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Pies, Peas, Performances and Paul – in conversation with Paul Cookson, the poet touched by the band of Nod
Paul Cookson was at home in Nottinghamshire when I called his number on the lead-up to the publication of Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade, taking a breather between back-to-back school visits and social engagements, planning his next … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Football, Music
Tagged Back Home, Brooks Williams, Dave Hill, Don Powell, Edge Hill University, Everton, Hellfire Preachers, Henry Priestman, Jim lea, lancashire, Les Glover, Miles Hunt, National Football Museum, Noddy Holder, Nottinghamshire, Occasional Flames, Paul Cookson, Penwortham, Pies Peas and Performances, Retford, Slade, slady, Stan Cullimore, The Amber List, Top of the Pops, walmer Bridge, Walsall Town Hall, Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade
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Keeping the Noize alive – the Slady feature/interview
The majority of this interview came together as I threw myself deeper and deeper into writing, researching and editing Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade. And while this scribe rarely warms to covers and tribute bands (although there … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Andrew Hackett, Camden, Danie Cox, Dave Hill, Dave Kemp, David Woodcock, Don Powell, Dublin Castle, Gobby holder, Jem Lea, Jim lea, London, Noddy Holder, Rock 'n' Roll Book Club, Slade, slady, The Featherz, Wendy solomon, Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade
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A welcome return to Vinny Peculiar’s Counterculture Club – in praise of How I Learned to Love the Freaks
‘Say goodbye to the summer of love…’ There’s an autumnal chill in the air right now, but while the summer’s gone, I’m yet to tire of an album that’s provided a key part of my soundtrack these past couple of … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music, Uncategorized
Tagged Alan Wilkes, Dave Draper, Death of the Counterculture, Flower Power, Hippy Kids, How I Learned to Love the Freaks, Leah Wilkes, Manchester, Parlour Flames, Rob Steadman, Summer of Love, The Smiths, Vinny Peculiar, Worcestershire
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Keeley, Def Robot, Vincent Christ – Aatma, Manchester
Talk about nights that will stick long in the memory. My memory anyway. I’m pretty sure a few of the clientele present saw their photo streams the next day and wondered what the hell that was all about. But the … Continue reading
And the beat goes on – in praise of Life’s a Gamble: Penetration, the Invisible Girls and Other Stories by Pauline Murray
Catching up with Pauline Murray at Action Records in Preston, Lancashire, last week, she seemed somewhat surprised about the positive reaction to her autobiography, and genuinely chuffed that I thought it any good. Played down reactions and not going out … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music, Uncategorized
Tagged Action Records, Buzzcocks, Coming Up For Air, County Durham, Ferryhill, Gaye Back, Helen McCookerybook, Invisible Girls, John Lydon, Martin Hannett, Moving Targets, Newcastle, Omnibus Press, Patti Smith, Pauline Murray, Penetration, Polestar Studios, Resolution, Robert Blamire, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Tony Wilson, Toxteth, Waterhouses
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Swansea Sound / Special Friend / Oh Hippo – The Talleyrand, Levenshulme, Manchester
Did I mention that I missed Swansea Sound’s live debut – two years ago last month – by barely half an hour? How I turned up at The Continental in Preston one August bank holiday weekend afternoon to spot them … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music, Uncategorized
Tagged Amelia Fletcher, Bob Collins, Buzzcocks, Erica Ashleson, Guillaume Siracusa, Hue williams, Ian Button, Levenshulme, Oh Hippo, Paris, Rob Pursey, Robert Forster, Skep Wax, Special Friend, Swansea Sound, The Pooh Sticks, The Talleyrand, Twentieth Century
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The call of home is loud… still as loud – a 77th birthday salute to Slade legend Don Powell
If you follow my social media, you’ll know I’ve become a little distracted across 2023, not least through completing Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade (available direct from the publisher via this link). And while this may sound … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged 'N Betweens, A People's History of Slade, Andy Scott, Bilston, Bob Young, Clem Cattini, Dave Hill, Dave Kemp, Denmark, Don Powell, Gered Mankowitz, Graham Swinnerton, Jim lea, John Coghlan, Johnny Howells, Lindisfarne, Margate, Mick Marson, Noddy Holder, Ozzy Osbourne, Ray Laidlaw, Reading Festival, Silkeborg, Slade, Spenwood books, Status Quo, Suzi Quatro, Sweet, Wild! Wild! Wild!, wolverhampton
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You get to listen, hear what you’ve been missing… celebrating Swansea Sound’s Twentieth Century
A new Swansea Sound album? What’s not to love? Hue Williams reunited on record with Amelia Fletcher, 35 years beyond their initial Pooh Sticks collaborations, joined by Rob Pursey (Amelia’s co-rider from Talulah Gosh and Heavenly days through to The … Continue reading
Try a little Tenderness – revisiting General Public, four decades on
Cast your mind back to a universe far away, The Beat having disbanded not so long after the Special Beat Service touched down, David Steele and Andy Cox deciding to take some time out, going their own way on an … Continue reading
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Tagged All the Rage, Andy Cox, Aswad, Dave Wakeling, David Steele, Fine Young Cannibals, General Public, Hand to Mouth, Horace Panter, Kevin White, Madness, Mick Jones, Mickey Billingham, Ranking Roger, Saxa, Stoker, Tenderness, The Beat
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