It'll corral my 50 years of music journalism and authoring books in one spot, often in original uncut form, with pics and memorabilia, plus current activities with Nina Walsh in the Cosmic Hutch.
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Three LP reviews 2010-2011: The Seeds (oh yes!), late guitar maestro Michael Chapman, Groovies-related Hot Knives and erm, Henry’s Funeral Shoe. The aim is getting all these in one place eventually!
THE SEEDS - The Seeds (Ace)
Finally enough for a Newsletter!
Stuffed Salmon with Green Peppercorns!
While still hauling stuff out of the archive, I just saw I haven’t posted anything under the Newsletter banner since March; mainly because I haven’t had much news to impart beyond the writing that’s b...
When Iggy met Ziggy
pic: Geoff Tyrell
Like thermonuclear motorboats that collided in the night, Iggy Pop and David Bowie enjoyed a fruitful 35 year friendship that produced classic albums in both their catalogues. Unchallenged by music industry traditions and...
BRIGITTE FONTAINE: Es...Folle
The story of the pioneering French avant-chanteuse and original punk polymath leading up to landmark 1968 album Es...Folle (plus her subsequent seven decade artistic odyssey). The world should know.
The sheer volume of music erupting from...
BILLY IDOL: From Gen X To US MTV superstar
Writing about punk's 50th a lot inevitably brought up Generation X and my ten years interviewing Billy Idol; always good fun! In May '24, I wrote this somewhat huge account in Vive le Rock
Despite coming out of punk’s Year Zero 1976, Billy...
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