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

Rural Virginia, yesterday

Sign of the times, mess with your mind

Daytime Pyro

My beloved Sgt Pepper mill

Mmm, conceptual

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

I’m rather proud of this one

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.

Gotta dig that Tuscan geometry. San Gimignano.

Click to read properly

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

All kneel and worship!

She’s got …

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

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

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

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

Still life, with tissues

Replicas vs. Replicants

Time for our William Tell act

Easter cake, made by me.

Don’t cry Billy.

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

It’s mine, all mine

Poison Ivy channelling her inner Norma Desmond

Useful to know where they keep it

Saturday night chez-1537

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

I love how this one turned out!

It doesn’t get any better than this!

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?

I like this one

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

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

Some famous clock thing

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

It really was that blue waiting for them

Hilarious visual joke, ahoy!

Wife, daughter and dog

Text from ‘The Priest … in all its ambiguity

I’m quite proud of this one

Thom Yorke takes part in a 1537 advertising campaign

Priest … Live !!! (maybe)

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

Click to read properly, without straining your eyes.

Hmm, a black disc with white circles … interesting

The mute that sang the siren’s what?!

Anyone up for a nice country walk?

Rush Hour

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

I’m very proud of this one

Grim urban reality#1: Packs of rabid feral dogs

I like the way this one turned out

All for £2.50

Possibly a metaphor type thing

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

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

Owls? I’ll give you F*^&#”G owls!!

The first picture I ever took for 1537

I like the way this one turned out.

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

I’m inordinately proud of this one

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

An iconic image for our times, and some Beatles.

You look so super

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!

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

Roll Up !!

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

Moss!! Moss!!

Trees Are Good, Trees Are Good!

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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

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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

Planet Caravanserai

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Planet Caravanserai

You know how I’m one of those dead wise dudes? you know, a bit of a seer type? well one … Continue reading Planet Caravanserai

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Maaaaaannnnn!

Harsh Toke Light Up And Live; am I alone in thinking there may be some kind of subliminal stoner-weed-endorsement thing going … Continue reading Maaaaaannnnn!