If you’re still running around frantically looking for a last minute Christmas present and you’re a fan of The Boss then I suggest you go check out www.foryoubruce.com where there is a great new book out. After my last blog I got a comment about Bruce being the reigning king which prompted me to go [...]
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On December - 22 - 2008
On December - 19 - 2008
The weekend came upon us for the Bickershaw Pop Festival, the glorious British month of May. If there was ever a worse weekend for weather you’ll have to remind me, I think it rained from the moment we left home until our last gasp return. It was the pits (SHITE!) It happened early on in [...]
On December - 18 - 2008
“PEEL OR NO PEEL” Continued from “John Peel is a man we must never forget.”
So there was Barry, an avid John Peel fan recruited from his teenage years languishing at boarding school. He hadn’t got overly friendly with his fellow classmates, some of whom were sons of diplomats, air force kids, and the like. The [...]
On December - 13 - 2008
So Robbie Williams wants to return to Take That, now there’s a suprise, I wonder why? Well Robbie, nothing lasts forever and I think you’ve had the best of your days so slipping back now in to a band you walked out on is a little too convenient, especially when their success and comeback has [...]
categories: About The Engine Room, Artist Development, Creativity, Inspiration, Journey Thru The Past, Managment, People
On December - 12 - 2008
ACRES OF PEEL
I was just speaking with my old friend Barry from Record Collector in Sheffield and we were relaying a bunch of stories when as usual, he reminded me of some Engine Room Insights. Once again, other people’s recollections are better than my own. He did tell me though of his memories of [...]
On December - 11 - 2008
I have just been reading Neil’s blog about the funeral of our friend Rob Partidge (neilstorey.blogspot.com) and would recommend you do the same. It sounded just like a celebration of his life which we had all hoped for and even though everyone mourned the loss of their dear friend and colleague Rob had clearly given [...]
categories: About The Engine Room, Archives, Inspiration, Journey Thru The Past, Leadership, People, Places
On December - 7 - 2008
Leonard Cohen is a marvel. As I embraced music, and all it was about to thrust upon me his debut album Songs of Leonard Cohen sounded like nothing I had ever heard. I liked it in 1967 and I like it just as much now, 41 years later. To call it a timeless classic would [...]
On December - 7 - 2008
I wonder if music will evoke the same memories for those growing up today as it did for me and my generation, and the ones before me for that matter. I can look back over forty plus years and pinpoint albums that were crucial to my youth, adolescence and everything before, after and in between. [...]
On November - 30 - 2008
I was just contemplating what to write about when out of the stereo sprang Joni Mitchell’s dulcet tones, the ‘Blue’ album to be exact. What an amazing record for a glorious November morn. I think the sextarians today are sounding as fresh as they ever did. Oh,hang on a minute while I listen to the [...]
categories: Archives, Blog, Inspiration, Inspiration vs. Motivation, Journey Thru The Past, People, Tony Michaelides
On November - 24 - 2008
It was starting to get late, I looked at the car clock and it was 4-30pm. I was supposed to be at The Britannia Hotel in 10 minutes to pick up my band and I was still 30 minutes away, better call them. I reached in to my inside pocket for my mobile phone. SHIT! [...]
