With this first commission under my belt, I can see a whole new career opening up for me …

Useful to know where they keep it

Mmm, conceptual

Moss!! Moss!!

Jessica Curry Everybodys Gone To The Rapture 01

Click to read properly

Don’t give me no lines and feed the panda yourself …

Rush Hour

This may be the single greatest thing I have ever done in my life.

Fun Lovin Criminals Come Find Yourself 09a

Still life, with tissues

I’m quite proud of this one

Owls? I’ll give you F*^&#”G owls!!

You look so super

My friend Paul had a boom box just like this – I was so jealous.

Poison Ivy channelling her inner Norma Desmond

All kneel and worship!

Priest … Live !!! (maybe)

Anyone up for a nice country walk?

Hmm, a black disc with white circles … interesting

I like the way this one turned out

Sign of the times, mess with your mind

Thom Yorke takes part in a 1537 advertising campaign

Some famous clock thing

Every time you listen to Poison Idea you make a pixie cry

An iconic image for our times, and some Beatles.

Grim urban reality#1: Packs of rabid feral dogs

Saturday night chez-1537

It’s mine, all mine

Nature’s nice and stuff, but it’s no 1200 word review of an obscure hardcore LP, is it?

Daytime Pyro

Really arty photo, to show off my mad camera skillz and sensitivite, creative nature (chicks love that)

Click to read properly, without straining your eyes.

My shed’s on fire with rock and roll!

Paul’s bedroom

I like this one

Much careful deliberation went into this drivel you’re about to read

I’m rather proud of this one

My beloved Sgt Pepper mill

Destined to cause a bit of a stir on Antiques Roadshow in 2031

Time for our William Tell act

Hilarious visual joke, ahoy!

Roll Up !!

Rural Virginia, yesterday

Replicas vs. Replicants

My work on this earth is done. I shall now ascend.

Lego just don’t do suitable Hendrix hair; shame on them.

I like the way this one turned out.

Easter cake, made by me.

The astonishing 3D effect you can achieve by ‘hatting’ Mr Hayes

Wife, daughter and dog

You’ve got a friend in me (da da da da daa)

Walking the dog this morning, I haven’t messed about with the colours at all – I love that winter light!

Fun Lovin Criminals Come Find Yourself 07

I’m inordinately proud of this one

It doesn’t get any better than this!

I’m very proud of this one

All for £2.50

It really was that blue waiting for them

Note: Obligatory beard

An attempt at fluffification of ‘Why D’ya Do it’ – a genuine imageof an alternative cover taken from the Antilles vaults

Not photo-shopped – it’s balanced on a tray

Nice hair dudes !

The mute that sang the siren’s what?!

Possibly a metaphor type thing

I love how this one turned out!

Text from ‘The Priest … in all its ambiguity

The psychedelic trellis outside Mendips, probably responsible for inspiring all that stuff about submarines and walruses

Don’t cry Billy.

The first picture I ever took for 1537

Love cities at night – spot Floyd LP cover reference, somewhere to the right of mon famille.

You have to love those Y-fronts! (and Lego-based censorship)

…and the last thing I heard was a muttered word …

She’s got …

The Lego thrash metal minifigures are really starting to pay off for me now

I can now die happy, my work is done. (Even my son was impressed by this).

I love this – almost Eddie circa: Somewhere In Time.

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Sweet Struggle

Now THIS is why I started my blog, because it makes me stop and listen to some overlooked gems in the 1537 … Continue reading Sweet Struggle

Jimmy Cliff, Reggae, Soundtrack, Toots & The Maytals, Vinyl

I’d Rather Be A Free Man In My Grave, Than Living As A Puppet Or A Slave

Reading back I notice I’ve used the phrase ‘life-affirming’ several times in my recent pieces and I’m really, really going … Continue reading I’d Rather Be A Free Man In My Grave, Than Living As A Puppet Or A Slave