I don’t miss going to gigs. I spent most of my life there for the best part of 25 years either with bands I was working with or choosing to go and see others in the time I had off. And looking back I saw pretty much everyone I wanted to.
Now here’s the difference. Iactually [...]
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On December - 20 - 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 - 16 - 2008
Barry was remote and feeling isolated at public school, not only was he picking up a formal education, he was being formally educated in music. John Peel introduced him to a whole new world and one that would evolve in to a career. Such was the effect Peel had on him that later on he [...]
On December - 14 - 2008
I wouldn’t deprive anyone who worked hard any success but I always maintained Robbie Williams was the luckiest pop star alive. I think his management team have done a marvelous job under the circumstances as I would imagine that at times he’d be a hard act to handle. He’s prone to doing what he wants, [...]
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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 - 10 - 2008
Bickershaw! it doesn’t have that ring to it like Woodstock or Altamont, or Glastonbury even but it turned out to be a monumental weekend for rock and roll and remains etched in rock history.The location was Wigan in the north of England and I often wonder what some of California’s finest must have thought [...]
On December - 9 - 2008
I started to write the last couple of blogs about Leonard Cohen and I thought, why stop there, he’s 74 years old so there’s plenty to say about the man. Leonard Cohen must live forever, we should always have him around.
I did a radio show for many years, and in many years interviewed many people [...]
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 [...]
