St George's Day 1979

Cutting through the hyperbolic ridicule of our standard posts, we just want to say that we're liking this Pascoe character more and more. A lot. 

Happily things have changed tremendously in the 25 years since this poem was conceived....

Now Then...

Due to frankly preposterous levels of half-arsed public interest and ale-fuelled heartfelt local demand, it is with great something that we announce the third print run of our maiden Burnley-centric tome.

There can't be many contemporary publications that feature claret-tinted memories of Sportak AND  t'Circ can there? - Enabling fond recollections of your first Luhta Ski Jacket and / or shag rash among various other snippets of ill-considered milltown nonsense.

'But why bother to put stuff like this out when clearly nobody gives a toss?', you may understandably (and somewhat rudely) enquire. Well we'd tell ya why, you cheeky bast, but there's no legitimate excuse that we can muster at this time. Come back to us on that one. All we can say in earnest is that one or two local heads bizarrely felt they'd somehow missed out on previous releases of the book, on account of all previous few hundred copies selling out, which is far more than a ramshackle tin-pot outfit such as ours could ever hope to replicate. So it's their fault...

Pascoe. Sort of...

Seek and you shall find, said that bloke. Turns out he was half-right and all.
According to those with half-decent memories, Pascoe was a Poet. Sort of. A Punk and all. Sort of. 'Kind of like John Cooper Clarke or Seething Wells or something', says our mate Al. Sort of.
He plied his wares in the 0282 area (and beyond) in the late 70s / early 80s, and shared a gaff round Duke Bar way til he split one day and that was that. Sort of.
Nosey Gets that we are, the feelers went out regarding Pascoe, and Al's pal John J turns up trumps with a handful of fliers bearing Pascoe's name, and a couple of his poems that he 'swapped off him for a rolly after a gig he'd done with Tiger Tails' way back which he'd luckily hung on to.
I'd like to thank John J and Al for their help so far, but neither of them 'bother with Facebook or any of that computer shit', so it's unlikely that they'll see this. Never mind.
This might be the first you've heard of Pascoe. Hopefully it won't be the last. Sort of.

Close to the Noam...

Well what can we say eh??. You sit there waiting ages for a Lipton & Jarvis mixtape dooly, and then two turn up at once!!!. LoL, lmao, BELM, etc...
Pair of goodies though these two - The first is in lieu of our next 'Close to the Hedge' session up at the very Ace GREEN CHIMNEY IN COLNE which falls on Friday March 21st (Ltd cd versions to be given away on the night).
The second is a bit special and all - It's chock full of of Chomsky, doing what he does best, illustrating truths and injustice as only he can. His wise words are soundtracked by all manner of aural sexiness including choice numbers by, among others; Herbert Eimert, Giorgio Carnini, and Cecil Leuter.
Here's the really smart bit though - They've only gone and called it 'A break from the Noam' haven't they??. Not Norm, but Noam!!. As in Noam Chomsky!!!. Lol, lmao, BELM, etc.....

(Both mixes can be found RIGHT HERE!!!).

The 'Cloud is dead. Long live the 'Cloud...

Right then. In the last month or two our SoundCloud account has come to be a pain in the backside. If it weren't enough hassle having to redo / scratch one out of every three or four mix tapes due to their zealous content Police, there's been countless other agg to deal with. Not worth the time in other words. Or the pennies. So we're knocking the SoundCloud thing right on the head for now, at least until their service provision is altered massively.
Now, before all you Hipster Doofus' (Doofi??) out there start skriking uncontrollably at being forced to question the legitimacy of existence in a world free from our many kind freebies, calm yourselves. We're shifting it all over to MixCloud instead. (AND YOU CAN FIND IT ALL RIGHT HERE!!)
"But what about the ability to Download your incredible selections", we hear you cry. Fair point. As our luddite selves understand it, just Google 'How to download from MixCloud', and all your Christmasses just came at once. (other search engines are available).
ONCE AGAIN FOLKS - OUR MIXCLOUD ACCOUNT IS RIGHT HERE.

Love THIS

Well it's that time of year already folks, where whether we like it or not, romance is shoved right down our throats (ooh Matron, Fnarr, Fnarr, etc etc). A time-served occasion affording star-crossed Lovers the opportunity to splurge their hard-earned spondoolix on more heart-shaped trinkets and what-not just as their bank balances begin their post-Yuletide recovery, while ostracisng all manner of singletons because they aren't able to properly celebrate another cynical sales opportunity by greetings card peddlers the world over.

Not that we here at 0282 are totally against any form of public or private displays of passion. Or tenderness. Or affection. Or indeed anything along those lines. So let us provide you with this here 'MIXTAPE THINGY' (RIGHT HERE!!!) to soundtrack any amourous activity you may find yourself involved in this Valentine's Day, whether with a group of open-minded individuals fuelled by boxed wine, alone with that special someone, or perhaps an onanistic adventure of your own making. Whatever tickles your fancy, it's fair to say that one thing we can all agree on is the sort of sounds that will get our collective motors running. That's right - Wonky un-Pop and Foreign Psychedelia. Enjoy...

MixCloud Doings

Right then. So it seems that there's a few of you out there in "I know we're getting quality gear for free, but we still want it tailoring to suit our ungrateful needs" land, and with that in mind, we've started a MixCloud account to compliment our already much under-appreciated, greatly ignored, SoundCloud doings.
Any attempt on your parts to give a little back for a change, instead of take, take, taking all the time would be greatly appreciated. Really. So give yourself a quick earful of a few tasty morsels RIGHT HERE, with a view to increasing our listening stats, in order to make us appear far more popular than we could ever hope to be in real life. Thanks x.
For those who require a visual stimulus to accompany our inane ramblings, find enclosed some posters for a couple of upcoming 0282-related 'gigs'. Please feel free to 'like', and 'share', and all that disingenuous guff...