Matt Anniss

Pet Shop Boys first remix album, Disco, turns 40 next month. That gave me an excuse to revisit and re-contextualise it, musing on the evolution of the remix album and the relationship between dance and pop in the 80s. jointhefuture.net/2026/09/23/r...

The world’s first football club, born on this day in 1857. Fun fact: their rivalry with Hallam FC (who still play at the same ground, Sandygate) is also the world’s oldest football derby. Originally known as the “rules derby” (I think) as they played by Sheffield rules

Big Phil Clement currently giving his usual pre-match #ncfc press conference. This quote caught my eye, re: Kenny McLean setting the tempo for the team “for years”. This is part of the problem - we have nobody else that can do that as it stands. Poor planning from Knapper and co

Such a great album, this - Neil and Chris at their most poignant and melancholic. Sold relatively poorly as not “up” enough but a fantastic album that should have sold more

Some chase by Sri Lanka in this ODI - I’ve bot seen much of it, but in the few overs I have seen there has been some dreadful bowling by England (Curran particularly poor). Also, lack of death bowling - I mean, why part time spinners in the last 10?

What a thoroughly insane ODI innings from Harry Brook - first England men’s player to hit a double century and the quickest of all time, off just 114 balls (!). Just the 429 to England in total 😳

Some astonishing gaslighting today from the Fagash Fuhrer. Apparently reform racists caught out by ITV all came from the Conservatives and therefore it is not Fagash’s fault. Nothing to do with the dog whistle foghorn he carries around and uses daily, then, or Reform’s racist policies.

The Rugby League World Cup starts today and there’s currently a fantastic men’s game going on between Australia and New Zealand. Sadly if you’re in the UK you likely won’t see or hear much about it because it is behind a paywall on Premier Sports - a channel subscribed to by about 4 people.

Old man dance music moan of the day: young producers, stop calling your bootleg remixes “edits”. They’re remixes. An edit primarily rearranges existing material. Adding a familiar vocal to a tune of your own is not an edit, it’s a remix.

All of it or just a boner part?

“A fiver on the lettuce”

“Liz Truss is a moron”

Vehicle dumper (yes, the saga continues) slept in the office of his weird falling down business last night, presumably to be here to move vehicles for the road works today (which he hasn’t yet). He did have to move one of his trailers earlier so my housemate sarcastically yelled “so it does move!”

Inspired by your amazing story of Disco, I bookended my show, The Sunset Soiree, last night with 2 tracks from my aged copy. Thanks. www.mixcloud.com/DJ_Joshua/su...

“I don’t want to change the world A nor’easter’s hit New England Are you looking for another storm?”

Just look at the sheer volume of coppers needed to protect their cop shop from the balaclava-clad fash agitators rallying around the clown. Until such time as there is a crackdown / effort to show these meatheads their behaviour is unacceptable, they will be emboldened and it will get worse

The first PSBs album I ever bought (went and bought Please three days later). Dubbed them both on to a C90: Disco makes me think of icy dark evenings, and the Latin Rascals' mix of Opportunities really annoyed my parents - like it was punk. Enjoyed this piece by @sellbydave.bsky.social a great deal.

Morales Red Zone nix for the win! Also, the B-side, ‘it must be obvious’, is great

Musical noise for your ears incoming - the latest #JoinTheFuture show on Noods Radio airs today (Weds 23rd) at 15:00 BST. This one includes UK techno legend Dave Angel talking about his first album in 15 years, plus lots of ace music old and new

I say tools like Osbourne, who hops from company to company taking huge pay cheques while “opening doors” are holding back Britain. What’s the betting that at least one of the companies he takes dollar from has a vested interest in the building of more bloody data centres?

Conversation on the radio about Sky’s new “what would happen behind closed doors if the uk was attacked” show, The Wargame. Clearly it cannot be very accurate because Michael Gove plays the role of Prime Minister

Well, it makes a change from “I asked Nigel Farage who we should believe, him or him”

The one time I went to Louder Than Words I really enjoyed it, but the lack of discussion of the growing number of books about dance music culture - of which there are now loads - IMHO has been an issue for some time. Maybe the time is right for an equivalent festival for electronic music literature

Non controversial opinion: Deep Dish’s original, epic, instrumental only ‘Stay Gold’ version is better. Also, the David Morales mix ok the flip of this sounds like he tossed it off in a couple of hours.

Cordoba has been so off it this season. He is far too casual on the ball and gets caught out by attackers a lot. Was very good under PC last season but pretty much useless since returning from the World Cup (and changing his haircut, which I am happy to blame for his downturn in form). #ncfc