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- Heavenly t-shirts won’t ever let you down – celebrating Brian Bilston, the Catenary Wires, and Sounds Made by Humans
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Up and rock ‘n’ rollin’ with the rest – back in touch with Slade’s Dave Hill
‘We flew on to Freeport, this island where Frank Sinatra goes, and there’s a posh hotel there, the Sheriton. Now, for a bunch of council house kids, this is a big deal! This guy, Ken, says, ‘I’ve put you in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bahamas, Black Country, Cornwall, Coz I Luv You, Darwen, Dave Hill, Dave Hill's Slade, Don Powell, Dortmund, Jim lea, lancashire, Len Tuckey, Mama Weer All Crazee Now, Marco Pirroni, Merry Xmas Everybody, Musical Exchanges, Noddy Holder, Pool, Slade, Slade in Flame, Wild! Wild! Wild!, Witten, wolverhampton
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Praise if you wanna – talking Paul Weller with Dan Jennings
It’s been a vintage year for Paul Weller-related publications, and I can’t believe eight months have now passed since the release of my own love letter in print to Paul, Bruce Foxton and much-missed Rick Buckler, Solid Bond In Your … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Weller, Bruce Foxton, Dan Jennings, Dancing Through the Fire, Desperately Seeking Paul, In the Shadow of the Sun, John Wilson, Louder than Words, Nick Keen, Nicky Weller, paul weller, Rick Buckler, Sartorial 65, Solid Bond in Your Heart, The Jam, The Style Council
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Stone Foundation – The Cornish Bank, Falmouth
Appearances by nationally renowned bands this side of the Tamar are few and far between, it seems, so need to be properly celebrated and savoured… hence my ride over to Falmouth last weekend to catch acclaimed soul collective Stone Foundation. … Continue reading
Love is here today – celebrating Brian Wilson, Sly Stone and the power of music’s family affairs
‘You’ve got to keep in mind love is here… today And it’s gone… tomorrow, it’s here and gone so fast’ The night I heard about Brian Wilson’s exit, I felt a compulsion to head to my back room for a … Continue reading
From The Jam / Stanley Road All Stars / Stax Pistols / Samuel Rogers – Here Comes the Weekend, Woking FC
Well, that was a blast, eh? Didn’t we have a nice time. As Otis Redding put it at Monterey in June 1967, ‘This is the love crowd, right?’ And there was plenty of evidence of that at the Home of … Continue reading
Heavenly t-shirts won’t ever let you down – celebrating Brian Bilston, the Catenary Wires, and Sounds Made by Humans
Once upon a time in an era seemingly rife with bands splitting ‘due to musical differences’, my own band started a rumour, then denied it, that we’d split up due to ‘t-shirt differences’. That was in the late ’80s, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amelia Fletcher, Birmingham, Blue Aeroplanes, Brian Bilston, Buzzcocks, Catenary Wires, Heavenly, Henry Normal, Hue williams, Ian Button, John Betjeman, John Cooper Clarke, Oxford, Philip Larkin, poetry, Rob Pursey, Sounds Made by Humans, Spike Milligan, Swansea Sound, The Smiths, The Wedding Present
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Bringing Flame bak ‘OME – the latest rock ‘n’ roll antics of Slade’s Noddy Holder and Don Powell, from Manchester and Silkeborg
A sell-out audience enjoyed a special screening of remastered cult classic Slade in Flame in Manchester at the weekend, diehard fans of the Black Country’s Finest getting to rub shoulders and trade tales and memories with Slade legend Noddy Holder, … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged Australia, British Film Institute, Cornwall, Dave Hill, Denmark, Don Powell, Jim lea, Manchester, Mark Kermode, Mark Radcliffe, Noddy Holder, Paul Cookson, pERTH, Silkeborg, Slade, Slade in Flame, Solid Bond in Your Heart, Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade
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