This is gonna date me but I saw the Furs in 1981 on the Talk Talk Talk tour, only knew the single Pretty in Pink and they played this club (it was usually a Discotheque) called Rotters, they were brilliant, love […]

1975 me and a few mates decided to have a weeks holiday on the Norfolk Broads…..a few days in and we find ourselves in Great Yarmouth, wandering the streets we stumble across the local Tiffanys and who do you […]

Rod and Paddy…..a whole album would be something else…

can also recommend Night & Day 2 from 2000 containing this little gem…

Jam under J
Style Council under S
Paul Weller under W

easy peasey

My favourite track of the year so far….lovely from Ben Watt…

Nice Peter Gabriel cover shot on this months Uncut….

Another member of the Issue #1 gang, bought it regularly up until issue 200, still got them all carefully filed on bookcase next to issues 1 to 50 of The Face 🙂
Quite a few people have already mentioned how Q […]

True story (unfortunately) that Bunnymen gig in 85 was a warm up for Glastonbury, think it was only advertised a week in advance. Anyway on the day of the concert I picked up a couple of tickets from Piccadilly […]

I loved Laughter & Lust, has some of my favourite JJ songs on it, Obvious Song, The Other Me, My House. Fast Forward is recorded in four different studios with four different sets of musicians, he always trys […]

Yep, 31 according to Setlist including the Jam & Style Council gigs…

It was! remember when he came on stage, looked around and said “its a bit up market for us this place” 🙂

1 Blackstar – David Bowie
2. AM – Arctic Monkeys
3. Look now – Elvis Costello & The Imposters
4. True Meanings – Paul Weller
5. Lost In Space – Aimee mann
6. Surf – Roddy Frame
7. Crimson / Red – Prefab […]

i have a monthly meet up with some guys who are all old Soul fanatics, filing is always a prickly subject, most interestingly is how would you file Ernie K-Doe…….??? Its actually under K for Kador which is his […]

I signed up for Setlist.fm about 18 months ago, previously I had all concerts attended listed in excel with dates and venues, if you add yourself to a concert Setlist will notify you if anyone else edits the […]

Great idea, which concert had the most Afterworders in attendance??
I can confirm I was at the Joe Jackson gig at Bridgewater Hall in 2008, same as @johnwalters…

Loved reading this thread, been a fan of Joe since 1979s Look Sharp LP (a mate of mine worked in HMV Manchester and got me a promo JJ tie!!….unfortunately now lost)…a lot of love above for Blaze of Glory but […]

During the promotion of Rocket Man Elton was interviewed in BBC by Graham Norton. I only caught five minutes but was struck how Eltons voice had changed. It was as though his tongue was too big for his mouth. Did […]

Has anyone else read Bringing It All Back Home by Ian Clayton? It’s a lovely music orientated memoir…started reading yesterday and got through 100 pages in first sitting!

Loved The Rosie Project and the follow up The Rosie Effect. ..both laugh out loud funny . There is a third in the series released in January that I’ve got to catch up on…..btw they ate written by Graham Simison. […]