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Paying attention to Detail – in conversation with Claire Mahoney, author, magazine editor, and modernist
‘It’s like a heat wave, it’s burning in my heart.I can’t keep from burning, it’s tearing me apart…’ The weather was a little challenging when I caught up with Claire Mahoney, the first couple of minutes of our conversation involving … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Films & TV, Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre
Tagged paul weller, Music, The Jam, reviews, Liverpool, Mod, Rick Buckler, The Style Council, Cardiff, Zombies, Stone Foundation, Magazine, writing, Detail, Claire Mahoney, review, Modernism, Jalen NGonda, DC Fontana
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Forever seems a long time – back in touch with Nicky Weller
Landing on doormats across this land and further afield of late is a new publication from the team behind Soul Deep Publications… and typically large at that, not so easy to read in bed. On the back of the same … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Football, Music
Tagged About the Young Idea, Acid Jazz, Ann Weller, Brendan Lynch, Gig for Kosovo, guildford, Heavy Soul, Her eComes the Weekend, In the Shadow of the Sun, John Weller, Lawrence Watson, Nicky Weller, paul weller, Smokin' Mojo Filters, Soul Deep, Stanley Road, The Jam, The Style Council, war Child, Wild Wood
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Praise if you wanna – talking Paul Weller with Dan Jennings
It’s been a vintage year for Paul Weller-related publications, and I can’t believe eight months have now passed since the release of my own love letter in print to Paul, Bruce Foxton and much-missed Rick Buckler, Solid Bond In Your … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Ann Weller, Bruce Foxton, Dan Jennings, Dancing Through the Fire, Desperately Seeking Paul, In the Shadow of the Sun, John Wilson, Louder than Words, Nick Keen, Nicky Weller, paul weller, Rick Buckler, Sartorial 65, Solid Bond in Your Heart, The Jam, The Style Council
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From The Jam / Stanley Road All Stars / Stax Pistols / Samuel Rogers – Here Comes the Weekend, Woking FC
Well, that was a blast, eh? Didn’t we have a nice time. As Otis Redding put it at Monterey in June 1967, ‘This is the love crowd, right?’ And there was plenty of evidence of that at the Home of … Continue reading
Shouting to the top and from the roof – remembering Rick Buckler, while celebrating The Jam’s legacy
I wanted to shout to the top and from the rooftops about all this last week… but then came Tuesday’s devastating breaking news about Rick Buckler, and everything (quite rightly) went on hold. That all remains very much on my … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Bruce Foxton, From The Jam, jam, Music, paul weller, Rick Buckler, Solid Bond in Your Heart, Spenwood books, The Jam
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Celebrating a dream worth holding dear – Solid Bond In Your Heart: A People’s History of The Jam
It’s been a pretty frantic time, a family move from Lancashire to a new base in deepest Cornwall this time last month compounded by further edits and late-door shenanigans regarding my latest publication, Solid Bond In Your Heart: A People’s … Continue reading
In praise of the Looked After Kid – a Paolo Hewitt appreciation
I love reading around a subject while writing, and work on my book about The Jam has me not only returning to or finally delving into various other publications about the band, but also reliving the years around which they … Continue reading
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Tagged books, children's homes, London, Looked After Kid, Martin chivers, Napoli, paul weller, reading, Robin Friday, The Jam, Tottenham Hotspur, Woking, writing
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Preston Weekender: Sunday on the Square – From The Jam / Buzzcocks / Space / Evil Blizzard
‘Hello hooray, what a nice day…’ Forty years to the week from my first live solo sighting of Bruce Foxton – at Guildford Civic Hall on his Touch Sensitive LP tour – the Flag Market in Preston was transformed into … Continue reading
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