Blogs.
Blogs.
Blogs, blogs, blogs, blogs, blogs.
Short blogs, long blogs, tall blogs, skinny blogs, fat blogs, whit blogs, black blogs, great-big-homosexual blogs and tiny-little-hetero blogs (but no lesbian blogs). Blogs of all shapes and sizes pollute the internets with their rubbish opinions and reviews of things people don’t care about. Some blogs have the good luck to be described as “Birmingham based hate blog, spearheading the Jade Goody backlash” in the national press (this one, apparently. Someone told me but I didn’t know. I didn’t even so much as get a cursory email saying that they were going to misrepresent my opinions and willfully fail to understand the idea of writing under a persona, but ho hum, that’s tabloids for you. Little better than Vice. If any of my viewers know what the actual article was, let me know. Yeah, cheers.), and some don’t, but all of them, without exception are shit.

Except for a few. This one, obviously, because it is endlessly awesome and insightful and ahead of the zeitgeist, and a couple of others which I read, which aspire to be nearly as good as this.

Me in my favourite T-shirt, yesterday

So apart from your favourite pop-culture/ Hollyoaks/ Dog-shit website, what is out there that is really worth reading? Well, not exactly fuck all, but not much. So here they are. For now. Until I change my mind.

This Is Happening Without Your Permission - Aces blog (that could probably do with a bit of editing every now and then) that bleeds music and lifestyle up and down the country. Though mostly Birmingham and London, but really, where else exists? Anywhere further north is just pointless. A bit wordy, but where else can you find three and a half thousand words on Hawnay Troof? Fucking nowhere, that’s where. Not even his mum cares that much.

Cute Boys Make Me Nervous - Look, it dosen’t make me gay, alright. I just like the pictures, yeah. I think they look good… There’s nothing gay about wanting to spoon, is there?

In The Butt - I know how this looks, but it’s not. Christ, just cos a fella likes pictures of cute boys and a blog called In The Butt folks point fingers. Anyway, it’s not about that, it’s about stickers (yeah, in the butt, fag.).

Uber Brum - Photo/Style blog from Birmingham, natch. Maybe a few to many ginger people and bowties for my liking, but you can’t have everything. What? No. No he hasn’t taken a photo of me to put on there yet. es. It must be some oversight, I am incredibly stylish. Those blue combat trousers, Nose trainers and flourescent green Carter USM t-shirt I used to wear did have the girls come a runnin, thanks for asking.

Created In Birmingham - yeah, it’s a bit local but it will let you know pretty much everything that is going on in Birmingham. Due to an oversight on their part, they have so far failed to mention, or indeed even notice the existence of me. They are sure to put that right soon.

Awesome Mixtapes From Africa - Genuinely amazing blog with tons of wicked downloads. Ideal if you like to think of yourself as musically multicultural but don’t want to actually take a risk on buying say, a Living Is Hard comp or anything on Honest Jons, really. I’m listening to the Slow Music one as I type. How cool am I? Too fucking cool, that’s how cool.

Better Never Than Late - Just a cracking photo blog. I mean it’s more than just a photo blog. But generally. It’s good. Have a butchers. And there’s an insane story about Ken from Ken and Barbie on it somewhere. Great stuff.

Y’know what? that’s about it. I’ll update this shit as and when, y’allzzz.

Do you ever wish that your life had, like… worked out completely differently?