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Hummus

Hummus – cheap, easy, quick, nutritious and a vegan sandwich staple! What more could a hungry punk want?

Makes a decent bowlful for a few people to share

  • 1 400g can of chick peas (approx 250g cooked weight)
  • 1-2 tbs tahini (sesame paste)
  • 1-3 cloves of garlic, depending on how much you like garlic, peeled
  • 3 tbs olive oil (you can use veg oil or a mix of veg and olive if you’re poor)
  • 2 tbs water
  • Juice of one lemon
  • Salt & pepper

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Mushroom & Pea Risotto

Rice is a very versatile thing and makes a good base for both summer and winter meals. Risotto takes a little bit of effort during the cooking, but it’s nothing too excessive for the soft n’ creamy end result. You can easily vary the ingredients to change the experience quite dramatically. This particular version is quite ‘meaty’ without being too heavy, with a lovely fresh piquancy from the other bits and bobs.

Serves two people with good appetites.

  • 15ml olive oil
  • 15ml vegan margarine
  • 200g arborio (risotto) rice
  • 1 […]

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Rebel Yell

It’s nice to know that my efforts here have a positive knock-on effect elsewhere – just check out this email I received yesterday:

Hey, Randy from Insurgence Records here, hope this finds you doing well. Just wanted to say ‘Thanks!’ for the kind words you’ve written about Insurgence on the blog. It’s very much appreciated…honestly, blurbs like yours about, for example, the Fighting Chance package, make it all worth while 🙂 A pat on the back once in a while goes a long way!

I’ve also started up a new […]

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Merry Masscrust

When I got a bit of cash from my mum at Xmas, there was nothing I really wanted or needed at the time, so I decided to wait a bit for the right moment for it to play its part in the capitalist mode of exchange.

Extinction Of Mankind coloured vinylThat moment came in late February, when I was perusing the fine wares available at Profane Existence. I’d forgotten that they had decided to produce a ‘Vinyl Retentive’ series featuring special limited edition […]

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And For My Next Trick…

Ghost Buffalo 'The Magician' sleeveAnother one of my favourite micro-labels, Suburban Home, is offering their latest release, Ghost Buffalo’s ‘The Magician’, as a free download to the first 200 people to click the link in the post. They’re keen for people to hear it, hopefully like it, spread the word, and maybe buy a copy and encourage others to do so too.

Suburban Home are a quirky little outfit with close personal ties to ‘their’ artists, and obviously have a deep love […]

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All Guns Blazing

Fighting Chance – Sacrifice And Struggle (ltd. edition package)
Insurgence Records

Fighting ChanceAs I’ve probably said more than once before, I like to get my music delivered through the post. Not only does it mean I usually deal direct with the label or band, it’s cheaper, there are often freebies and, most importantly, I love getting a parcel through the letterbox when I least expect it.

This past weekend was no exception. My friendly postie knocked the door and, with her […]

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We STILL Fuckin’ Hate Thatcher!

Broadcaster: BBC Radio 4
Programme: In Living Memory
Broadcast date: 12.03.08
Size: 47.3mb

Oh how joyous it was to hear news last week that the old bag was taken ill. Sadly, she seems to have recovered, but it can’t be too long now surely? Apparently, she also has problems with her memory these days. Well, rest assured, I will NEVER forget what this hag did to me and my class. Unfortunately amnesia isn’t terminal, but I hope that she hurries up and dies in a suitably painful […]

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Public Service Announcement

My mate Rich stuck this in the comments but I thought it would get a bit more attention here. So if you’re in the southern England area and want a top night out amongst some friendly craggy faces, you could do a lot worse than shuffle into these boozers on the dates shown.

Sunday 2nd March

S.T.E. All Dayer:-

STAATHAAT (Dutch fast/slow rage)
CATHODE (Dutch CATHARSIS meets HIS HERO IS GONE)
THE SHITTY LIMITS
FACEL VEGA
YOU, ME & THE ATOM BOMB
CONSTANT STATE OF […]

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Better Read Than Dead

PE55 coverThe other day I spotted what could well turn out to be the bargain of the year, an annual sub of £18 for six issues of Profane Existence (via Active Rebellion, their UK distributor). The last time I picked up a copy of this, it was still a newspaper. Now it’s a proper magazine with a glossy full-colour cover artfully containing the acid-free paper inside (for the collector obsessives amongst us).

As well as an insightful article on water and global […]

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