Once the jury was out and back with the verdict then time to put the wheels in motion. Was it good enough? If all were agreed about the finished product the planning would begin. They’d have ideas about a single , they would decide on the order of the tracks and start to engage in [...]
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On February - 17 - 2010
On February - 14 - 2010
Another topic I hadn’t really considered blogging about but then I thought, why not? Why not what, comment on Ellen DeGeneres’ debut on American idol that’s what. And then I thought who really cares, it’s not as though anyone’s going to drop her from the show and besides every paper and TMZ type show is [...]
On February - 5 - 2010
You admired those artists and what they had and if you had a bit of that talent you thought you stood a chance. It was worth giving it a go and at least if it didn’t happen it wasn’t the end of the world, you’d given it your best shot. You never needed to look [...]
On February - 4 - 2010
Simon Cowell and Simon Fuller have single handedly changed the way Americans
watch television. The show that every network turned down is now the only show that makes a difference. If you’re a pop act and you have a record out and you get asked to appear, then you do it. That is of course if [...]
On October - 10 - 2009
I was just catching up on a few of the reviews and comments from the audience regarding last night’s U2 ‘360 Degree’ show. (Very close to the temperature, too!)Pretty mixed really, and an amazing amount of people who were seeing them for the first time. For them it was quite an experience and for one [...]
On January - 31 - 2009
Tampa is awash with Superbowlites, they’re everywhere and all to see the men with big shoulders running around shouting until eventually throwing an odd shaped ball out of the ground. Everyone jumps up, play stops and an entire new team runs on. I don’t understand American football and I don’t think I ever will.
Nevertheless it’s [...]
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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 [...]
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On October - 30 - 2008
The decision made, Mark called the Polytechnic in Manchester and we were added to the guest list. Having your lodger on the radio back then was a major plus and saved us a fortune in gigs! I think the social secretary at the Poly was a guy called Elliot Rashman who later went on to manage Simply Red, [...]
On October - 27 - 2008
I came across this when I was just checking on a few dates before writing a blog. I was trying to remember the exact date I first saw U2 supporting Wah Heat at the Polytechnic in Manchester with my then lodger Mark Radclifffe.
David Fricke had just written a review of the re issue of U2’s first album, [...]
On October - 26 - 2008
‘I peak early in the morning. it’s downhill from there.’ not my own quote but something Bono said in 2004.
I was up as usual at the crack of dawn, well actually it was a crack well before before dawn. I live in Tampa Bay on the breathtaking coastline that is the Gulf of Mexico so I [...]
