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There is some crazy ass cotton fluff floating around outside at the moment, loads of it in fact. It's like some kind of summer snow fall and it has been going on for a few days now. My hayfever has gone ballistic today. What are these cotton like floaters and where are they coming from?

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The raffle stand from today's school fete...

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Thundercat - Heartbreaks + Setbacks

This is the most accessible track on Apocalypse, the new album by Thundercat, which could well become something of an electro-soul-jazz-funk classic. Seriously, it is well worth having a listen...

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I was taking a look at some of the pictures from my eldest son's recent school trip to Spain and on a couple of photos there he was, surrounded by his mates, sticking up his thumb. He was the only one doing it, so it's obviously not something that they all do and for this I take full responsibility, as Brummies love to stick their thumbs up. There are many photographs from my childhood of me stood there, wildly grinning, with my thumb or thumbs raised, as an affirmation of enjoyment. I strongly believe this is a Birmingham thing. Several of my old mates from back home are known to frequently partake in the thumbs up acknowledgement. I feel it almost verges on the masonic - a kind of regional identifier. A few years back on that BBC drama, Ashes to Ashes, Matthew Mcfadyen played a character who was from Birmingham and it was really well observed both in the accent and the mannerisms, in particular sticking his thumb up. So, there we have conclusive proof that Brummies love to stick their thumbs up...

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A proper old school doorman outside the arts club on Dover Street...

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra - The Opposite Of Afternoon

I bought the latest Unknown Mortal Orchestra album the other day and what a top piece of work it is too. Strongly recommended...

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Today was sports day at my boys’ school. I had my eldest son’s in the morning and my youngest son’s in the afternoon. Plenty of running, jumping, throwing and egg and spooning took place. A local Lewisham organisation runs these events and they always have music playing over a sound system. DJ Pied Piper ‘Do You really Like It’ stood out for it’s dreadful, yet contagious naffness - “I’m lovin’ it lovin’ it lovin’ it, I’m lovin’ it like that” - a couple of fantastic tracks from Laura Mvula’s album were played and another that stood out was the lovers rock track featured in today’s Head Space Daily Tune. The only memory I have from one of my own sports days is doing the wheelbarrow race with a friend in first school. I was the leg holder and he was the barrow, scampering along on his hands. He was a small lad and we had a technique, which involved me holding his legs fairly high up, above his knees. This must have enabled us to move more quickly. Anyway, throughout the race, my friend’s tracksuit bottoms gradually slipped down until by the end they were literally around his ankles, with his polyester BHS y-fronts being displayed in all their glory. Happy days…

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An array of water bottles lies trackside at my boys' school sports day...

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Janet Kay & Alton Ellis - I'm Still In Love With You...

The company who arrange the sports days at our boys school, always put on a sound system and this track sounded sweet in the midday sunshine. Janet Kay is listed in 100 Great Black Britons and is huge in Japan. Well I never...