Britpop’s hardy nearly man Luke Haines’ new album, Nine And A Half Psychedelic Meditations On British Wrestling of The 1970s and Early ‘80s, splices Proustian childhood memories with the spandex flare of naïve pre-WWF Saturday stage fights.
Cheap eighties keyboards burble and clatter. Ringside chants become meaningful mantras. Haines whispers intimately, often about sausages.
The former Auteur’s latest memoir, Post Everything, details failed attempts to pen a musical for Coldplay-loving commissioners at The National.
But this dayglo dishwater curio is a cult stage hit in embryo.
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Mearecate, Youtube
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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World Without End, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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John Robins, Comedian
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Tres Ryan, Twitter