"Drop-in and Chill Out"

‘TAKE A CHILL PILL, JARMIN!’ Written March 2001, Adapted and Edited October 2023 They say people get mellower as the years go by.  Well, for me, I would argue the opposite is true.  I originally wrote this piece two decades ago, it is about my feelings towards the way commercialisation has influenced television.  Over the… Continue reading OCTOBER 2023 BLOG:

An Introduction Blog, July 2023 Many years ago (1999-2005), I was the proud editor of the Wirral Mind Fountain Club’s ‘A Peace of Mind’ Magazine.  A publication which was run by and for the people who needed the mental health services of Wirral Mind.  When I took over this position, I felt my main objective… Continue reading ‘JARMIN’S THOUGHTS’

February 2023 ‘LETTER TO MY YOUNGER SELF’ February 2023 Looking back on our lives is something we all do, for the bad and the good.  For me, although hard, it’s been therapeutic.  Quite often, throughout this process, I’ve been able to make sense of difficult periods, and move forward in my life.  As my missus… Continue reading ‘LETTER TO MY YOUNGER SELF’

Part Two At the end of the first instalment of this two-part blog, I briefly mentioned hearing a song which would be a great influence on my creativity.  I first heard this song in December 1988, in Central London, whilst I was waiting for my brother outside the Virgin Megastore. The track in question is… Continue reading ‘FROM ANARCHY TO PSYCHEDELIA’

Part One This blog is a bit of a weird one, which involved me discovering a blockbuster of a song after almost getting arrested on Westminster Bridge, London.  This event typifies the type of thing that has happened to me in my life. At the time, late 1988, I was studying at Portsmouth Art School,… Continue reading ‘ANARCHY TO PSYCHEDELIC’