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Pele to Amsterdam and beyond – telling The Story of Ian Prowse
Three months after a successful tour with Elvis Costello prematurely curtailed by COVID-19 restrictions, Ian Prowse remains on a high, interest in his music, past and present, refusing to tail off, aided by his entertaining Friday night online shows. This … Continue reading
Fontaines D.C. – Blitz, Preston
‘My childhood was small, but I’m gonna be big.’ Those great ‘I was there’ moments in music history don’t come along often, and admittedly I’ve occasionally been proved wrong in the past when calling them. But this was one such … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Action Records, Big, Blitz, Boys in the Better Land, Dogrel, Dublin, Fat White Family, Fontaines D.C., Grian Chatten, Idles, Preston, the Pogues, Too Real
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Two Preston nights to remember: part one – The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Preston Guild Hall
It seems a little arse about face to start a review with the opening encore, but it was Eric Bogle’s ‘The Green Fields of France (No Man’s Land’) that sent shivers up the spine on Saturday night. A song The … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Cock-a-Hoop, Eric Bogle, Ghosts of Cable Street, How Green is the Valley, Ironmasters, Night of a Thousand Candles, Paul Simmonds, Phil Odgers, Preston, Stefan Cush, The Defiant, The Green Fields of France (No Man's Land), The Men They Couldn't Hang, the Pogues, Waiting for Bonaparte
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The Men They Couldn’t Hang, still on the loose, avoiding the noose – the Phil Odgers interview
Listen to Cock-a-Hoop, the new record by The Men They Couldn’t Hang, and you get an album by a band sounding as fresh today as when their first album was released in 1985. What’s more, the subject matter of their … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Boothill Foot Tappers, Cock-a-Hoop, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Ghosts of Cable Street, How Green is the Valley, Ironmasters, Joe Strummer, John Peel, Night of a Thousand Candles, Paul Simmonds, Phil Chevron, Phil Odgers, Ricky McGuire, Shanne Bradley, Shepherd's Bush, southampton, Spider Stacy, Stefan Cush, The Clash, The Defiant, The Men They Couldn't Hang, the Pogues, Tom Fletcher, Waiting for Bonaparte
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Be Stiff: The Stiff Records Story by Richard Balls – a writewyattuk review
When it comes to music biographies, Richard Balls doesn’t go for easy options, and his latest subject matter couldn’t have been the easiest to research. He’s managed to pull it off though, as you might expect from the author of … Continue reading
Still Stiff, after all these years – the Richard Balls interview
Right now, the chief organ-grinder at writewyattuk is tackling Richard Balls’ Be Stiff: The Stiff Records Story, a compelling biography of the legendary and ground-breaking indie label. A review will follow on these pages, but until then here’s an interview with … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Robinson, Devo, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Jake Riviera, Madness, Nick Lowe, Norwich, Rachel Sweet, Richard Balls, Shane McGowan, Stiff Records, the Pogues, Wreckless Eric
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It’s a wonderful life (and a marshmallow world, apparently)
I left it a little too late this year. You know how it is – all those work deadlines (some met, some over-hanging) and family commitments. The focused part of you wants to get your workload out of the way … Continue reading
