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This is kind of sad but also inevitable. Croydon has been hit hard since the pandemic and so many good places have gone. At the end of January 101 Records closed its doors for the last time.
It was the last record shop in the town but sadly could sustain itself no longer. I will miss it.
I know that the year is already fully underway. It already feels like a long time and also like yesterday was New Years.
Anyway, welcome to 2025.
I would say that I’ve got a lot planned for the site this year, but I’ve said that before and nothing has happened for lots of reasons, so I won’t commit. There’s lots I’d like to do, but we’ll see what happens.
I recently posted some recordings from Winchelsea Beach to my podcast so I thought I would add a handful of photos here. If you didn’t know about my podcast, no there is no excuse.
Sad news, Pamela Salem passed away last month. She played the character ‘Toos’ in the classic Doctor Who story ‘The Robots of Death’ with Tom Baker. Which is one of my favourites of all time. She then recently reprised the role in the Big Finish story ‘Robots’ with Nicola Walker.
I had a comment on this site that I needed to reply to and it was then that I realised that I hadn’t actually posted anything since back in April. A bit too long really. It has been a tough year, a tough few years in fact.
But I still have a lot of things I want to say and do here, so, even though I’ve said this many times before, I think I will try to clear up my drafts and get some of them out before the end of the year.
We’ll see if that actually happens.
I really can’t believe that this album is 25 years old now. That sounds ridiculous and makes me feel old all at the same time. I still love this album and now I feel the need to listen to it again, and maybe all of their work. That sounds like a really good to thing to do.
I decided to read this again after about a year. Once again I really enjoyed it. A singular book of poetry. In fact I enjoyed it so much that I decided to buy a novel by her. Currently that is in my very long list of books to read. I will get to it, eventually.
I have started watching Farscape several times and always lost interest. But it is one of those Science Fiction shows that I feel I should have watched all of the way through. So I am now going to do it justice. I have got well into season two now and I am actually enjoying it quite a lot, which is a big improvement on my previous attempts.
I plan to get through the whole thing and the movie at the end as well. When I do I’ll let you know my verdict.
I am a big fan of Shriekback. I love their music, but a huge part of that is the lyrics they write for their songs. I bought the first book of lyrics. Which was great to read. Now there is volume two and it arrived yesterday. With the first one I found some real gems. I hope to find some more in volume two.
Today I finished reading one of my favourite books of poetry, ‘Deluge’ by Charlotte Ansell. I think I’ve read this book about three times now, and each time I love it even more. My only complaint is that I would really like Charlotte Ansell to publish some more. I just can’t keep reading this book over and over.
For the time being I will satisfy myself by reading ‘After Rain’, which I think I have only read once so far.
So, please Charlotte, publish some more, I’m waiting.
I am Ashley Elsdon 