I was working at EMAP in the late Nineties when Heat was in development, and it was spoken of in house as being a British take on Entertainment Weekly, which at that time, was quite a lofty ambition. As I recall, […]

I was surprised not to see the Stones at all until they very briefly skated across the bottom of the chart some time in the early Eighties.

Anyone else just get an email telling them that release has been delayed until 15 November?

That would have been at Rock in Rio, so while the Crims were playing to 100,000, there probably would have been another 400,000 people queueing up for a hot dog and a slash before Iron Maiden came on.

Roxy Music and Rush fans would beg to differ. The only way to get hold of the SW 5.1 mixes for those was to buy the ridiculously expensive jumbo 12 inch box sets full of old tat that no one wants.

All sorted. I look forward to the pleasure of Attackdog’s company, although I’m sure I’ll be somewhat of a letdown after you’ve experienced the delights of Colin H. (Crikey, he gets about, doesn’t he?)

Stands back in amazement.

I had a comparable experience when I saw Randy Newman at The Sage and made the mistake of getting a seat a bit too close to the front, only to find out that due to the positioning of his piano on the stage, all I […]

Minty – Freedom Cafe, London (1994?)
Leigh Bowery gave birth to a full grown adult woman, live on stage. Weirdly moving and brave performance.

The Fall – Heaven, London (1984?)
The mighty Fall in their […]

As I heard more, from what I could make out over the general hubbub, I don’t think he was a rock and roller, as I first assumed. I’m pretty sure I would have caught the tail end of a casual reference to life on […]

With cover stars Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti, almost certainly the only collaboration between UFO and Throbbing Gristle.

Interesting to see that Rush actually reprint their old programmes (sorry, *tourbooks*) so I guess my old Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures programmes won’t be funding my retirement. Hmm, wonder how much an […]

I think we must have been at all the same shows, although at opposite ends of the A1. How the hell did I ever manage to go to quite so many gigs? And I was at White Hart Lane every other week too. Jesus, how much […]

Paul Raymond is 73? Gawd, where did all those years go?

Not a musical miss, but I ducked out of the office for a mid-morning comfort break and upon my return discovered that in my absence Easy Riding Peter Fonda and Hal Hartley cast regular Elina Löwensohn had popped […]

I’m not surprised you don’t remember UB40 – unless I’m much mistaken the Stones were in fact supported by the J Geils Band and Black Uhuru at the Wembley gigs in 1982.

I’d forgotten all about Platten Pedro! Back in the Nineties, I used to have to spend a couple of weeks in Berlin every year with work and always sloped off to Platten Pedro for a couple of hours if I had a bit of […]

Strictly speaking, the hits actually dried up during the early years.