Bristol, next Wednesday night, 8:30pm June 10th at St. George’s off Park Street.
The GLW is unfortunately unable to accompany me to the Bridget St. John & Michael Chapman gig on Wednesday night, which has the makings of a cracker if you like their sorts of things. Hence I now...
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The traditional start of the season, it’s this Sunday and it’s Arsenal versus Chelsea. I can’t go as I’m off to Alaska to try and photograph Brown bears fishing for salmon, my Club Wembley ticket...
View ArticleVan @ Cyprus Avenue Tonight @ 10:30 – a gentle nudge /reminder
BBC4 10:30 although Colin H may wish to ignore this plug…. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b068fvks
View ArticleC’mon then, hubert, spill the beans.
You can’t leave us guessing, just ‘cos the thread has been bumped down a page. Whose ruddy sleeve notes were those written by ver Hep?
View ArticleHoly Mother Of Toast Crumbs All Over My Monitor
I had a chuckle at this, stumbled across on Imgur this morning…. https://youtu.be/ot5TgvvOYdA
View ArticleGrowing up? Taking responsibility? You can get an app for that.
“New home broadband from xxxxxxxx. It’s broadband you control with an app. You can set a timer, so when you say it’s bedtime, it really is bedtime.“ You couldn’t make it up. Why not get an app to...
View ArticleLau – St Georges, Bristol, Thursday night this week – 2 really good tickets...
I have two tickets for Lau this Thursday at St Georges in Bristol. I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. I bought the tickets early on (£18 quid each – sob!) and they are in good seats...
View ArticleMadhouse On Castle Street
Bob Dylan performing Girl From The North Country in Madhouse On Castle Street. Anyone else seen this? The page it’s posted on is dated 2012 and says ‘Enjoy this rare video while you still can because...
View ArticleSaskia
In these days of painted-by-numbers, gormo-drome songs sung by over-emoting, autotuned, drearily melismatic hopefuls with more self-belief than Sir Alan’s drongos and meagre, humdrum levels of talent,...
View ArticleSpontanomicromingleSLASHBrizzleFOPPraidtomorrowninethirtyish?
I’m planning on descending upon the Bristol branch of FOPP in the morning for a retail therapy Bruceathon session – I’ve nothing after Tunnel Of Love and I want to catch up a bit. If anyone else is in...
View ArticleSuns Of Arqa
Listened to the first album the other night after having listened to several others. Thought it was a bit bloody marvellous. Any other fans here?
View ArticleATM: Dawn French in metal gear playing guitar on the top of Brent Tor?
Here’s a conundrum that Google doesn’t seem to be able to solve for me. Perhaps the famous hive-mind of the Afterword Massive can come to my rescue. At the top of Bingo’s post about Friday night...
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A ticket will cost you a Duke.
Afterworders, cynical as you may be about online petitions and the level of attention they are paid by our bloated capitalist overlords, consider signing this one won’t you?...
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Planning the next Afterword Podcast
The plot was hatched on Friday nights in a pub in Islington and nearby café.
View ArticleGoing mental in Spain in 1981
In the (continuing and annoying) absence of the reissue of Diamond Jack & The Queen Of Pain, here’s a blast from around the same time: Kevin Ayers and assorted mates having a lazy blast on a...
View ArticleLet’s hear it for the late, great Dan Hicks folks.
Now I love ol’ Dave Jones as much as the next man, but while trying to recover from the blow of his artful departure, I’ve been burying myself in the work of another musician who’s also just cashed in...
View ArticleJohn Lewis apologises for John Lewis “partner” who responds to Customer...
Parent of tantrum-throwing infant complains that nearby shoppers can’t stand the sound of her screeching brat. Meanwhile, in Syria….. FFS
View ArticleTodd Rundgren on WTF
Probably not news to those who subscribe, but an interesting interview with Todd Rundgren on WTF last week. Has his potted version of the XTC production story, production in general (incl. Bat Out of...
View ArticleSo, time’s up; have you had your chip fitted yet?
What’s that you say? Dogs? It’s just for dogs. Oh bugger.
View ArticleIt’s soon time to vote for my PCC!
I’m not sure who to vote for, so I’m hoping my local council will send everyone a leaflet telling me who to support. Isn’t democracy wonderful?
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