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Jonathan Beckett

Sky Saxon RIP

About Me

Currently working on a new album. Moscow Circus shows planned for late autumn.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 22/09/2006
Band Website: http://uk.youtube.com/user/MoscowCircusMusic
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

HURRAH FOR VINYL!

After being without a record deck for over a year, I finally went out and bought a new one this week. Viva vinyl! The sound, the revolving black plastic, the brilliant cover art, the inner sleeves wit...
Posted by on Sat, 16 May 2009 04:42:00 GMT

WINTERSONG

On Sat 13th Dec Moscow Circus went into the studio to record a new version of an old song.'Wintersong' was written in 1990 and played live this year for the first time since 1991. Having done our...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:58:00 GMT

MOSCOW CIRCUS NEWS - JULY/AUG/SEPT/OCT

I've given up on promising a blog each month. Put it this way, I didn't even manage one immediately after the first Moscow Circus gig for seventeen years! Anyhow, the gig went great. It...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:05:00 GMT

START POINT REVIEW

Great review of the Start Point album by Toxic Pete, described recently as "Worcester’s answer to John Peel". Jonathan Beckett CD - Start Point Play 90 second soundbite of ’Dimmer Wat...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:07:00 GMT

US RADIO PLAY FOR MOSCOW CIRCUS

This week my old band Moscow Circus received their first ever US college radio play on a programme called The 80s Underground on Radio KSCU, Santa Clara, California. The host Jeff Shelton played &rsqu...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:48:00 GMT

ABOUT THE MERMAID STORIES

In 2005 I began work on a novel entitled 'The History Of The Mermaid'. This ambitious and foolhardy enterprise ground to a halt sometime in 2006, but I have seven chapters saved on my comput...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:36:00 GMT

THE MERMAID INLAND

Every region of Britain has its mermaid stories, and the English Midlands is no exception.    Ever since the English began holidaymaking at seaside resorts in Victorian times, it has been c...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:01:00 GMT

THE MERMAID OF ZENNOR

Zennor is a village on the windward side coast of Cornwall, not far from St Ives. In common with many coastal communities, Zennor has traditionally relied upon fishing for its livelihood. Following a ...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:15:00 GMT