NEW PODCAST: 063 - GOOD LUCK TO 'EM

Just 2 man up with Darryl this week, briefly discussing as much as we could cram in. Haircuts, Pistorius, Harry Potter, spin offs, Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose, Judy Finnigan and her victim blaming, Chris Brown's ebola tweet, how to pronouce 'Rolo' all get covered alongside our first ever Listeners Topics Quickfire Round. All on this weeks podcast!

 

RICKEDLAND

I love this kind of hip hop man, real old shcool story telling. Listen to how heart felt the chorus is:

"VIP at the Special Olympics, eatin' a shrimp dish
Screaming at Jim Jim from the benches, "you can do it champ
This what we trained for"
But he placed fourth, the saddest day in August"

NEW PODCAST: 062 - FRANKS SEGWAY

Back with Frank and Brad after a little while away talking Ebola, spiders, chimps, various nutters around the world, bendy iPhones and U2. Enjoy!

 

CHUMBLR 024

Heeey, back with a few cool bits I've seen or enjoyed recently. I think the world can be pretty good sometimes.

So Future Islands first came into my life in a H&M in Uppsala, Sweden. Me and my friend George heard 'Balance' and I feel in love with the song and lived happily ever after. The album disappointed a little so I never looked further into them. Fast forward 5 years and somebody posts them performing 'Seasons' from the new album live and I'm hooked again. It's a fucking gem, I love this straight, synth pop. So so good.

This is my favourite song off the new album at the minute. Listen to this. Isn't it just gorgeous.

The way print takes to beermats is a nice little thing in life isn't it

SHOUT TO MERO EVERY TIME

Stormzy is one of the next to blow, along with Novelist. They're already knocking about with Boy Better Know. Stormzy's yotuube channel is special, he's a really talented guy. Check this out.

End it with a nice little K Swiss poster. Remember when everyone started wearing them in school? That was mental haha

WXCKXDLXND

IM CONFUSED

I've let myself down somewhat. The golden standard for this year of wickedland has been 10 posts per calendar month. Last month is the first month so far this year that I haven't reached 10. I guess a combination of going away, missing a couple podcasts and laziness.

Anyway, I saw a guy wearing a Skepta Russian hat. That'll never not be remarkable to me.

I went to O tree with Darryl for lunch. It was really nice, as ever but for some fucking bright reason they decided to put both of our portions of chips into one bowl. Why do places do this? Why do they think that's a cool thing to do? Are you aiming to save on washing up? Because fuck that, that's not a good enough answer. It pissed me off so much. I'll buy everyone in the pub chips, but if there is one thing I don't like when eating it's not knowing out of the food on the table what is my food. I don't want to be made to feel bad or watched every time I have a chip.

Pollo? Do you understand this? Can anybody help?

I was working at the freshers fair Monday and Tuesday. Pretty good fun.

I don't get these guys. They were recruiting for the army. It's like they're fully grown kids playing dress up. Walking around with fake guns. You'd think they would be more cautious before they let a couple of white people enter a place of education full of people with firearms.

If you are lucky enough to work at Dominoes you have a contractual obligation to not eat anything else ever. SPESHLY other fast food. Unacceptable.

KA convoy. You into that? Shame I didn't get a better photo, only caught it at the last minute. This has got to be pretty rare right? I wonder if the drivers clocked it.

After buying bar crawl T shirts these indian lads lined up and asked Michelle (one of our stage dancers) for photographs. It was so funny haha

Oz went and worded the Dominoes guys nicely and came through with the pizza for us. I don't know many people who can talk their way into great situations the way Oz can. We celebrated the end of the Freshers Fair with a lot of pizza.

I got a new toy! I bought a camera to start recording shorts for Wickedland again and taking photos of stuff. I'm sick of being forced to use my photo when I go on Holiday or whatever. Looking forward to using it.

