There’s a rat in mi kitchen, what am I gonna do?
It was actually at the top of the stairs at 6am. There wasn’t a lot to do as Dotty had already read out the last rites to Roland the Rat.
But what a BEAST. It was bloody huge. I could hardly fit it into the Tupperware of Doom, ahead of transporting it to the final resting ground of the dustbin.
Dotty is a one.
Early morning listening was Serenade Radio with Andy Marriott. It just works first thing. Not so much the music, but the reassuring old Radio Trent days vibes with Mr Marriott.
A Nottingham YT vid from Christmas ’85 dropped into my morning feeds. Aww, that was rather lovely. It felt like I was walking around the Fair City.
I can remember the Christmas of ’85 back in Nottingham. I was working on the market stall. The video tour chose to turn right towards Jessops in the Vicky Centre, rather than right. I would have been in full frame, probably selling UB40 records.
Lister Gate had the cool dude busking on his sax. It was also good to see the Food Hall once again. I always thought this a high class place to impress girls. Yep, I like cappuccinos, me.
29-31 Castle Gate also featured.
Happy, happy days.
Album of the Day: George Jones - The Grand Tour
He’s not a happy man. I’m not surprised with a haircut like that. It’s a little too twee for my tastes. Great musicianship, but bloody depressing. Selling for silly, silly money on eBay.
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I edited the Surrey pics from Chelmsford yesterday. Not so happy days. It was a decent day out, ending with a Surrey win. But sorry, the County Ground is such a shit hole. I’m placing this here as a personal reminder to never return again.
I’d rather watch the horrid Hundred on telly.
Surrey announced the timely return of Kemar Roach for the final rounds of the Championship. Goodo. We’ve got three key matches coming up in September if the title is to be retained.
Afternoon work listening was Gilles Peterson from All Points East. He dropped some old school jungle. That livened up the afternoon shift.
Clacton Air Show preparations were in full swing. There was a steady flyover of various planes ahead of the start of the two day event in the morning.
A very odd Crass post appeared on Insta. You can now buy a silver USB necklace that contains the entire back catalogue. I can’t believe that this is endorsed by all ex-members. Like punk never happened, etc.
Out of boredom the horrid Hundred ate into Wednesday evening.