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Quote from: Eoin McLove on March 29, 2026, 12:53:35 PMJust finished up Fleshmarket Close by Ian Rankin. It was grand. I love watching crime TV shows but the genre never really does it for me in book form for some reason.

You might fare better with an author like Derek Raymond. He wrote the Factory Series which could be described as noir, but they're much bleaker and more existential than most novels from that genre. How The Dead Live in particular is phenomenal. The prose is spell-binding.

GBH by Ted Lewis is another one worth checking out. He wrote the Jack Carter books, but GBH is more like a Camus novel set in Lincolnshire.

Savage man, thanks for the tips. I'll keep an eye out. By the Factory series does that include Wasp Factory? I only know that book by name.

Edit.  I see that Wasp Factory was by Iain Banks. The only novel of his I've read was The Quarry and it was total dogshit.

Speaking of SLF, was reading up on--while listening to--The Lion and the Cobra yesterday and found out (news to me) that Ali McMordie played on it and even has a writing credit on the surprisingly latter-day FNM-like track Jerusalem.

Quote from: Eoin McLove on March 29, 2026, 12:53:35 PMJust finished up Fleshmarket Close by Ian Rankin. It was grand. I love watching crime TV shows but the genre never really does it for me in book form for some reason.

You might fare better with an author like Derek Raymond. He wrote the Factory Series which could be described as noir, but they're much bleaker and more existential than most novels from that genre. How The Dead Live in particular is phenomenal. The prose is spell-binding.

GBH by Ted Lewis is another one worth checking out. He wrote the Jack Carter books, but GBH is more like a Camus novel set in Lincolnshire.

Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody's Heroes

Inflammable Material is vicious as fuck, and better than the debuts by the Pistols and the Clash. Jake Burns sounds like a possessed pit-bull.

Nobody's Heroes is a belter of an album as well.

The Malcolm reboot is very good. The original series dragged on for way too long, but the reboot is only 4 short episodes.

Started watching Veep on HBO Max. Absolutely brilliant, although the current escapades in the White House make it look quaint by comparison.

Quote from: Trev on April 13, 2026, 11:45:41 AMAmon Amarth - Once Sent From the Golden Hall

Their best album in my opinion...

Stumbled across this the other day. Mental amount of work.

Here's The Cardigans opening and closing a gig with whimsical Black Sabbath covers.

https://archive.org/details/ajc02596_thecardigans1996-06-14/thecardigans1996-06-14t01.flac

What a beautiful woman. Saw them in 2023 last show in Dublin , amazing night.

Quote from: Emphyrio on April 11, 2026, 03:39:54 PMYa, I couldn't bring myself to watch Malcolm..., or Scrubs reboots now. Haven't watched The Simpsons since I probably last watched Friends. That said, I enjoyed the Frasier reboot.

same, pity the new Frasier got canned after 2 seasons. I really enjoyed it. It is one of the best comedy series ever. And to my knowledge the most successful spin off.

The new Immolation is a banger.

Anciients - Heart of Oak
Wytch Hazel - ll. Sojurn
Immolation - Descent
Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
Coroner - Mental Vortex