Handy with a Pickaxe

byFat Roland
June 12, 2025

More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (well, as far as we can tell): Parenthood

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Why Am I Not A Famous Novelist?

byFat Roland

“Words are stupid” Tom Tom Club once said. When they’re in the hands of a particular columnist they are.

BBanging On

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Gorgeous, Erudite Human Beings

byFat Roland

Oh heck. This isn’t looking good. This isn’t looking good at all. Our resident columnist is on THE DRUGS again…

BBanging On

2 minute read

Living the dream, that’s our Fats. He woke up from one the other night where he had a some great ideas about how to land a Number One the easy way. Just like THE KLF. Sort of. Desperation or blind faith, you choose

BBanging On

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Twiglet fingers

byFat Roland

The intro goes here, it runs over three lines and should gently undermine the confidence of our columnist… what? We’ve not written an intro? gah

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Dancing Or Baking Or Snogging

byFat Roland

More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is ‘Big Brother’

BBanging On

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Bell-ringing

byFat Roland

And this, gentle reader, is what happens when a grown man spends an entire weekend listening to Chuck Berry’s ‘My Ding-A-Ling’ on repeat…

Handy with a Pickaxe

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Fat Roland

Why Am I Not A Famous Novelist?

Gorgeous, Erudite Human Beings

Ask An Imaginary Rabbit

Twiglet fingers

Dancing Or Baking Or Snogging

Bell-ringing

Charlotte Hatherley

M, ‘Pop Muzik’ (MCA Records, 1979)

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David Holmes: Back In The Saddle

The Umlauts: Umming and Ahhing

Rainy Miller: Grim Tales

Ishmael Ensemble: Colours Fly

Suzanne Ciani: Finding Suzanne Ciani

Handy with a Pickaxe

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