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Jim Bob’s wake-up call, 2021 style – back in touch with the self-styled Poundland Bono
In 2019’s Jim Bob from Carter – In the Shadow of my Former Self, Jim Bob Morrison wrote, ‘I still haven’t written a new song since 2013. But now that I’ve nearly finished writing this, perhaps the songs will come … Continue reading
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Tagged 101 Damnations, 1992: The Love Album, 30 Something, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Cherry Red, Chris T-T, David Icke, Glastonbury, Goodnight Jim Bob, JB Morrison, Jen Macro, Jim Bob, Kilburn National, Les Carter, Lyceum, Mark Reynolds, Mick Jones, Philip Schofield, Pop Up, Ray Davies, Reading Festival, Seasons in the Sun, Song for the Unsung, Steve Lamacq, The Go-Betweens, The Kinks, The Summer of No Touching, Who Do We Hate Today, Wire
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Two Preston Nights to Remember, part two – Girls in Synthesis / Erskine Brown – Preston, The Ferret
You know you’re at an intimate gig when, stood by the bar with pint in hand, a manic bass player frantically threads his way past you, mid-song. I’d have happily paid the £3 on the door (three quid, I tell … Continue reading
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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