Archive for June, 2007
Suprisingly this is not a quote from the newly reformed Spice Girls (swap the word music for money and you might be getting somewhere), but the rationale behind the considerably more important reunion of the Verve.
To be fair I have nothing against the Spice Girls going out on tour. I’m sure they will make a [...]
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Tags: indie, richard ashcroft, the verve
On Sunday my band Motorcade played the Lockstock Alldayer at the Lock, Dock and Barrel pub in Leamington. It was a good line-up and we really enjoyed playing our first gig in a couple of months. If you weren’t there here is what you missed:
The Frolics
Looking like they wandered straight out of Woodstock, the Frolics [...]
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Tags: leamington, live music, motorcade
Last week I went to Madrid for a post-exams break. Here are five exciting facts I learned about Spanish capital whilst we were there:
The Santiago Bernabeu is amazing – despite being named after a noted Fascist, the home of Real Madrid really is quite astonishing. I went to New Wembley last month and I’ve [...]
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Tags: football, madrid, santiago bernabeu, spain, tapas, travel
52 Week CD Challenge – May
Almost half way through now. Some decent efforts this month, and one unbelievably bad one.
(18) James – Seven (1992)
For some reason James are a band who have pretty much passed me by up until now. Seven is the first James album that I have bought, and I have to say that I’ve been absolutely blown [...]
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Tags: album, ian brown, indie, james, manic street preachers, the bluetones, travis
The Return of David Beckham
In football people often like to say that no individual is bigger than the team. However with David Beckham we have a classic example of a man who is precisely that. England or Beckham, who is really bigger? Even over the last few months when Beckham has been out of the national side he has [...]
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Tags: david beckham, england, football
Focus on… John Squire
Tracking the progression of a guitar legend in four albums:
(1) The Stone Roses – ‘The Stone Roses’ (Silvertone, 1989)
The Stone Roses had already been together as a band for a number of years prior to the release of their first album in 1989. As such ‘The Stone Roses’ doesn’t really sound like a debut record [...]
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Tags: album, chris helme, do it yourself, ian brown, indie, john squire, led zepplin, mani, noel gallagher, oasis, reni, second coming, the seahorses, the stone roses, time changes everything