Is that good then? As soon as I stopped her to ask for a photo, even before I got a chance to speak she instantly froze up and said 'I don't really!' hahaha

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WICKED FOODS AND WICKED MOODS

Yooooo we back, we back. I didn't realise how long it's been since I did a diary post! Nearly two weeks. Let's go

I love how much young asian people love technology. Imagine how amerced in it their culture must be given how saturated ours is and we don't love it nearly as much as they do. Young asian people taking photos of everything on their iphones.

Checked out that new(ish) Turkish meze place on Braunstone gate the other day with Tom. It's pretty good, no Istanbul though. They do serve beer though, so good news for all you guys who like a pint with dinner.

I went to my Aunties house for a party the next day. It was my cousins girlfriends birthday party. Kerrie is a vegetarian, so most of the food was vegetarian. My auntie Sue come through with the vegetable curry, real real stuff for everyone. It was so nice, I took so much away.

My Auntie Mel did this bit of pork that had been cooked in cider and the top had been covered in a honey glaze. Jesus, it was so soft. I can't image seeing this and choosing to not eat meat. Ethics gone, everything gone.

Did you see that article Leicester Mercury published about places with 0 food hygiene ratings? Peri Peri Narborough road was on there. They've got an open kitchen that looks pretty clean, and they've not been shut down. Plus I ate there 3/4 times a week at one point in my life. I can only assume that you can instantly get awarded a 0 food hygiene rating if they find (for example) meat out of cold storage or something. Where as I can imagine these Peri guys getting the chicken out ready, knowing they'll get through X amounts of breasts before they close. Either way, me and Max rolled the next day as a show of solidarity.

RELAX MATE. Will these kind of sun glasses never not be hilarious?

Still the leader of the new school.

Imagine leading the sort of life where you had to pretend to be into this shit. Even the fucking packaging makes them look as bland as possible. despite being into keeping fit and working out and whatever I'm so glad I don't force myself to choke down stuff like this. A 6 pack would be nice, but a 6 pack of Snickers bars is undoubtably nicer.

EVERY. FUCKING. TIME. Look at this fucking dumb dumbs basket. Loose fruit, alcohol, more than a few bits. Taking the piss out of my life. Why the fuck did she think she would queue up for the self service? The store was rammed and the other check out assistants were busy too, so every time she fucked up it took ages for someone to come over and correct her mistakes. I swear we need licenses for these fucking machines.

She left her receipt, I obviously took a photo for your viewing pleasure. What made her think, with this basket that she would use this checkout? Honestly it makes me so mad, man. Double scanning items and shit. Fuck meeeeeee. YOU SHOULDN'T BE BUYING SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER IN A TESCO EXPRESS

ANYWAY! That night I made fajitas, and I had loads of stuff left over. The next day for lunch I made some toasted sandwiches with all the lovely bits inside. These were seriously so so good.

It's always a ramping ting when I'm around Lenny. Nah, shout to him though. The only cat that knows not to fucking touch me.

My sisters and Mum had never seen the Miguel leg drop video before the other night. Me and Curtis sat there dyyyinnggg at their reaction as they watched it for the first time haha.

Heeeeey! The day after Leicesters 5-3 thumping of Manchester United I saw Leonardo Ulloa in town! Had to get a photo with him, I felt kind of star struck haha. He was so tall in real life, quite a presence.

This shit is infuriating me at the minute. This guy is playing jazz flute with a backing track. You know how obnoxious that is? Who the fuck even likes that fucking sound? What is going through his head? Even with fucking in ear headphones I still can't drown out the sound of this cunt.

So rude man, in any other instance if you force something upon someone senses it's considered rude and evasive, but as soon as you're in the street playing music loudly everyone is just fine with it. This shit needs to stop.

Cillar had a wicked flat party the other night in her third year house. We were all going back to back on her laptop playing music off it. It was good fun!

I went to see T Pain with Brad at Republic last night. I didn't really know what to expect. I never do when these huge American artists do club PAs. He did a 45 minute set of all his classics and loads of covers and whatever, just having loads of fun. I forgot how many bangers he has, or has featured on. I've been listening to Rappa Ternt Sanga his first album loads recently so I really enjoyed it. He looked like he was having fun on stage, dancing around and whatever, it was pretty good.

