Hansel In Vegas!
Ah, well that explains all of Gordy’s “blue steel” work going on! He knew Hansel (aka Owen Wilson) was in the building! Lol Awesome, dude… https://www.instagram.com/p/BpOYE51lPty/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=mc3fwsunmu5m
Tag: 2018
Brothel Creeping At The Shops For DMs
The gang have been out shopping today…minus Charles B, it seems. Jim and Gordy both bought variations of “brothel creepers” – no more to be said there! Lol Sarah said she bought THREE PAIRS – Cherisse bought two. Did Ged buy any? Not sure whether he was alluding to being of such ample foot, he…
Love Is Magic – John Grant (Review-ish)
I’ve not bought the album yet and had my first listen to it proper on Spotify last night. This won’t be a strict review, just a general mulling over of my first impressions. I was already familiar with three tracks, the title track, He’s Got His Mother’s Hips and Is He Strange. At last week’s…
Theatre Marquee Signs
One of the things that keeps capturing my imagination on this American tour are those wonderful marquee signs that many of the venues in the USA still use. It’s a simple advertising technique, but it looks really beautiful in its odd way. Maybe it’s just a nostalgia thing on my part? But I just find…
Cleveland Review And Photos
Echo And The Funnymen?! Lol – brilliant typo. A great set of photos with the review. All credit to Scott Sandberg. Click on the wonderful image of Jim to see the rest and read the short review. This man… *sigh*
Hey, TC&I – Are You “Making Plans”?
A wonderfully worded piece from Iain Lee in the latest issue of Record Collector, talking to Colin Moulding and Terry Chambers on their new work and their imminent gigs as…well…near enough to XTC as anyone is ever to likely see on a stage…in Swindon, of course.
Washington Minds
A great “showcase” montage clip of SM at the 9:30 Club in Washington. Starting to think that, if I had been able to get to one North American gig…this would have been the one to go to. Sounds amazing…and the intimacy of the venue! Never seen them anywhere quite that small. I suppose the smallest…
Q The Grant…
Off to London shortly to see John Grant give a talk to Q Magazine about his imminent release of Love Is Magic. Looking forward to it. I have my GMF fan group badge on and all…
Nashville’s “Crowded Swallow Skies”.
And they very well COULD be North American tree swallows! Swallows in America flock and perform murmurations similar to European starlings. Oh, wouldn’t that be wonderful if SM actually had “crowded swallow skies” above them? God, I’m such a romantic, sentimental fool. But…I couldn’t think of anything more beautiful… *tears* View this post on Instagram…
Hello Cheeky!
I love intimate backstage shots like this… This one is akin to those shots of him, Charlie and Mick. The ones I started a painting on and just aborted cos it was shit…like all the other shit I do. Photo by theparietaleye