Month: August 2016
Photos And Ticket Stub: Newcastle City Hall, 1982
A lovely memento I got for myself on eBay last week. It’s a silly idea really, to buy things about a gig you never went to, but I loved the idea of having this pictures to look at and keep. They aren’t the best quality, for sure. Taken on a pokey 110 camera…but the intimacy…
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Tweekly FM Stats – Aug 30
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John Grant – The New King Of The Avant Garde?
Well, it must have started early in the year. Jim posted a John Grant song on St Patrick’s Day. It was called Pale Green Ghosts, and it was awesome! I left a comment saying as much, and that I needed me some more John Grant, he then posted a link to another John Grant song…
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And Whoosh! It Was Gone…
I hope I didn’t piss Sir off yesterday with my silly post…as the whole Stewart Lee post on SMO was taken down :-(( It was a fun piece, Sir! And you spent so much time refining it and refining it to then just delete it entirely? I hope it wasn’t because of my gentle ribbing?…
The Flinging Faust Tapes From The Flat Window!
Today I spied a clip from Stewart Lee about his meeting with the band Faust and some twisted vegeance for an incident that was steeped in some urban legend that he heard somewhere or other (he supposedly “learned it from a booook”), about Johnny And The Self Abusers and some Faust records. You can watch…
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Competition Time! Win A Mug!
It’s competition time again! How would you like to get your hands on this fantastic Simple Minds coffee mug? Let’s hear a favourite line from a Simple Minds song from you! It doesn’t have to be your favourite song….just a lyric that means something to you, stops and makes you think…or just gives you chills…
The Top 50 – Bowie Version!
My David Bowie Top 50. I have to say, it is MUCH HARDER to narrow down than Simple Minds…just because there is so much more work from David!
Drawing Of Mick MacNeil
Mick, as he looks in the Glittering Prize video (well, with my wonky, penciled hand anyway).