BU BU BAAAANG THAT'S HOW WE WICKEDLAND! See you again soon no doubt, thanks for popping by. Feel free to leave a comment at the side in the new comment box!

RESTAURANT REVIEW: ROCK IN DINER

Last Saturday night me and Max went along to check out that new American diner on Narborough road called 'Rock In Diner.' From the outside it looked like they'd really spend some time and money doing the place up, and it was of course the plot that was the ever so successful Al's diner back in the 90s/early 00s. Here's my review.

NAME: ROCK IN DINER

LOCATION: 2 SAXON STREET (OFF NARBOROUGH ROAD), LEICESTER LE3 0BL.

ATMOSPHERE: It's a pretty small, intimate plot and kind of because of that it had a really good feel for it. It's still pretty new and it felt like the buzz hadn't worn off. Everyone was happy to be there and checking it out. A couple of dates, a few asian families and some grebs made up the client base and classic American music (The Beach Boys and Sam Cooke among others) pumped out of a free jukebox you could pick music off. The staff were al really friendly and it was genrally a good vibe. Me and Max hung around for a little while after eating and I guess that's always a good sign. 9/10

The drinks range was what you would typically expect from an american place.

DECOR: The decor was amazing, this is where they had really pulled it out of the bag. From the classic neon lights outside to the checkerboard diner floor to the red leather booths it really looked the part. Little details were so on point like the little red baskets they served fries in and the little memorabilia they had up on the ways. They have spared no expense here and it really looked the part. 10/10

FOOD: The food was pretty good too! They had a real wide range on the menu, so I guess you can kind of get whatever you want. The fires were good with a little cajun spice on them, the burgers were really good and they all had pretty nice ingredients in. Max had Nachos with salsa, jalapeños and cheese and a mexican chicken burger meal, I had a nacho burger (similar to Maxs nanchos but in a bun with a quarter pounder) and some onion rings on the side. When I asked for some nancho cheese on my fries they obliged free of charge which was nice. Meals came with a side (think KFC sides) and a drink. 8/10

SERVICE: The guys were fantastic. From repeating your order back to you after putting it in (A little thing that I always like) to obliging with our little extra bits to popping over 2 warmed wet towels when we had almost finished you could see that this business meant a lot to the guys who were working there. We collared the main bloke, told him we had really enjoyed our meal and the diner and he told us it was 10 years in the making. You could tell they were obviously proud of it and have got off on the right food in terms of keeping the service standards high. My one criticism would be that our food took a little while to come out, so don't visit if you're in a rush. We were probably waiting 20 minutes, but with the nice music and settings it wasn't such a bad thing. 8/10 

PRICE: The price was a great sell too, as I'm sure you can see from the menu. I was absolutely stuffed and spent £7.50ish on a burger, onion rings, fries, beans and two drinks whilst Max spend £8.50ish on a burger, nanchos, fries, beans and two drinks. You can't moan at that, it's legit the same prices as a big boy McDonalds and we could see from the kitchen it's all cooked from scratch to order. Nose over the menu, You'll see right the way through it's all kept low. Even the milkshakes and deserts are do-able and you'd be looking at around a tenner all in. 9/10

You could pick songs for free off an all american playlisted Jukebox

CONCLUSION: We were both really impressed with this place, I'm kind of annoyed it's moved in a couple of years after I've moved out of the area. If I was still around this way it could be a weekly visit situation. For the price of a McDonalds it's so worth it and the actual place itself had a really nice vibe. Narborough road tend to struggle with change and don't really take to new things, but with the huge asian community around that area (that tend to love american food places) hopefully it'll be a success. Look at Instanbul and the other Turkish meze places, they've really settled in well. If our night there was anything to go by then I've got a feeling it's going to stick around. At half the price and with better food and service, the near by Tinsletown could be in big trouble with this new competition just down the road. Fantastic.

FINAL MARK: 44/50