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Mission accomplished … but the public service beat goes on
In which writewyattuk runs the rule over the eagerly-awaited debut LP from Public Service Broadcasting – Inform, Educate, Entertain … and discovers a ready-made classic. It’s always a nervous experience when a band you’ve learned to love during the incubation … Continue reading
Wilko Johnson – we salute you
WAS it really a month ago Madness were fighting off the bitter winter elements outside Broadcasting House, with their special guests including a certain guitar legend? You had to fear for Wilko Johnson on such a freezing cold night with … Continue reading
Record Store Day – beware the corporate take-over
I’LL start with an admission. I tend to buy quite a bit of my back-catalogue from charity shops these days. Then there’s a few I borrow from the library, my young, free and single era replaced by an almost-middle-aged, economical … Continue reading
Reasons to be Grateful, Part 53
OI OI! They may be missing the main man these days, but The Blockheads are going strong, judging by Friday night at Preston’s 53 Degrees. Cutting to the chase, Derek Hussey – familiar on-stage long before his promotion to front-man … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged 53 Degrees, Blockheads, Chaz Jankel, Dave Lewis, Derek Hussey, Ian Dury, John Roberts, Johnny Turnbull, Mickey Gallagher, Norman Watt-Roy, Preston, Wilko Johnson
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Hats off to James Herbert, a master of his art
THE kids of today have got it easy, of course. All that young adult fiction out there, waiting to be discovered. It wasn’t like that for my generation. My transition from Clive King’s Stig of the Dump and J. Meade … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio
Tagged Clive King, Colin MacInnes, J Meade Faulkner, James Herbert, London, Stephen King, Surrey, Sussex, The Rats, The Stranglers
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Neil Finn and Paul Kelly – Sydney Opera House
BLIMEY. Pushed out the boat a bit for this one, didn’t we? This blog’s just under a year old yet I’m already snapping up expenses-paid trips to New South Wales? Well, not quite. Besides, any writewyattuk profits go straight to hosts … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Adelaide, Buddy Holly, Crowded House, Moon River, Neil Finn, New Zealand, Paul Kelly, Split Enz, Sydney Opera House, Tana Umaga, Tim Finn
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Cardinal deliberations and Garry’s magic 50
ANYONE who’s listened to outwardly gruff, sometimes grouchy, occasionally gregarious Garry Hill’s post-match interviews this season will know he’s had a bit of a thing for that ‘magical 50-point mark’. With all due respect to the Woking FC boss, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Football, sport
Tagged Billy Knott, Brett Johnson, Cambridge United, Cardinals, Garry Hill, Joe McNerney, John Nutter, Macclesfield Town, Steve King, Telford United, Woking
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Public Service Broadcasting – 53 Degrees, Preston
FROM the moment corduroy-clad eccentric J Willgoose Esq. and his drumming companion Wrigglesworth entered stage-right upstairs at 53 Degrees, a clearly appreciative Preston audience was feeling the love for this inventive duo. For those not yet in the know, how … Continue reading
Where true Northern grit meets real romance
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, writewyattuk turns its focus to Bad Mothers United, Kate Long’s newly-published and long-awaited sequel to her best-selling 2004 debut novel, The Bad Mother’s Handbook. WHILE there seems to be an overwhelming compulsion for … Continue reading