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3rd April 20227th April 2022 Dave GurmanDisplay, Music

A Big Fat Zero

On March 30th 2022 ExileFM lost one of its founding presenters and the world lost a minor musical maestro. Zero broadcast his first “Surface Noise” show (so called because everything he played came from hisContinue reading

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3rd October 20217th October 2021 Dave GurmanPolitics, Display, Jeremy Corbyn

Johnson/Starmer Vs Corbyn

This morning I was all set to have my breakfast before launching back into the same old same old, in multiple arguments on Faceache, debating the relative merits of Boorish Johnson, Jezza Corbyn and ShittyContinue reading

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6th September 20216th September 2021 Dave GurmanDisplay

HORROR TRIP

Squinting through tired itchy slits, I attempted to make sense of the blurred splashes of colour, light and form as they jerked and danced all round me. The panorama stretched out in super wide screen,Continue reading

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10th May 202110th May 2021 Dave GurmanShort stories, Display

Down on the Beach

For nearly two weeks it had become a kind of routine. I’d put my four year old son to bed, followed swiftly by my sixty-six year old mum. Then once they were safely tucked upContinue reading

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26th April 202126th April 2021 Dave GurmanMusic, Display, Playlist, Whispering DG

Playlist from Sunday 25th April 2021

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers / A Woman In Love (It’s Not Me) Gravey / Genius The Jesus & Mary Chain / Head On Curtis Mayfield / Soul Music Hall & Oates / I Can’tContinue reading

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19th April 2021 Dave GurmanMusic, Display, Playlist, Whispering DG

Playlist from Sunday 18th April 2021

Lou Rawls / You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine Franz Ferdinand / Sound And Vision Alison Moyet / Invisible The Rolling Stones / Honky Tonk Woman The Flying Burrito Brothers / Close Up TheContinue reading

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25th March 202125th March 2021 Dave GurmanShort stories, Display

Tommy’s Rent A Wreck

Tommy’s Rent A Wreck. Hell of a name; but it was a hell of an operation. Even if we hadn’t been on a tight budget, I’m sure Paul and Steve would’ve seen the appeal. ForgetContinue reading

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17th March 202119th March 2021 Dave GurmanDisplay, Motorcycles

Celtic Tiger

If you’re one of TRD’s new readers, welcome. I’ve got to say that it positively cooks my cockles, to think there are now more people utilising my literary efforts to while away their time onContinue reading

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22nd January 202124th October 2021 Dave GurmanObservation, Display

Fake Pandemic, Fake News!

It was gone ten this morning before I got an opportunity to say more than “would you like a coffee?” to my wife; and by that time she’d already been in a couple of remoteContinue reading

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30th December 202031st December 2020 Dave GurmanMusic, Display, Playlist

R.I.P. 2020

Ain’t Hurtin’ Nobody / John Prine October 10th 1946 – April 7th 2020 Tutti Frutti / Little Richard December 5th 1932 – May 9th 2020 Five Minutes / Stranglers ~ Dave Greenfield, keyboards March 29th 1949 – May 3rd 2020 IContinue reading

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