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About Me

I'm a freelance journalist, at the moment mainly writing on rock music. I'm the author of 'Hawkwind - Sonic Assassins' and 'Strange Boat - Mike Scott & The Waterboys'.

I regularly contribute to 'Record Collector' magazine and have also written for 'The Guardian', 'Bass Guitar', 'Aural Innovations', 'Credit Today' and 'Commercial Credit Risk'. The latter two aren't very rock 'n' roll.
Music I Like Hawkwind - Wind of Change

Hawkwind - Right Stuff/Angels of Death
Old TV - Who Remembers These?

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Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Blues

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Tony Benn, Iain Banks (but not Iain M Banks), Stan Lee

My Blog

2008

Where did I get to in 2008, now that I look back to my final blog posting of 2007? Well, I'd have to say that in personal terms I had an enjoyable and successful year freed from the rigid structures o...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:16:00 GMT

At the 100 Club!

No, stop it, the 100 Club is not the group that I know belong to having seen another birthday come around. I'm officially half way to 90 though. Or, as my old Gran would have described it, nearly 50. ...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:36:00 GMT

Standing at the Front, Looking Awkward

A few catch-up items to report! I've written the sleeve notes for a reissue of the late, great, Hawkwind front-man Robert Calvert's solo album Freq which is released on the Atomhenge label (through C...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:21:00 GMT

All T & No G

How about this? I am available in translation! Me! Well, not to get too excited because it was something done specifically for a foreign-language magazine but I can at least say that my work has been...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:26:00 GMT

To Do Lists and Radio Stuff

What I need, really need, to do right now is to make a list. A 'to do list'. Only it'll be a 'to do list' from my current 'to do list' & a 'list of lists' as it were! You know, they say that if you wa...
Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 01:00:00 GMT

Random Events, Random Songs

Popped up to London recently (not very rock 'n' roll, it was for the annual Credit Management exhibition at Olympia, where I caught up with old friends in the industry, haggled for some work and talke...
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 03:37:00 GMT

Steve Gerber, London and Stuff

Can't believe its been three months since I last updated this blog!Things have been particularly hectic with first a family trip to London for a few days and then a worrying time over last the last fe...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:36:00 GMT

Darting About

Just got back from a day in Salisbury where I met up with Griff Fender and Den Hegarty from 70s Doo-Wop band Darts for a very extensive career overview; no specific home for that one yet but it's like...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:29:00 GMT

2007

Its hard to be too enthusiastic about a year that was, to all extents and purposes, a transitional year. I made the journey, not quite voluntarily but certainly with a degree of consent, from the 9-5 ...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:27:00 GMT

Aqua Sulis & Stuff

Just got back from a trip to Bath to see the Aqua Sulis Calling gig, a reunion of '80s Bath bands. Actually, I missed the headlining Jonah and the Wail as I'd mainly gone to see the revival of the Hip...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:31:00 GMT