If you ever wondered what those NME journalists from the 80s that aren't trying to rustle up a living fawning over Blur in ultimate wank-mag-for-pseudos Word (you know, the one for grey-hairs not brave enough to reach for The Oldie) are doing these days, Ian Penman's blog The Pill Box provides a clue.

Amongst other things, it seems, walking around their local branch of Waitrose wearing a Red Army badge, waiting for a reaction and feeling pretty bloody frustrated and bewildered when the world carries on in blissful ignorance. Quite a neat allegory for Penman's career at the NME, actually...

(link via Silent Words Speak Loudest)