So Reading has not been chosen to receive city status. Anyone who seriously thought that they would be, especially when it is in honour of the Queen’s jubilee year was quite frankly, deluded. Simply, the Royal Family despise Reading. And who would blame them from their experiences in recent years: 1. Prince William went to Mecca Bingo once a few years back. It is due to be demolished. 2. Prince Harry went to Mango. It is closed. 3. The Queen opened Reading train station. It is due to be replaced shortly. 4. … Continued
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I suggested to my mother at the weekend that I was going to mention about her on my blog on her birthday- she told me not to dare. So as I feel that I missed out on my rebellious teenage streak as I never quite managed to get arrested by the proper police, only the crappy transport police, despite years of trying, I shall rebel now. I like family weekends. They are a good excuse to recharge the batteries both physically and mentally, though a fair few glasses of wine were drunk. It being my mam’s 60th birthday today, the … Continued
I like to take my time with things. Which is why I like 15-minute long minimal tracks. And thick gravy which takes a week to digest. Also why I like to get drunk on a Thursday night just to make Friday painfully long. So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that it took until March for me to finish:
I had a good weekend just gone – well Friday I was just too tired to go out annoyingly, especially considering that there are now two places worth going in Reading now for the first time in who knows how long, but Saturday was a lot of fun with a real kind of BOA reunion of most of the original members, and many more that have joined the fantastic and super-sized group of friends that I spend most weekends with. It was all in aid of saying goodbye (for now) to one delightful Josie as she goes to Australia and … Continued
Dear fabric I note your £4 increase in door prices for members. £14 entry rather than the normal person entry of £19 is nice, but £10 entry made me feel special. I now no longer feel special. Time to spread my clubbing wings for a little while. But don’t worry, I will be back before long – just maybe not every month this year. Have fun without me. *** Previous post
I am so glad that I got out in the sunshine a bit this weekend – yes I know it is still a bit chilly in the air, and if you follow my weather blog you will be fully aware that I am not exactly expecting a glorious March. I keep saying cold and snow and March. I am not convinced anyone believes me. Still, I am wrong sometimes in my weather predictions, I don’t mind being wrong as it is stupidly difficult to get it right a reasonable amount of the time. I am just trying to increase my … Continued
Those of you that know me, will know that I don’t tend to take religious dictats too seriously like lent (though I didn’t smoke crack during daylight hours during Ramadan), however for the last couple of years, I have given something up. In 2011, I gave up “ent”. That meant that I could not use words like “bent” or “silent” in my vocabulary.In 2010, I gave up paper clips. It was easier than you may think. So the quest was on today for something to give up: Magpies? I always salute the first magpie I see each day. I cannot … Continued
I should really have written this nearly a month ago as I started blogging at the end of January 2010 but I was so disappointed not to have been nominated for a bloggie that I almost quit blogging. I have 6 blogs, yes 6 of the buggers, and not one nomination. I don’t care about winning (yeah right) – I just want to be nominated. Anyway, all is not lost as I have just made it to 50,000 page views. Quite a feat I think, however many of these views, probably about half of them, come from being the number … Continued
There is no elected mayor in Reading, and no nightclub in Reading either to write to him about. So I wrote to my beloved Boris about the yet-again pending possible closure of Ministry Of Sound (yes you probably thought it was saved last year but not so). It isn’t exactly as if Ministry Of Sound is my favourite nightclub in the world but it is an important part of clubbing history and Boris seems to want to favour a housing development over a nightclub. I felt I had to write to point out the folly of his possible decision – … Continued
From Disco To Disco. So I braved another night out in Reading, this time on the basis of the name. It is in the relaxed Up The Junction bar in Cemetery Junction. Quite a basic looking place but this is dance music and elegant looking places tend to be full of tossers. And it is free entry and very reasonably priced drinks too. What more do you require? Oh yeah, music. Musically I am delighted to announce that it was most definitely up my street…about time! A mix of disco, new and old, house, garage and electro (nothing too painful) … Continued