Bounds Green here I come!
Bounds Green here I come!
I'm playing this Sunday at the Spice Of Life, London W1. wegottickets.com/event/682305...
I watched The Straight Story on Prime last night, the David Lynch I didn't know about (it's not in the box sets). A slow road-movie (by lawn-mower) with no sex, swearing or violence, but with Sissy Spacek and lots of old cowboys, what was not to like? On at the BFI in Jan.
Speaking of mysterious men from the east...
You might like this thelionandunicorn.com/2025/12/17/o...
Orwell belongs to us!
The Lion & the Unicorn, Big Brother and Auntie
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Maybe for her birthday in March. Thanks.
I nearly asked you to paint my mum's cat for Christmas, but... relax!
All groups who have singular names without the definite article are pretentious. Should be:
The Buzzcocks
The Sweets
The Wars
The Cold Plays
The Kneecaps
The Wet Legs...
Who else?
The architect Wells Coates was born 130 years ago today. So here's @alantyler.bsky.social on his most famous building, the Isokon flats in Hampstead.
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A Christmassy bit from me book.. open.substack.com/pub/alantyle...
FRESH IN FROM NEVERHADAHITLAND! * SOLVE THAT PRESENT DILEMMA IN AN INSTANT! * ITβS CHEAP (Β£11 + p&p) ITβS CHEERFUL (for the most part) ITβS FESTIVE AND ITβS GOT YOUR MATES IN IT!! * BUY IT ON BANDCAMP (www.alantyler.com) AND GET IT SIGNED, MESSAGED, AND SENT TO ANYONE, ANYWHERE! * MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Ha ha. The feeling was mutual.
Invalid haiku.
My piece about the Isokon building in Hampstead has found a good home. thelionandunicorn.com/2025/11/19/i...
It's all very Bluesky on here, isn't it?
We've got me books, we've got CDs, we've got two XXL T-shirts and we are playing at the Clerkenwell Festival this afternoon! Fun starts at 1. The Rockingbirds are on at 4.
Come and see The Rockingbirds next weekend, at the Long Road Festival, Leicester (Sat 23 Aug) and for free at the Clerkenwell Festival (on at 4pm, Sunday 24th).
not very good is it
But not that much
Ta Ted!
For a moment I thought you had discovered a tube station I had never heard of.
All is explained in the first few pages...
I'm in Hastings tomorrow and Isle of Wight later in the month.
Ha ha. I recognised the pebbles.
Deal?
I wrote a thing about that well-known white building in Hampstead. open.substack.com/pub/alantyle...