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Well, it's a solution to my track 18 problem, but it's a very confusing one. https://open.spotify.com/album/6vKRQTicFjg6jKhQQ1G0Ei?si=0oqw6aVpQB2A2ePw1OTExA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3rWYffxEyI

Commented Jan 24, 2021 on The Devil Set My Takkies On Fire: Pick Of The Year 2020 at Spank The Monkey

Oh, that's a nice touch - I saw he was narrating, didn't spot that he was in it too. And, as you probably know, Chuck himself is serving behind the bar. https://twitter.com/vashikoo/status/1017649512234475521

Commented Jan 7, 2021 on Simian Substitute Site for January 2021: Year Of The Monkey at Spank The Monkey

Yeah, sorry about that: I liked the visual style, but the song really didn't do it for me. In my defence, I'd suggest that the BAA is a major part of this country's animation scene, and there should be more than just one internet rando writing reviews of the films in the Public Choice section - why isn't anyone else doing this? Anyway, here's the link again so the rest of you can judge for yourselves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kbvsClU12Q

Commented Jan 7, 2021 on British Animation Awards 2020 at Spank The Monkey

The BBG has pointed out that I forgot to mention one of the highlights of Japan Matsuri Presents. Minyo Crusaders are a band that performs old Japanese folk songs, but in the musical styles of every country in the world other than Japan. https://minyocrusaders.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-japan

Commented Oct 6, 2020 on Simian Substitute Site for October 2020: The Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center at Spank The Monkey

As you can imagine, Sheffield Doc/Fest 2020 is looking rather different from the 2019 edition. For one thing, it's all online so you don't even need to go to Sheffield any more. https://selects.sheffdocfest.com/

Commented Jun 11, 2020 on Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 at Spank The Monkey

This'll blow your mind: scroll down any amount from the top of any page, and watch out for the blue arrows that appear at the bottom left and bottom right corners...

Commented Oct 6, 2019 on Spank's LFF Diary, Wednesday 02/10/2019 at Spank The Monkey

Ah, balls, it's closed again. https://kmflett.wordpress.com/2019/09/29/brewdog-angel-permanently-closed/

Commented Sep 30, 2019 on BrewDogging #24 v2: Angel at Spank The Monkey

Kat - Full maps of the Mile do exist out there - like this one https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1qOln6LfuHW_qZWVVvWzA6-rYlHQ&ll=51.498415722518835%2C-0.07049506088253565&z=16 - but our thinking was that it's far too big and rapidly-changing nowadays for a single map to cover it sensibly. That's why we've chosen to plot a series of individual maps between one bar and the next - click on the distance figures above to pull those up.

Commented Jun 26, 2019 on The Bermondsey Beer Mile: An Unofficial Introduction at The Bermondsey Beer Mile

Press release from uBrew, dated yesterday. So it wasn't *exactly* a refurb, then... http://ubrew.cc/SOP/UBREW%20-%20PRESS%20RELEASE%20.pdf

Commented Jun 26, 2019 on uBrew at The Bermondsey Beer Mile

Warren - My guess would be that most of them will be closed - a lot of them don't open on Mondays anyway, and it wouldn't make much difference whether it was a Bank Holiday or not. Bear in mind a lot of these places are working breweries first, bars second, and they like to take holidays too! Still, each bar is a separate case and will have their own plans. Probably best to check their individual websites and associated social media feeds and see what their plans are.

Commented Apr 14, 2019 on The Bermondsey Beer Mile: An Unofficial Introduction at The Bermondsey Beer Mile

Luke - Thanks for letting us know. I've put a placeholder on this page for the new bar, and we'll pop round to review it at some point in the near future. Best of luck to them/you (delete as appropriate).

Commented Apr 14, 2019 on The Bermondsey Beer Mile: An Unofficial Introduction at The Bermondsey Beer Mile

Well, this doesn't look good. http://beerinsider.com/statement-from-andrew-morgan-founder-the-bottle-shop/

Commented Mar 25, 2019 on The Bottle Shop at The Bermondsey Beer Mile

Clemmie - hope you're happy with the compromise of keeping Bone Daddies in here, but making it clearer it's a restaurant rather than a brewery or bar. Don't forget to eat, readers!

