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Timperley Sunsets and New York Mornings – In Conversation with Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson is a busy man, this Cardiff-born, New York-based writer, film-maker and broadcaster clearly juggling lots of big deadlines. But he was nothing less than charming and entertaining when we caught up via a web link from NYC this … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Domhnall Gleeson, Ewan McGregor, Frank Sidebottom, George Clooney, Jon Ronson, Maeve Higgins, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Man From Delmonte, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Fassbender, The Men Who Stare At Goats, The Psychopath Test, Them: Adventures with Extremists
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The Stranglers – Preston 53 Degrees
In the same way that the best football teams are built around a spine of experienced players, The Stranglers have never lost sight of their creative strengths. Clearly, they had to adapt big time to Hugh Cornwell’s departure in 1990, … Continue reading
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Tagged 53 Degrees, Baz Warne, Dave Greenfield, Duchess, Giants, Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Jet Black, Jim McAuley, No More Heroes, Preston, The Raven, The Stranglers
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Ruby celebrations showcase Stranglers’ survival instincts – the Jean-Jacques Burnel interview
Warning: this interview includes JJ Burnel’s own brand of industrial language in places, possibly explaining the derivation of the phrase, ‘excuse my French’. A note on The Stranglers’ website from Jean-Jacques Burnel reads: “On this, the occasion of our Ruby … Continue reading
Gary Numan / Roman Remains – Preston 53 Degrees
So there we were, seven dates into Gary Numan’s ‘intimate’ club tour, and another venue was feeling the love for this prime mover in electronica. And here was proof – if it were needed – that age has not sullied … Continue reading
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Tagged 53 Degrees, Are Friends Electric?, Dead Son Rising, Gary Numan, Liela Moss, Preston, Replicas, Roman Remains, Splinter, The Pleasure Principle
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Electric dreams still stirring emotions – the Gary Numan interview
It must have been on London’s Capital Radio when I first heard Tubeway Army, 35 years ago this month. I was only 11 at the time, yet already knew the charts inside out. But this was something else. With my transistor … Continue reading
Full frontal nerdity – out and about with the insatiably sci-curious Steve Mould
Can science and maths really be deemed cool or funny? And when do geeks and nerds become cult TV and touring successes? Gateshead-born small screen science experiment guy Steve Mould might just know the answers to those and many more … Continue reading
Where to now? Woking negotiating Conference Runaround
Remember children’s TV quiz Runaround, with gravel-voiced late great Mike Reid asking his young contestants to ‘runaround now!’ and decide which answer’s right, then form an orderly queue? Fast forward 35 years or so and I can see Woking FC … Continue reading
Fiestas, festivals, fracking, Frank and First World problems – Beans on Toast, with added crunch
I’m not usually one for Wikipedia entries, but for my latest interviewee the entry starts ‘Beans On Toast is a British folk singer. He sings about sex, drugs and politics.’ Go to his Facebook and Twitter pages and you can … Continue reading
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Tagged 53 Degrees, Beans on Toast, Bestival, Billy Bragg, Boomtown Fair, fracking, Frank Turner, Glastonbury, Glenn Tilbrook, Lizzie Bee, Mumford & Sons, Preston
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