Still have a soft spot for the first album but they were terrible live at Brixton Ac (2003) & I lost interest. A shame really as I think Skinner had the potential to become a really tuned in poet but the laddish schtik won out
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schtik is right.
A mate shared a flat with him in the early days and he was def a bit more nice middle class than he wanted to come across - not so much street in the Streets as it were.
I did like him tho.
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Bit heavy for TP, but makes me angry why the DHSC can’t now track and try to recover the £39m profit Mones and Barrowman et al. made from the £122m the government paid for faulty PPE gowns. If it was us they would seize our assets and chase us till they had it all…records, decks etc. gone!
On a lighter note:
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NCA already frozen around £75 million assets of theirs. Criminal investigation still ongoing
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Thanks. Didn’t know that. Good. BBC News article today didn’t mention that - very poor journalism - but I see NCA did that in Feb. Let’s see where it goes.
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Heard that last night and even by John Lewis/M&S cover version standards it was very shit indeed.
Did think it sounded like him but did not expect it to actually be him.
I liked the first album but was very much of its time and he rinsed that gimmick to death. I got the feeling it mostly appealed to people who had limited interactions with the lifestyle he was writing about. Bit like how poshos loved Parklife.
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Yeah, I’m sure he’s a nice enough fella and fair enough he’s doing his thing, making a living etc, just never someone I could imagine deliberately listening to. That ‘Fit but you Know it’ was quite funny but other than that….
His book is a pretty good read. A sharp mind.
I can’t hear The Streets without instantly thinking of MC Pittman’s line about him in Witness The Pitness.
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“Aren’t ya from Birmingham ya knob, ya get me?”
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one of my funniest experiences on MySpace was when I posted something about how Sleaford Mods reminded me of Pitman and then later that night, the guy out of Sleaford Mods sent a whole load of abuse in a PM “I’m NOT fucking Pitman you cunt”. (the next day he did apologise for being a bit refreshed…)
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why do all the items I want for my kitchen cost so much? This pan is 122 pounds, Anybody here own expensive pots and pans and is it worth spending the $$ for a standard home kitchen?
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Scousers like to call it Manny.
I call it town.
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Le Creuset is worth the spend
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We got some Lecresuset as a wedding present 22 years ago but the best deal I ever got was a set of 4 saucepans and a skillet in the same blue out of the Friday-Ad for £15!
Love the cast iron, keeps the heat, goes in the oven, easy to clean (we’ve never had a dishwasher, washing up is an opportunity to bond, kids 
)
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I think that you buy them once and they last the rest of your life. Thats my experience of ones I’ve bought in the early 2000’s. I just bought one or two at a time and you don’t really need too many.
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Worth every penny. I’ve still got a Le Creuset casserole pot that is 21 years old and showing no signs of not lasting another 21 years. I had some pans that lasted around 15 years.
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lost my le creuset dutch oven in the divorce. i’ll absolutely get another one.
cookware is expensive, but i think it’s worth the spend. knives, pots & pans, and a few choice appliances really make the difference.
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Ours was a wedding gift and cracked in two on the first use!
Oh no!