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Just For the Hell of It! Punk Times Bristol Nov 2023

30/11/202307/12/2023 / N. P. Ryan

One thing that doesn’t go unmissed by me when writing about Bristol’s punk scene is that in claiming so many bands are so good there’s risk of it sounding like Continue reading →

The British Love of Flies

27/08/202331/08/2023 / N. P. Ryan

headm-ahsan-rd8SmBe0vwg-unsplashWith thanks to M Ashan for use of the header image (licensing). Continue reading →

From Flags to Fags and Buck-a-Beer: the Biggest Differences Between the UK & Canada Part III

13/10/2021 / N. P. Ryan / Leave a comment

Flags and why the British one so often drives me nuts.

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From Flags to Fags and Buck-a-Beer: the Biggest Differences Between the UK & Canada Part II

13/10/2021 / N. P. Ryan / Leave a comment

Part II: BEER!

(in which many misconceptions from both sides of the pond will be utterly destroyed!): Continue reading →

Google Chrome: a Security Warning

03/04/2020 / N. P. Ryan / Leave a comment

Here’s a little something you might like to know about Google Chrome. Continue reading →

UK/Canada Differences: 11 – 20

09/02/202015/09/2020 / N. P. Ryan / Leave a comment

Hello! Following on from 1 – 10 welcome to the next scintillating batch of the biggest differences between the UK and Canada. Continue reading →

Don Wars: The Cherry Strikes Out!

19/11/201915/09/2020 / N. P. Ryan / Leave a comment

There’s a civil war taking place in Canada.

Divided into two warring factions, never have Canadians been so irate and aggressive towards Continue reading →

Differences Between the U.K. & Canada: The Definitive List 1 – 10

27/10/201915/09/2020 / N. P. Ryan / Leave a comment

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From Flags to Fags and Buck-a-Beer: the Biggest Differences Between the UK & Canada

22/09/201923/09/2021 / N. P. Ryan / Leave a comment

Part I:

(in which is included a FREE inspiring message of encouragement to anyone trying to knock tobacco on the head)

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Perfect

27/01/201915/09/2020 / N. P. Ryan / Leave a comment

To some degree everything is the result of anxiety; perfection isn’t so much sought, but fraught after:

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AGGROCULTURE: scrumpydrinking thrashcore gimps – West Country bumpkin powerviolence at its gert lush best!

AGGROCULTURE: scrumpydrinking thrashcore gimps – West Country bumpkin powerviolence at its gert lush best!

After this year’s exhilarating-as-ever Dean Lane Hardcore Day, I headed to the Chelsea Inn for the after show. It was there, while sat in the beer garden basking in the punk-Christmas-ness of it all, that someone

Mistress: Prepare for Doom Domination!

Mistress: Prepare for Doom Domination!

Skimming through the names on a promotional compilation, Mistress stopped me in my tracks; a lot can be taken from a band name, and something so precise, not to mention ‘dominating’, makes quite a statement about how the band sees itself. Clicking play, I knew there was far more chance of tired male cliché than … Continue reading Mistress: Prepare for Doom Domination!

Hawkwind, Bristol Beacon, 13th June 2026

Hawkwind, Bristol Beacon, 13th June 2026

An absolutely incredible show as usual from Hawkwind, only this one was

Reflections on the Thames as seen from London Bridge

Reflections on the Thames as seen from London Bridge

The following is a reworking of a poem and post that originally appeared in 2018:

Ameretat: punk fire straight from the hardcore of Earth

Ameretat: punk fire straight from the hardcore of Earth

Ameretat’s self titled debut album, released 2025, opens with ‘Ghazal-e-ātish / Posht-e-pardeh’ (‘Ode to the Fire / Behind the Veil’). The track starts with a medium paced but purposeful drum beat before a slice of feedback introduces

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Drinking in a dingy bar by the sea, crumpled postcard from Her and World’s Biggest Ray Zero for company; then the son of a starts saying I’m cursed. Praise Be to lighting-up another smoke. Inhale, taste a foul brand: the Hex She put on me. Promised Heaven, delivered a dive nightclub Hell. Thank the Lord for liquor loving hot chicks. Though nothing compares to how it’ll feel catching up with Her.

Wanted a quick bit of business and gone. Bath had other ideas. First, battered and left for dead after a hundred heart-breaking truths. Then a Police Chief with a saggy old treasure chest of secrets to keep needs a scapegoat. Dumps me in the middle of corruption so deep it eases through bone to suck greedy at marrow. With every gun pointing my way, Hell, not even He’s gonna get me outta this one.

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