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This Will Do

Oct 11th, 2026

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1 minute

You wake up in the morning. It’s freezing outside the duvet. There’s frost on the window, even though you’ve got double glazing. Fat lot of fucking good that’s done. You’d think somebody had left the window wide open. You lie there for a while. Your…
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Broken Strings

Oct 8th, 2026

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1 minute

Stevie counts it off. Drum sticks. Holding them above his head for the full effect. And we hit the riff. Just like we rehearsed it. That riff that I found at 10pm sitting on the couch watching the TV. And I look out at the…
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Fuzzy Warlo Is Hitting the Streets

Oct 7th, 2026

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3 minutes

I woke up early. My head felt like the bed had slept on me rather than me sleeping on it. Why do you wake up early when you have no reason to and sleep in when the 5am alarm goes. I slept in my jeans…
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Over the Back Wall

Oct 6th, 2026

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1 minute

I always find it kind of funny. We used to live in the flats around the corner but we share the back wall. So when we moved I could just pass stuff over the back wall rather than taking it all the way round the…
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Football

Oct 6th, 2026

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1 minute

I can’t help but notice the stars are shining. I take a walk past the football ground. Here’s hoping for a good season. I sit on the front step. The shutters are down and there is no one around. I remember coming here as a…
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