Poison Ivy channelling her inner Norma Desmond

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

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

Mmm, conceptual

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

Moss!! Moss!!

The first picture I ever took for 1537

The mute that sang the siren’s what?!

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

Rush Hour

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

Christmas lights seem to have turned the fireplace in my front room into a terrifying pagan altar – maybe that’s the true meaning of Christmas?

She’s got …

I love how this one turned out!

Text from ‘The Priest … in all its ambiguity

All kneel and worship!

Hilarious visual joke, ahoy!

Gotta dig that Tuscan geometry. San Gimignano.

Useful to know where they keep it

I like this one

Thom Yorke takes part in a 1537 advertising campaign

Click to read properly

Daytime Pyro

I’m very proud of this one

Don’t cry Billy.

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

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

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

Saturday night chez-1537

Sign of the times, mess with your mind

Wife, daughter and dog

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

An iconic image for our times, and some Beatles.

I like the way this one turned out

Rural Virginia, yesterday

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

It really was that blue waiting for them

I like the way this one turned out.

Grim urban reality#1: Packs of rabid feral dogs

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

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

Possibly a metaphor type thing

It’s mine, all mine

Replicas vs. Replicants

All for £2.50

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

My beloved Sgt Pepper mill

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

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

Anyone up for a nice country walk?

Time for our William Tell act

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

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

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

So shiny and difficult to photograph, i took matters into my own hands and made my own – using my awesome creative skillz! I have to say that is the best drawing I have ever done of John Wetton.

Roll Up !!

Owls? I’ll give you F*^&#”G owls!!

Still life, with tissues

Hmm, a black disc with white circles … interesting

Click to read properly, without straining your eyes.

It doesn’t get any better than this!

I’m rather proud of this one

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

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

You look so super

Some famous clock thing

Priest … Live !!! (maybe)

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

I’m quite proud of this one

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

I’m inordinately proud of this one

Easter cake, made by me.

Gills, Gills, Gills!

Culture, Heavy Metal, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Sleep, Stoner rock, Vinyl

Gills, Gills, Gills!

In which our young hero poses the old monolithic, or monoriffic question. Continue reading Gills, Gills, Gills!

The Goddess Shrugs Green

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The Goddess Shrugs Green

Carrion birds feasting on the smeared remains of the dead? yikes! Continue reading The Goddess Shrugs Green

Trees Are Good, Trees Are Good!

Culture, Fu Manchu, Hard Rock, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Stoner rock, Vinyl

Trees Are Good, Trees Are Good!

Fi Fi Fo Fum …anchu! Continue reading Trees Are Good, Trees Are Good!

I Wander’d Lonely As A Kamel

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I Wander’d Lonely As A Kamel

Socially unfulfilled dromedarys? it must be in the 1537. Continue reading I Wander’d Lonely As A Kamel

Subliminal Drug Reference #1

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Subliminal Drug Reference #1

Maybe I am just a suspicious dude, as John Lennon sang, but I cannot help thinking sometimes that some rockers … Continue reading Subliminal Drug Reference #1

Absinthe Antelopes

Culture, Hard Rock, Music, Record collecting, Stoner rock, Vinyl

Absinthe Antelopes

I genuinely have no idea why I bought Holy Mountain Ancient Astronauts, I’m guessing it must have been recommended to … Continue reading Absinthe Antelopes

Culture, Earthless, Harsh Toke, Music, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Suicide, Vinyl

1537 vs. 2016

Welcome ladies, gentlemen, all non-binary folk, owlbears, and gelatinous cubes to this, my fifth annual 1537 Awards Ceremony, which was recently … Continue reading 1537 vs. 2016