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 [...]
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On December - 19 - 2008
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 - 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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
On December - 4 - 2008
OK it’s time to own up, writing about bygone days makes me pick up books written from that period, and fortunately I have a nice collection of freebies I managed to blag from friends who also happen to be authors! I know it’s the wrong way round, I should really brush up on the facts [...]
categories: Archives, Artist Development, Inspiration, Journey Thru The Past, People, Places, Tony Michaelides
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 November - 26 - 2008
I just received a call from Neil with the very sad news that one of our former Island colleagues, Rob Partridge had passed away. Rob was one of the finest human beings ever to have graced the music industry and an engine room giant, yet his greatest quality was that he was an ‘all round [...]
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