When I was a small boy one Paul Francis Gadd asked me repeatedly if I wanted to join his gang. At the time a tin foil suit and platform heels seemed like an intriguing proposition.
With a hairbrush in place of a microphone, sticky play felt replacing facial side-burns, wide corduroy flares with a patch on […]
Stuart Adamson frontman and songwriter for Scottish guitar band Big Country summed it up best in the song ‘Porrohman’:
“But many went before us, and still the cries are clear,
There is no beauty here, just the stench of wine and beer.”
You’re not wrong Stu.
A few years ago my band played a gig near Nottingham. At the time we were called The Johnsons and we were playing in the palatial environs of Woolaton Park. It was a lovely balmy summer’s day in August. We were honoured to have a guest appearance from Enormous frontman Davy Lawrence on drum, that’s […]
The new Enormous album ‘Electric Baby Grand’ is now available to buy from the Big Arena Records website. If you do not already own this album I suggest you get a copy right now, it will be the best decision you have ever made. Singer/songwriter Davy Lawrence is one of the greatest songwriters of our […]
Why is Pete Doherty stalking me?
I constantly keep walking past him in the street. I often see him outside Whitechapel’s urchin drug music hole The Rhythm Factory – he is usually playing a residency in this bleak East End bar. I have seen him with his band Babyshambles, enjoying a drink on the grotty pavement. […]
Hello, I am back. I returned from the idyllic leafy confines of Napoleon’s little village last week. We had a brilliant time and I wish I was back there again. I could easily exchange the dirt, noise and loonies of London for family, nice food and conversation. Maybe soon.
You will hopefully be very happy to […]
This shall be my last post for a while. I am off up north to stay with Napoleon for a few days. We shall record some podcasts for your aural pleasure. I suspect we may also get a little drunk for our pleasure (well mine, I don’t think Nap enjoys drinking anymore). Keep an ear […]
It is with great regret, disappointment and a slight degree of anger that I have to announce that the forthcoming Enormous gig has been postponed. As you know, I was to make a glamorous guest appearance this Saturday, banging a tambourine out of time and squealing like a happy pig . . . in make-up.
In […]
The debate rages. As Coldplay release their new album ‘Viva La Vida’ pundits and music lovers around the globe are asking:
“Coldplay…brilliant or bland?”
The answer: Bland…very bland….really really bland….dishwater bland.
Alan McGee, the former head man of Creation Records, once described the band as ‘beans on toast music’. Rather apt, I think.
Oh, definitely bland.
On the Nelson hi-fi […]
I know it is very rude to just copy and paste someone else’s blog post but this one is about me. I apologise to Napoleon but I love his writing and you really do need to pop over to Big Arena Records and check out his podcasts. Or popcasts, as they should be known.
This is […]