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Blogging Like Wire
I’M NOT quite old enough to remember Wire’s first incarnation, their fabled 1976/80 period. They came to light a few years later for me, when I was about to turn 16 and – thanks to John Peel’s patronage – discovered … Continue reading
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Tagged 12XU, Bruce Gilbert, Chairs Missing, Change Becomes Us, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, New Continental, Pink Flag, Preston, Robert Gotobed, Robert Grey, Serious Drinking, Wire
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Eardrums buzzing on a sweltering Preston night
Wire/Stranger Son – The New Continental, Preston THERE was a sense of life in the early 1980s on Friday night at happening Preston pub venue the New Continental. I’m not talking about some lame chart-busting tribute night, but the underground … Continue reading
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Tagged Change Becomes Us, Colin Newman, Manchester, New Continental, Pink Flag, Preston, strange rSon, Wire
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Hugh Cornwell – Preston 53 Degrees
HE’s still got it, you know, and more than 20 years after leaving the band with whom he made his name, there’s still plenty of fire in Hugh Cornwell. The former Stranglers front-man doesn’t look any older than when Golden … Continue reading
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Tagged 53 Degrees, Caroline Campbell, Chris Bell, Duchess, God Is a Woman, Golden Brown, Hugh Cornwell, No More Heroes, Preston, Stranglers, Totem and Taboo, Walk On By
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Thankful for Evan’s continued presence
FROM the moment Evan Dando ambled onto the stage upstairs at Preston’s 53 Degrees on Thursday night, a surprisingly-small but nevertheless appreciative audience was hooked. The charismatic frontman of 1990s’ US success story The Lemonheads has occasionally made headlines these … Continue reading
Sound affects on a midsummer’s night
ON such a warm and sticky night at a packed 53 Degrees in Preston, there were always likely to be technical imperfections in this From the Jam performance. But while I couldn’t quite hear enough of Bruce Foxton’s backing vocals … Continue reading
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Tagged 53 Degrees, All Mod Cons, Back In The Room, Bruce Foxton, From The Jam, In The City, Preston, Russ Hastings, Setting Sons, Sound Affects, The Jam, Tom Van Heel
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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
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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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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
Three Poets Walk Into a Club …
IF YOU still reckon poetry’s all about stuffy old school textbooks or finger-in-the-ear performance nights upstairs at your local boozer, think on. For away from the quieter corners in Waterstone’s and uni lecture rooms, there’s evidence that this ancient art … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged 53 Degrees, Fallowfield, John Cooper Clarke, Luke Wright, Manchester, Mike Garry, poetry, Preston, Salford, Tony Wilson
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Will the last one out please switch off the turntable?
So, another high-profile retailer is in administration, possibly on its way out to pasture after all those years on the high street. HMV. And this time it’s one that formed an important part of my past. It takes me back to … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Bragg, Comet, guildford, Half Man half Biscuit, HMV, Jessops, Porthmadog, Preston, The Men They Couldn't Hang, The Wedding Present, Woolworth's
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