May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The Roundhouse is probably the handiest venue for me currently. A short journey on the Thameslink rail line from Luton to Kentish Town station and then a 20 minute walk from there to the venue. Easy! I arrived early enough, around 7.20pm. Support act Matt Maltese wasn’t due on until 8pm. I found myself stood…
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I have never seen so much live music in a single year. In fact, I saw more live music in 2018 than I have seen previously in all my adult life. The year started with a album launch “all ages” show by Franz Ferdinand in Kingston-upon-Thames in early February, and was quickly followed by FOUR…
It was bonfire night, 1980, and Jim recalls it like it’s 2016! (Coincidentally…my first ever visit to Glasgow was that night – Bonfire night, 2016…I had a bankside view of the Clyde from my hotel window and I could see fireworks going off all over from the view I had of the city there. It…
It’s lovely to hear him talk. And good to hear the descriptions of the songs from him. The interview was being conducted by Q’s Editor In Chief and he wasn’t the most natural of interviewers. Not that I can pass judgement! On the way back to St Pancras, I started to cry…which is just so…
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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…
I left the house at 5.15pm in the vain hope I’d be dropped off at Luton Airport Parkway station for the 5.35pm train to Kentish Town. I got to the station at 5.26…and I needed to buy my ticket and make it over to the platform. With TWO MINUTES to spare, I bloody made it!…
Saturday, November 10th, should now be retitled “Smuterday”. Lol. At least at the BFI in London, anyway. Through October and November, they are holding a “Comedy Genius” season…included is a day of Great British smut. Eh, eh? You know ya wanna watch it! I would…watch it, that is. Lol. May just have to make a…
These guys really have been my new find and love over the summer. If it had not been for the Green Man festival and seeing some of their set there, I may not have discovered them. But, boy, am I glad I did! Sadly, at the moment, Brian is off the tour with Arctic Monkeys,…
A little thing… Wednesday night’s trip to London to see Thumpasaurus? The easiest way there to the venue was to get the train in to St Pancras and then get to Oxford Circus from there. Since 2006, I can count on one hand the number of times I have taken the Tube. I have avoided…
I went to this gig with very little knowledge of the band. I had heard Mental Karate several weeks back on Billy Sloan’s show on BBC Radio Scotland and loved what I’d heard. He then played it again a few Saturday’s back and it had been stuck in my head as a constant earworm since….
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