MUSIC REVIEW: Checkpoint 303 – Gaza Mixtape (2023)
Four track EP, showing solidarity with the ordinary people living in the Gaza Strip, trying to live a normal life in difficult circumstances. To put […]
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LIVE REVIEW: 808 State @ Camden Dingwalls (13/10/23)
Old ravers never die, they just stand at the back. An evening of old skool rave, with 808 State, playing a venue with a pedigree, […]
WALES AWAY: Latvia Calling Part Six (13/09/23)
Final hours in Latvia and reflections on another chapter of ‘Around the world in a bit of a haze’. AKA ‘A Really Rough Guide to […]
WALES AWAY: Latvia Calling Part Five (12/09/23)
A day to decompress and chill after a hectic few days. We had an early night after the game. If you can call 2:30am early. […]
WALES AWAY: Latvia Calling Part Four (11/09/23)
Today was the main reason for coming all this way. Latvia V Wales. After not getting in till 5am a lie in was called for. […]
WALES AWAY: Latvia Calling Part Three (10/09/23)
Match day minus one. The clans are gathering, but we are doing culture and shit. Mostly. After an early night, we are up at the […]
WALES AWAY: Latvia Calling, Part Two (09/09/23)
After a slightly messy first evening, we were up at the crack of noon, ready to explore Riga. The day started slightly bizarrely. Favourite son […]
WALES AWAY: Latvia Calling, Part One (08/09/23)
We didn’t arrive in Riga till the civilised pubs were closing. But we still managed to end up in a bit of a mess. “Shall […]
TRAVEL BLOG: French Foreign Legion (01/09/23)
No time for sleep. Sleep is for losers. Well, we would love a lie-in, but if we don’t get out of l’appartment by 10am the […]
TRAVEL BLOG: French Toastie (31/08/23)
Our first (and only) full day in Nice, began with factor forty suncream and two bottles of chilled water. The heat has returned with le […]
TRAVEL BLOG: French onions (30/08/23)
Today we peeled off the Montferrat layer, and moved on to the Nice layer. With a combination of Air Traffic Control meltdowns and most of […]
TRAVEL BLOG: French Stuck (29/08/23)
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley.” Or something like that. We went to bed safe in the knowledge that […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Tourtour de France (28/08/23)
Today we got out to visit Tourtour, so good they named it twice. Overnight the rain poured and poured and poured. There was thunder. I […]
MUSIC REVIEW: Anonymous Iconoclasts – Send in the Suits (self released 2023)
Third, and probably final, album from Welsh shadowy figures of chaos, The Anonymous Iconoclasts. With this being probably their last album, the guys have pushed […]
TRAVEL BLOG: French Dressing (27/08/23)
Zut alors, when will this rain stop? After several days of unbearable heat, we wake up to the sound of rain on the roof. Not […]
TRAVEL BLOG: French Letters (to home) (26/08/23)
All quiet on the southern front. Today Trixy and John are our saviours. They provide a lift to Carrefour and back. Megan returns with 5.5% […]
TRAVEL BLOG: French Kissing (25/08/23)
Wedding Day! Yay! Today was the main reason for our trip. The wedding of two dear friends, Lee and Alka. Don’t be expecting a review […]
TRAVEL BLOG: French Connections (24/08/23)
Day one of an adventure in the South of France Well, I say day one, it’s day 0.5, it’s travelling day. We were up with […]
FESTIVAL REVIEW: Landed (Rhayader) – 28th to 30th July 2023
Landed Festival has been one of our favourite festivals since we first set foot on the hallowed turf of Doldowlod House back in 2016 – […]
LIVE REVIEW: The Cult, The Alarm, The Mission @ Cardiff Castle (04/07/23)
‘Where were you hiding when the storm broke?’ Nowhere, because there was no ‘Shelter from the storm’ and Ian Astbury ‘loves the rain’ For years […]
LIVE REVIEW: Zion Train @ Rockaway Park (17/06/23)
Zion Train return to the scene of the grime, Rockaway Park Art, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder. One person’s unmade […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show #314 Iguana Rides Again (27/05/23)
Peppermint Iguana Radio Show rides again. It has been a while since the last show, six months to be exact. But we still have our […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Norway Part Four: The Olden Days (08/05/23)
Finally getting into the Fjords proper. We have got into a routine of sleeping with the curtains open so we can be woken up by […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Norway Part Three: All Quiet On The Stavanger Front (07/05/23)
I’m up early to watch us sail into Stavanger. Fourth largest city in Norway. It is the gateway to the Fjords. A bit like Trehafod […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Norway Part Two: Life On The Ocean Wave (06/05/23)
We were up reasonably early, waking up to the sight of the North Sea scrolling past our bedroom window. The sea was much calmer than […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Norway Part One: Setting Off Into The Sunset (05/05/23)
Part one of a travel blog about a cruise around the Norwegian fjords. Don’t expect any revelations or insight to lost tribes or anything, it’s […]
FILM REVIEW: John Wick Chapter Four (2023)
Fourth installment of the ever so slightly bonkers ‘John Wick’ series. OK. For the uninitiated – in the first film retired hit man John Wick […]
BOOK REVIEW: Bibliomaniac – Robin Ince (Atlantic Books 2022)
The story of author Robin Ince’s odyssey, visiting one hundred independent bookshops in one hundred days. Robin Ince is impossible to categorize. He co-hosts […]
LIVE REVIEW: The Damned – Cardiff University (31/03/23)
Punk Pioneers The Damned return to Cardiff Student Union. The Damned. First UK punk band to release a single, first to release an album. But […]
REVIEW: The Laugharne Weekend 2023: Laugharne (24 to 26/03/23)
A weekend of culture, tsunduko and gin drinking in the spiritual home of Dylan Thomas. The Laugharne Weekend is a literary festival in West Wales. […]