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Perfecting The Professionals’ approach – in conversation with Paul Cook
Paul Cook was at home in West London when I called, ‘gearing up, getting ready for the tour’. As it turned out though, The Professionals managed just three of 13 dates supporting Northern Irish punk legends Stiff Little Fingers before … Continue reading
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Tagged Bananarama, Billy Duffy, Bristol, Chris McCormack, Edwyn Collins, Gary Crowley, Glen Matlock, Hammersmith, Hollie Cook, Jimmy Pursey, John Lydon, Marco Pirroni, Mick Jones, Paul Cook, Paul Myers, Ray McVeigh, Sex Pistols, Sham Pistols, Shepherd's Bush, Steve Jones, Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash, The Professionals, The Undertones, Tom Spencer, Toshi JC Ogawa, Vic Godard, Wally Nightingale
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The healing power of music – talking Trouble Songs with Stuart Bailie
Stuart Bailie was chasing invoices when I called him in Belfast, facing up to one of the less glamorous facets of life as a freelance writer, yet part of the job he reckons takes up most of his time. And … Continue reading
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Tagged Ash, Belfast, Bloody Sunday, Bono, BritPop, Christy Moore, Derry, Donegal, Dr Feelgood, Good Vibrations, London, Miami Showband, NME, Northern Ireland, Oh yeah Music Centre, Robert Kee, Rudi, So Hard to Beat, Stiff Little Fingers, Stuart Bailie, Terri Hooley, The Clash, The Undertones, Thin Lizzy, Trouble Songs, U2, Van Morrison
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Renewable Power in the Darkness – back in touch with Tom Robinson
As I may have mentioned on these pages before, few TV shows of yore hold as much magic as Top of the Pops re-runs for this nostalgic, and recently I was digging among the online archives for the October 1977 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2-4-6-8 Motorway, Adam Phillips, Andy Treacey, Chris Thomas, Danny Kustow, Gerry Diver, Glad To Be Gay, Jim Simmons, John Lydon, Mark Ambler, Northern Ireland, Power in the Darkness, Rock Against Racism, So It Goes, Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash, Tom Robinson, Tony Wilson, Too Good to Be True, Top of the Pops, TRB, Up Against The Wall, Vic Maile, Wessex Studios, Winter of '79
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Back (on the phone) with Bruce Foxton – the writewyattuk interview
Before I begin, let’s go back in time. I’m not talking about the day Paul Weller and Steve Brookes first stepped on to a stage at Woking’s Working Men’s Club in November 1972, nor the May 1974 milestone (yes, 39 … Continue reading