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Author - Alex Ramsden
Five teen movies from the 1990s
The 1990s was a strange time. The decade deserted by all fashion sense. It was an era of trading...
Five of the best teen movies from the 1980s
When you think of 1980s teen movies, I’m sure you probably go straight to an American high school...
Album review: The Courteeners – More. Again. Forever.
Manchester music is run through with dancey, trancey tunes. A meld of baggy and jangly guitars with...
2010s- Decade in Review Part 3
2017 I’m sure we’ve all imagined ourselves sinking into the quagmire of boredom. After such a great...
2010s Decade in Review- Part 2
2014 As I walked into my new home, the Halls of Residence, I knew I’d made it. Or, at least I was...
A Decade in Review- Part 1
2010 Let’s get the first wave of doom and gloom out the way early. The second decade of the twenty...
Concert Review: Catfish and the Bottlemen, Birmingham Arena.
The strains of Helter Skelter were still ringing around my head as I left, drunk on pure...
My top five cartoons from childhood
I dare you to name something better than sitting, lounged out with snacks and (if you’re of a...
Fifty Years of Abbey Road.
I would like us all to wish Abbey Road a very happy 50th birthday. The seminal and influential...
A Story of Shorts, Thoughts and Indie Reports.
This piece comes from a recent conversation I had with a mate of mine. It really is mad how music...
The power of self-belief: my journey…
When we look at ourselves and our lives, what do we see? Honestly. If, like me, you have a history...
The Lasting Effect of Football Management Gaming
If you’ve ever spent the best part of a week taking Chester City from the Conference to the...
Album Review: Replica by Cassia.
How many times has there been The Next Big Thing in music, only to be let down by a flat and...
REVIEW: Painwave by Clean Cut Kid.
Merseyside’s musical mystery tour shows no signs of ever slowing with Clean Cut Kid’s second full...
The Best Days of Our Lives
There is a song by Circa Waves that expresses thoughts on flying through your best days. It is...
You’re Twisting My Melon, Man- How A Youth Culture Changed...
What happens when you mix post-industrial gloom, unemployment and the rain-sodden pulse of North...
Whatever I say to listen to, that’s what I like
The world has just done a madness on us. No way is it thirteen years since the greatest album of...
The 1990’s: The time of our lives
Would you believe that the end of the 1990s is twenty years ago? Looking back (I’m thinking the...
The world’s greatest TV show… ever
It’s a love affair I’ve never grown out of. Nor do I want to. There are few better moments than...