2012-07-21 10:37
Dear Mr Thomas Cook,It is with great regret that I find myself locked inside my hotel room, typing this letter of complaint, when I should be outside enjoying the package holiday that I paid… Read More
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2012-07-21 10:34
We’d been driving for a long time. Those at the wheel were about to see their third morning in a row without sleep and our minds were beginning to play tricks on us. Strange things sta… Read More
2012-05-14 19:30
The previous evening, I’d been drinking alone in my hotel’s rooftop restaurant when I was joined by a young chef. In no time we were talking about religion, girls, education and… Read More
2012-05-14 17:04
PYC Sessions asked us (Mind On Fire) to pick ten tracks for their website. Normally one artist gets to pick all ten but we only got to pick one each (for once I wished that our crew didn't r… Read More
2012-03-30 20:07
Like a scratched Isaac Hayes record, the industrial soundscape of 19th century Manchester provided the sultry mood music to the conception of a new age. Spinning frames, steam engines and… Read More
2012-03-04 07:42
3AM. As far as these things go, it’s an unfortunate time to land. After collecting my bags and exchanging my money at an extortionate rate, I stumbled out of the airport into a crowd o… Read More
2012-02-29 07:44
Approaching Abu Dhabi, I opened the blind- carefully at first, all previous attempts having left me dazzled by the sun. After this failed to blind me, I went for it. Closing my eyes and flin… Read More
2011-10-12 12:32
7 years. It's hard to believe it's been 2 years since I wrote about the party at Islington Mill, yet so much has happened since then. Like the mother fuckin record label. Pow. After last yea… Read More
2011-09-20 14:24
NR02- Haunted Insomniac Mix by Spurious Scholars on Mixcloud 1. Hildur Guðnadóttir- Elevation 2. Francesco Tristano- Andover 3. Deathprod- Dead People's Things 4. Aiden Bake… Read More
2011-09-20 12:39
Rain, too cold for August, hammers down from an unforgiving sky. A damp cotton hood does little to protect my aching forehead from the icy daggers. A waterline has worked its way up my jeans… Read More
2011-09-07 23:15
Something interesting has been happening over the last few months. A good band actually seems to be getting some of the attention they deserve... and (whisper it) they're actually… Read More
2011-09-07 15:01
It’s a good job I don’t do this for a living. I was asked to review Trojan Horse’s album weeks ago and am only really getting around to it now. But here I am, typing some w… Read More
2011-08-09 12:52
I've started writing occasionally for the Mind on Fire website now, so some stuff will be there and not here. One such article is an interview with Manchester Hip-Hop duo Dayse and Aver, who… Read More
2011-07-16 01:04
A dignified death. That’s all Simon really had left to hope for these days. After spending more than three decades as a copyright protection agent for a major record label, he had incr… Read More
2011-07-16 01:01
From the rocker on his porch, the old man watched the silhouettes appear on the horizon, barely specks descending the low treeless hill a few miles west of his cabin. He made no effort to ga… Read More
2011-06-06 12:08
Despite countless pleading letters and several hours spent begging on late night phone-ins, noone has yet deemed fit to give Spurious Scholars his own radio show.&n&hell…Read More
2011-02-14 21:28
Trawling through the hard drive and finding a few things to post from last year. Not at all relevant to the events of today, but then again they probably never were Read More
2011-02-14 21:26
Dedication and professionalism, that's what I like to think that I bring to any job I put my hand to. Not to mention, tranquillity and some killer dance moves. But most of all I am efficient… Read More
2011-02-11 22:17
Congratulations to the people of Egypt, after more than two tough weeks, finally Mubarak has fled. I'm still a bit worried about what will come (any that gets the US/UK seal of approval will… Read More
2011-02-11 22:01
It's party Time in Egypt right about now so get down with Omar Khorshid Read More
2011-02-11 21:33
This is a tune right here...working on a podcast of Turkish, Indian and Iranian funk at the moment. Soon Read More
2011-02-10 23:30
He exhaled the thick, sweet smoke. A shudder worked it's way up his spine- a telegram wishing him a fond farewell. He was cold, but his palms were clammy. Fidgeting, he felt himself gripped… Read More
2011-02-10 18:22
Required viewing. Fred Hampton scared the government so much that they shot him in his sleep. He made such a big impact in his community, it's humbling to think he was only 21 when he died.T… Read More
2011-02-09 20:47
Hindsight is a rotten, worm eaten cunt. It's rancid discharge, constantly oozing from that tattered and decaying flower, has been passed off as Wisdom, by unscrupulous cunt merchants, since… Read More
2010-08-08 21:48
For various reasons I've not been getting so much done in the last few months. A fairly wild road trip to Croatia (an account of which is on the way) seems to have cured that and I've been w… Read More
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