from under the floorboards |
We never played with the Buzzcocks, but I remember seeing Steve Diggle at Band on The Wall a couple of times. He had a blue Morris Minor. We played at a backwater club in Manchester one night - I can'...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:36:00 GMT |
Songs |
As teenagers, Rog and I were writing loads of songs. We were in a band! That's what you did. My early songs disappeared, as it quickly became apparent that Roger was much better at it than I was. He w...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:50:00 GMT |
Introducing the Norms |
It would be great to say that I'd just signed a teenage sensation band to my record label, but it wouldn't be strictly true. They just sort of grew out of pretty much nowhere - a bit like potatoes. On...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:06:00 GMT |
A year in the life on an allotment owner |
It was my birthday a fortnight ago, and amazingly there was a reprieve from the endless rain of the Summer. It was warm, dry and sunny. I was sitting on my allotment in the warm hazy sunshine and I ha...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:11:00 GMT |
From Swaledale to Madrid |
My dad was one of the founder members of Burnley caving club and as a young man he was off to the Dales every weekend camping, potholing & walking.
Recently he was talking about Swaledale with gre...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:19:00 GMT |
Shay Stadium |
On the15th August 1965, The Beatles played to an audience of 55,600 at the Shea stadium at the start of their North American tour. Touring was becoming unmanageable for them. They can’t hear the...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:50:00 GMT |
vinyl vinyl & the 7" singles club |
We had an old radiogram in the front room and my mum and dad had a pile of old 78s.
My first record was Funny funny by the sweet. I bought it at St Matthews jumble sale when I was about 13...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:39:00 GMT |
An Avuncular day |
Wake up at half-five and can't get back to sleep - get up & get ready - decide to go to work in the bus for once. That last hill is always windy, but today is spectacularly gusty and it's particul...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:25:00 GMT |
Songs From The Underbelly ? |
I first started writing songs in The Notsensibles - Roger wrote most of them (he's a bit of an unsung genius), but I wrote one or two (including Sick of Being Normal which we recorded recently with VB...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:56:00 GMT |
Going to the dogs |
Where does that expression come from? It was Lolo's birthday last week & she said she wanted to go the Greyhound racing at BelleVue, so off we went on Saturday night. A rare outing with the ...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:40:00 GMT |
