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Asten Does Nostalgia

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Where nostalgia meets chaos, and Daisy won’t shut up about it

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  • Kerching Lied to Us About Money (And We Loved It Anyway)

    Looking back, Kerching was wildly unrealistic. A group of kids running full-on money-making schemes.Fake products. Big ideas. Confident pitches.Absolutely zero adults asking sensible questions. And somehow… they never got caught. No police.No school consequences.No “hang on, where did this money come from?” chat. In the world of Kerching, consequences simply didn’t exist. And the wildest… Read more

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  • I’ve Met Basil Brush

    I’ve met Basil Brush. That sounds dramatic, but actually, it was just… nice. No big build-up. No surreal moment where time stopped. Just one of those experiences that quietly clicks into place and stays there. I first discovered Basil when I was off sick — CBBC on low, sofa day, nothing else to do. The… Read more

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  • The First Thing I Watched on the New CBBC Channel

    I remember when CBBC became its own channel. It felt like a big deal — like something had shifted.New idents. New energy. That sense that this wasn’t just kids’ TV anymore, but our space. And the very first thing I watched on the brand new CBBC channel was S Club 7 in Miami. Which, honestly,… Read more

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  • Pop Nonsense Mode™: Low-Stakes Edition

    Not every pop song needed to be deep. Some songs existed purely because someone, somewhere, said:“Yeah, this is fine.” No big promo.No emotional arc.No legacy plan. Just… vibes. This is low-stakes pop — the songs that weren’t trying to change your life, but still absolutely lived on your CD player for reasons nobody can fully… Read more

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  • Sick Day TV: The Accidental Comfort Schedule

    There was something quietly magical about being off school sick in the 00s. Not hospital sick.Just sick enough to stay home, wrapped in a blanket, with a mug of squash and the TV on low volume. Daytime kids’ TV hit differently on sick days. It wasn’t the big after-school shows everyone talked about — it… Read more

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  • Why Pop Is Undoubtedly the Best Genre

    Pop gets such a bad reputation for something that does its job perfectly. It’s catchy. It’s emotional. It’s dramatic. It’s fun.And most importantly? It understands people. Pop isn’t trying to be impressive. It’s trying to be felt. Pop understands joy Pop music knows how to make happiness loud. It doesn’t whisper it behind metaphor or… Read more

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  • Pop Archaeology: Digging Up “Can You Feel It”

    Last night, something genuinely unhinged happened. I found Can You Feel It by Avenue on YouTube. Not a remix. Not a cover. Not a “this sounds a bit like it” situation. The actual song. The one my brain has been carrying around since I was about 15. The one I assumed had quietly vanished into… Read more

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  • Deserved Better: Allstars

    I will die on this hill: Allstars deserved so much better than they got. They had: They weren’t ironic.They weren’t edgy.They were just… nice. And I think that’s why they didn’t last. Pop culture at the time wanted attitude or chaos or gimmicks —but Allstars turned up with sincerity, matching outfits, and songs that sounded… Read more

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  • Things I Think About When I’m Fed Up (Part Two)

    When I’m fed up, my brain doesn’t want answers.It wants familiarity.It wants things that don’t ask anything of me. I think nostalgia isn’t about wanting to go back —it’s about remembering that comfort exists,and it’s allowed to be simple. Sometimes that’s enough to get me through the day. Read more

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  • Things I Think About When I’m Fed Up

    Being fed up doesn’t always need fixing.Sometimes it just needs nostalgia, low expectations,and the knowledge that pop-ups can’t hurt me anymore. Read more

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