I like the way this one turned out

Fun Lovin Criminals Come Find Yourself 07

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

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

Jessica Curry Everybodys Gone To The Rapture 01

Owls? I’ll give you F*^&#”G owls!!

Roll Up !!

Paul’s bedroom

Saturday night chez-1537

Mmm, conceptual

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.

Time for our William Tell act

I’m quite proud of this one

All for £2.50

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

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

The mute that sang the siren’s what?!

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

Moss!! Moss!!

All kneel and worship!

It’s mine, all mine

Hilarious visual joke, ahoy!

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

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

My shed’s on fire with rock and roll!

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

Useful to know where they keep it

Fun Lovin Criminals Come Find Yourself 09a

Hmm, a black disc with white circles … interesting

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

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

I like this one

I’m rather proud of this one

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

Easter cake, made by me.

Rural Virginia, yesterday

Possibly a metaphor type thing

Priest … Live !!! (maybe)

She’s got …

Sign of the times, mess with your mind

Replicas vs. Replicants

Daytime Pyro

Rush Hour

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

Some famous clock thing

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

Nice hair dudes !

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

I love how this one turned out!

Poison Ivy channelling her inner Norma Desmond

I like the way this one turned out.

Thom Yorke takes part in a 1537 advertising campaign

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

Grim urban reality#1: Packs of rabid feral dogs

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

My beloved Sgt Pepper mill

Note: Obligatory beard

Click to read properly

Don’t cry Billy.

Text from ‘The Priest … in all its ambiguity

Still life, with tissues

The first picture I ever took for 1537

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

Anyone up for a nice country walk?

I’m inordinately proud of this one

I’m very proud of this one

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

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

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

It really was that blue waiting for them

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

You look so super

It doesn’t get any better than this!

An iconic image for our times, and some Beatles.

Wife, daughter and dog

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

80s, Bruce Springsteen, Culture, Music, Pop, Record collecting, Vinyl

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Alice Kisses The Carpet

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Vinyl Purgatory

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Millionaire Industrialist And Gambler

Christ this is a strange LP! Nope, I’m not reviewing some proto-industrial-flamenco noiseniks from Akron, Ohio, or an album Tuvan … Continue reading Millionaire Industrialist And Gambler