Life's about experiences. These are mine.
It’s been a long time coming but we finally got to see Elvis Costello last night. We had initially been scheduled to see him play May 2012 but the gig was cancelled due to Costello losing his voice. When it was finally rescheduled it was for 13 months later! Given that the last time I …
Case Histories is a TV series based on the books of Kate Atkinson about the private detective Jackson Brodie and set in the beautiful city of Edinburgh It is a marvellous series spoilt only by there not being enough of them. The second run that has just finished had only three 90 minute episodes. There’s a …
For some reason Reading doesn’t seem to attract many big name bands to play in the town, probably because it is so close and easy to get to London where everyone plays. So that Simple Minds played here was a big deal. It was odd turning out to the Hexagon last Thursday to find queues …
For those that are still willing to listen I will happily tell them that my all time favorite album is Strange Kind of Love by Love & Money. I first saw them while at Uni in about 1986 and then not again until they reformed in 2011. However, over the years I have continued to buy what …
I know that the title sounds like it should be about the next Apple operating System release but they are actually a band from Glasgow (there is definitely in why so much music comes from North of the border but that’s for another time). Have a listen to the below, reminds me a little of Snow Patrol which …
Last night I went to see the excellent Justin Currie (ex Del Amitri) play the equally excellent Arlington Arts Centre on the outskirts of Newbury and I had intended this to be a post about that but actually I am going to blog about the people that pay for a ticket, get pissed during the …
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Great new video from The Dandy Warhols but I’m not sure that the Blackpool tourist board will approve!
A couple of weekends ago I attended my first music in, well, decades. In the intervening period things have got in the way of attending any other festivals, such as work, children and liking my creature comforts. So when the opportunity to attend Weyfest presented itself I was keen as: a) the line-up was good, …
Trevor Horn is one of my favourite musicians/producers having worked on so many albums that I have loved. Now he is working with a number of others, including 10CC’s Lol Creme, collectively called The Producers. As part of the build up to the release of The Producers album an amazing video has been put up …