Maximo Park & Cage the Elephant; Adventures of an Indie Dad |
The first gig I went to was a homecoming as well; Lindisfarne at the City Hall in December 1976. Well, the second gig actually, after I got taken to see The Clancy Brothers in 1968. Basically, I've se...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 02:36:00 GMT |
Wallington 1 Percy Main 0 (29th April 2009) |
Rodgerson 7Shadforth 6Ritchie 7 (Yellow card)Browell 7 (Yellow card)Cole 7Potts 6Locke 7Lau 6Clay 7Morgan 8 (Man of the Match & Yellow card)Betts 6 (Red card)Subs:Smith 7 (for ...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 15:34:00 GMT |
Seaton Burn 1 Percy Main 2 (22nd April 2009) |
The mark of a good team is not how they deal with victory, but how theyhandle defeat. After last Fridays disappointing loss to Blyth Town in theNFA Senior Benevolent Bowl, the Villagers showed their ...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 15:30:00 GMT |
The Durutti Column (Cluny 19th Feb) |
I've never owned any Durutti Column records, though I did have a C90 with "The Return Of" and "LC" on it that I took to University, back in 1983. I used to love the hypnotic quality of the endlessly l...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:08:00 GMT |
The Ministry of Silly Rules |
In George Orwells seminal novel 1984, the nightmare scenario of a pervasive state machine that controls every single element of a humans life is frighteningly explored. Published in 1949, it is set ...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:50:00 GMT |
2009 Music |
Well, in short, I've nothing to say as I've not been to any gigs and the only thing I've bought is the 5 CD Velvet Underground set for a tenner from Zavvi. I only got it because it was dirt cheap and ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:42:00 GMT |
Football from Summer 2007 |
Here are some uncollected, unpublished ramblings that have made it neither in to print nor on to the web (until now). I think they're worth keeping because they're so wrong (Ever felt you've been chea...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:02:00 GMT |
Music 2008 |
12. June 11th - A Band of Bowsies - The Ballad of Ronnie DrewAh The Dubliners! I grew up from the age of 2 believing that the songs of The Dubliners and, in our family, The Clancy Brothers were the f...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:13:00 GMT |
Cultural Consumption |
Clearly I can’t do reviews of all the books I’ve read, films I’ve seen, plays I’ve attended, gigs I’ve been to or CDs I’ve bought in my life, so I thought...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:26:00 GMT |
6 poems |
EASTERSIDE NOCTURNE
It was almost closing time after a long shift (1-11). A girl came in with her boyfriend and shouted "I need a piss!" She left and squatted down in front of the fish shop next door....
Posted by on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:24:00 GMT |