Commented Mar 2, 2019 on The Bermondsey Beer Mile: An Unofficial Introduction at The Bermondsey Beer Mile

Sam - I think Hawkes would be your best bet: their upstairs room with big telly did a roaring trade during the World Cup last year, and it looks like they're planning to do the same with the rugby. https://www.facebook.com/events/1997523987213949/ The version of this comment I posted earlier today concluded with this sentence: "As far as I know, the only other bar on the Mile that's ever shown an interest in televised sport is London Calling Sweden, though I suspect that would only be useful here if Sweden suddenly became one of the Six Nations." Well, my apologies to the Swedes, because it looks like they're showing it too. https://londoncallingsweden.com/the-2019-six-nations/

Commented Jan 29, 2019 on The Bermondsey Beer Mile: An Unofficial Introduction at The Bermondsey Beer Mile

Cassius - To give each of your points the attention it deserves: - There was a mix-up on our part between 98 Druid Street (the old home of The Kernel) and 118 Druid Street (currently home of Anspach & Hobday). That's now been corrected in the post. -

Commented Dec 28, 2018 on Fourpure at The Bermondsey Beer Mile

James (assuming you're both the same James) - Yes, we've checked you out this month and liked what we saw. Post has been updated accordingly.

Commented Dec 28, 2018 on The Barrel Project at The Bermondsey Beer Mile

IanD - Noted, thank you. We've updated the post to say so.

Commented Dec 28, 2018 on Hiver / All Good Beer at The Bermondsey Beer Mile

Richard - We're on it, thanks! See new Cloudwater post as of 28/12/2018.

Commented Dec 28, 2018 on The Bermondsey Beer Mile: An Unofficial Introduction at The Bermondsey Beer Mile

Rebecca - Yes, quite a few of the bars are open on multiple nights. Because all of them open on Saturday, and that's the traditional day when people do Beer Mile tours, we initially decided to just give the opening times for that day. We've now updated the pages to indicate which bars are open on other days of the week. Be sure to check with the bars themselves, though, as they do sometimes change their times without updating their websites (or without telling us, the self-obsessed rotters).

Commented Dec 28, 2018 on The Bermondsey Beer Mile: An Unofficial Introduction at The Bermondsey Beer Mile

Sensible answer: they'd have put us on different flights. Stupid answer: one of us on the inside of the helicopter, one on the outside.

Commented Nov 21, 2018 on Get To Da Choppah at Spank The Monkey

Missing you both! (Though you could actually *do* something about that, Old Lag.)

Commented Oct 13, 2018 on London Film Festival 2018 at Spank The Monkey

Some sad news: Aimar, the guy behind the bar at BrewDog Tallinn who made us feel like long-time regulars after we'd been there for just two days, passed away last weekend. https://www.instagram.com/p/BlaNDgyl0nB/?igshid=1j6ogmh9kte91

Commented Jul 20, 2018 on BrewDogging #52: Tallinn (Nordic Expedition II part 4) at Spank The Monkey

This post has now grown up into this site: http://www.bermondsey-beer-mile.co.uk

Commented Jul 17, 2018 on Bermondsey Beer Mile: The Wrong Way at Spank The Monkey

To answer the question posed at the end of the 2017 section: yes, yes it is. The Divine Comedy's live album Loose Canon is now available on Spotify, so the only track missing from the 2017 playlist is Michael Legge's bit of filth.

Commented Feb 16, 2018 on Spotify Picks Of The Year: The Tenties at Spank The Monkey

The competition result is here, although you can probably guess who's won it. http://spank-the-monkey.typepad.com/blog/2018/02/simian-substitute-site-for-february-2018-helping-hands-monkey-helpers.html

Commented Feb 1, 2018 on His Sonic Experiments With Robert Fripp: Pick Of The Year 2017 at Spank The Monkey