Category: Thursday Blog
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This weeks blog starts with some pissed up mates in the pub making a list of all the things they’re fed up about. This sounds like a great idea for a sitcom, the start of Men Behaving Badly perhaps? Maybe,…
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Those of you of a certain vintage will immediately recognise this as the title of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s third studio album. Well done but did you also know that the title was suggested by Martha Ladly, her out…
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There was an explanation about the name of Sunderland Fanzine It’s An Easy One For Norman fanzine in Mike Amos’ always excellent blog this week. Always a brilliant read, you can read this one here https://mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2026/09/09/september-8-2026-fantasia/ and we’ll return to…
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The other week I mentioned an ad that appeared in the following post https://footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/08/25/fotd-the-villa-bugle-aston-villa/ When I first saw it I just thought it was just a bit of fun to put out there but then Simon Wright, the legendary editor…
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One of the joys of doing this blog is that there is always something to fall back on. Some weeks a thought just won’t drop into place and inspire me but when that happens I can fall back on my…
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This story appeared this week, further proof that “the game’s gone”. It’s like they think that “The only team in the UK to have a Michelin guide recognised offering” matters?! Also, didn’t Charlie Crote play inside forward for Barnsley in…
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It is time for another thought / writing exercise that proves little except that fanzines are packed full of social history, excellent writing, mysterious bodies and stories, excellent design and that we need more print not less…so quite a bit…
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The titan of print, Encyclopedia Britannica is still around but only as a website now, it even has a chatbot (No thank you) and it tells me that “Expressionism is a 20th-century artistic movement where creators prioritize showing inner emotional…
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In the days of Xg and bollocks like that we all sit back and tut at the crude and stupid clickbait it produces but sometimes, sometimes you just have to stand back and admire things. Take this for example, as…
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It was Bill Gates who coined this phrase in a 1996 essay which predicted that “high-quality, engaging material” would be where the real money is made on the internet. It’s clear in these days of emergency podcasts, click and rage…
