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Exploring Badly Drawn Boy’s Pocket Guide To A Midlife Crisis – back in touch with Damon Gough
It was almost six years since I’d last spoken to Damon Gough, and a lot had happened since in his life. On that occasion I cocked up, putting the lead in the wrong jack (which sounds like some obscure late-‘80s … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Badly Drawn Boy, Banana Skin Shoes, Chorlton, Cold Feet, Damon Gough, Gethin Pearson, James Nesbitt, Joe Strummer, John Thomson, Keir Stewart, Michael Buble, Mick Jones, Pete Mitchell, Seadna McPhail, The Hour of Bewilderbeast, Tony Wilson, Youth
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Glade Alive – the John Bramwell interview
If there’s a camper van parked outside the Continental in Preston, Lancashire, on Thursday, September 6th, you can rest assured that John Bramwell has safely arrived from Cheshire’s clutches. The esteemed guitarist/singer/songwriter will be at the Ribbleside hostelry to play … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged Badly Drawn Boy, Crewe, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, danny boyle, Dave Fidler, Don McLean, Festival No.6, I Am Kloot, John Bramwell, Leave Alone the Empty Spaces, Manchester, Minack Theatre, paul weller, Portmeirion, Preston, Robert Lindsay, Sky at Night, Sunshine, The Continental, The Ladykillers
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Building on the past, towards a brave new year
It’s that time of year when we’re full of high hopes for the future and plans we can’t usually keep. But 2014 was a great year for all of us at writewyattuk (ok, so that’s just me), and 2015 promises … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music, sport
Tagged alt-J, Badly Drawn Boy, Big Country, Black Star Riders, Byrds, Craig Charles, Eddie Holman, Frank Skinner, From The Jam, Gary Numan, Hazel O'Connor, Inspiral Carpets, Jeff Wayne, John Foxx, Jon Ronson, Judy Street, Katherine Ryan, Manfred Mann, Marillion, Martina Cole, Miles Kane, Paul Carrack, Paul Hollywood, Reverend and The Makers, Rezillos, Saxon, Spin Doctors, Stranglers, That Petrol Emotion, The Beautiful South, The Everlasting Yeah, The Subways, The Undertones, The Wedding Present, Woking FC
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A truly independent spirit – the Badly Drawn Boy interview
Ahead of appearances at the Beat-Herder Festival in Lancashire’s Ribble Valley and Portmeirion’s Festival No.6 in North Wales, writewyattuk tackled Damon Gough – aka Badly Drawn Boy – on everything from Beck to Boney M and Bruce Springsteen. Before I … Continue reading
