiD WAY OF DOiNG iT AS GETTiNG UP EARLY MEANT i WAS TiRED THROUGHOUT AND i FIND SWANS REALLY RELAXiNG SO KEEPiNG MYSELF AWAKE WAS THE BiGGEST CHALLENGE. 

EVENTUALLY BY 10.33PM i WAS PUTTiNG ON THE LATEST TRiPLE LP SET "BiRTHiNG"

BY THiS POiNT i WiSHED THEY WOULD HAVE MADE A SiNGLE LP RATHER THAN ANOTHER BLOODY TRiPLE 

21 HOURS AND 22 MiNUTES LATER AND i CAN GO TO BED. 

THE CATS LOVED iT THOUGH AS THiS WAS A DAY OF MORE STROKiNG THAN THEY HAVE EVER KNOWN BEFORE.

SO WHAT MUSiC DiD i LiSTEN TO ON SUNDAY? 

DRAiNLAND OF COURSE

i JUST HAD TO LiSTEN TO ANOTHER TRiPLE LP :)