R.I.P Grange Hill by the way

I heard a lot of people talking about why it got canceled, saying it's harder to relate to kids lives these days, that you can't get away with real issues at 5:30, the kids are watching Nickelodeon etc. The reason Grange Hill got canceled is because everybody grew to hate it. The reason everybody grew to hate it is because it grew to suck. It sucked on whole new levels. To the point that they actually thought they'd burn the school down and relocate it to some imaginary place in the North so kids around the country wouldn't feel excluded from the show. Are you serious? I heard on the radio that in 1990 Grange Hill was pulling in 8million viewers. Coronation Street aside, nothing gets 8million viewers now. 1990 was about my era, through to maybe 1993-4, they were running stories about racism, gang violence, homelessness, teenage pregnancy, drugs, alcohol, drink driving, underage sex, all things I was faced with as a youth. I remember they did the same thing with Byker Grove, The Grove used to have some of the realest story lines on TV, everybody was going through something. PJ was blinded by a paintball, why are kids not allowed to see PJ get blinded by a paintball now? Are they that sissified? (word to Mr T) Or has the nanny state dictated what is and what isn't acceptable for kids to watch? The public service broadcaster that carried these two amazing shows destroyed realistic children's television from within, gentrified them to all hell and canceled them based on the ratings. It actually makes me angry to see the twee middle class bullshit they peddle (with a few exceptions) to kids in that slot now.

R.I.P kids with a grasp on reality.

That One Time [Grange Hill Video]

This has been on Youtube for a couple of weeks but I never posted it. I quite like it, I think the first verse works well but from then on it's not as good. I like the black kid in the first verse, he's cool as fuck.

That One Time [Akira The Don Remix]

Akira goes all the way Grange Hill on this hot remix of 'That One Time'. Download for free By right clicking and saving as here.

The photo above is from the first gig I ever did with Akira in 2006...maybe 2005 actually...I'm going to check...MySpace says Apr 7th 2006, we'd just recorded 'Oobie Doo (Will You Ever Love Me)' and that's what we performed. Good night actually. Mary got her phone stolen though.

That One Time Clip

I am tapping my nose right now.

That One Time Artwork

Feeling the Grange Hill motif?

1. That One Time
2. Boyspot
3. Fight or Flee
4. Formerly
5. That One Time Lillica Libertine Remix
6. That One Time Lizard Remix

July 7th!!!!