Tag Archives: Roxy Music

The enduring appeal of Penetration and the Invisible Girls – the Pauline Murray interview

Posted on January 10, 2019 by writewyattuk

While Pauline Murray is now four decades down her chosen career path, it’s worth noting that the first incarnation of the band she co-founded as a teenager, County Durham’s pioneering punk outfit Penetration, was rather short-lived. It was certainly a happening … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Buzzcocks, Byker, Coming Up For Air, David Bowie, Don't Dictate, Electric Circus, Ferryhill, Gary Chapman, Gary Smallman, Generation X, Howard Devoto, Invisible Girls, John Maher, John Peel, Ken Goodinson, Moving Targets, Newcastle, Paul Harvey, Pauline Murray, Penetration, Pete Shelley, Polestar Studios, Preston, Resolution, Rob Blamire, Roxy Music, Steve Wallace, The Clash, The Continental, The Roxy, The Stranglers, Transfigure | Leave a comment

Continuing Songs of The South – in conversation with Gaz Birtles

Posted on March 15, 2018 by writewyattuk

When founder member Dave Hemingway and long-serving keyboard player Damon Butcher called time late last year on live involvement with The South – the band that rose from the ashes of The Beautiful South – discussions followed about what to … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Alison Wheeler, Andy Mackay, Crazyhead, Damon Butcher, Dave Hemingway, David Rotheray, Fun Boy Three, Gaz Birtles, Laurel Aitken, Leicester, Paul Heaton, Roxy Music, Su Robinson, The Beautiful South, The Housemartins, The South, The Specials, The Swinging Laurels | 1 Comment

The enduring appeal of Sparks – in conversation with Ron Mael

Posted on June 29, 2017 by writewyattuk

Many of us of a certain age will recall the first time we heard American art-pop-rockers Sparks, a band that properly appeared on the UK chart radar around the time of the glam movement, sitting pretty comfortably amid an … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged amateur Hour, Chuck D, Franz Ferdinand, Gilmore Girls, Halfnelson, Hippopotamus, Lil Beethoven, Los Angeles, Morrissey, Pet Shop Boys, Public Enemy, Queen, Ron Mael, Roxy Music, Russell Mael, Sparks, The Marquee, They Might Be Giants, This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both of us, Todd Rundgren | 1 Comment

Beyond the Boosh – the Noel Fielding interview

Posted on November 5, 2015 by writewyattuk

Memorably once described by Jimmy Carr as looking like ‘Rod Stewart has made love to a raven’, that there Noel Fielding’s back out on the road this month. Hot on the heels of a successful first couple of legs of … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged Alan Davies, Graham Linehan, Hawkwind, Julian Barratt, Lee Mack, Lliana Bird, Mighty Boosh, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Noel Fielding, Roxy Music, Russell Brand, Spike Milligan, The IT Crowd | 2 Comments

Miles Kane / Telegram – Preston 53 Degrees (March 31, 2014)

Posted on April 1, 2014 by writewyattuk

My heart went out to Telegram on Monday, on the last night of their stint with Miles Kane yet still having to work their respective butts off to win over a partisan home crowd. This happening Anglo-Welsh outfit may already … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 53 Degrees, Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys, Birkenhead, Meols, Miles Kane, paul weller, Preston, Roxy Music, Telegram | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Roxy Music

The enduring appeal of Penetration and the Invisible Girls – the Pauline Murray interview

Continuing Songs of The South – in conversation with Gaz Birtles

The enduring appeal of Sparks – in conversation with Ron Mael

Beyond the Boosh – the Noel Fielding interview

Miles Kane / Telegram – Preston 53 Degrees (March 31, 2014)

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