Phil

Cargo Studios

Hello,Nostalgia time again. Following on from my last blog and very much of the time. Please see the link below which takes you to a website dedicated to a very influential studio of the late 70's to ...
Posted by Phil on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:22:00 PST

Bolton Music Scene 81 - 83

Hello,A very big thank you to my dear friend Ami for telling me about a website that charts a big part of my musical history. Below is a link to a website dedicated to a music fanzine that was produce...
Posted by Phil on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:47:00 PST

Death of a Goth

Dear Friends,This news report makes for horrific reading in a so called civilised culture:A 20-year-old woman attacked by a gang in a Lancashire park has diedSophie Lancaster and her boyfriend were se...
Posted by Phil on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:37:00 PST

Décontracté - Romain Frati

Romain Frati is a French pianist, singer and composer.  He was born in Metz, France, where he studied piano in both classical and jazz styles.  He has worked with many Celebrated French musi...
Posted by Phil on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:36:00 PST

Sewn - The Feeling

The Feeling are five twentysomethings from Sussex and London who love pop music. Great big no-nonsense, hook-filled, giant-chorused pop music  music for the masses, only intelligent, with sunshine h...
Posted by Phil on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:20:00 PST

Tagged

Here's my blog in response to Becky's request for me to post ten interesting facts about myself. If I, in turn, have tagged you, then (if you want to) you are meant to pass this along to ten other fri...
Posted by Phil on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 05:38:00 PST

Wide Open Space - Mansun

Great song... has a spiritual, uplifting feel to me, quite haunting....I'm in a wide open space, I'm standingI'm all alone and staring into spaceIt's always quiet through my ceilingThe roof comes in a...
Posted by Phil on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:13:00 PST

Bank Holiday Monday - Stereophonics

I've been too dismissive of the Stereophonics, I will right this wrong now.... this is a raw slice of Brit culture and, to me, as lyrically incisive as the AM's... Woke up with the shakes on the bathr...
Posted by Phil on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:10:00 PST

Jean The Birdman - Sylvian/Fripp

I've just managed to buy tickets for Sylvian's forthcoming gig at the Bridgewater in Manchester, which will be the 8th time I've seen him!! So, to celebrate, here's "Jean the Birdman".This track is ta...
Posted by Phil on Sun, 27 May 2007 05:56:00 PST

Stop Me - Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson is a music producer, artist and co-founder of Allido records. So far in his career he is best known for this cover version of The Smiths song 'Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Be...
Posted by Phil on Sat, 19 May 2007 08:26:00 PST