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RECENT NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLES When England Was Burning: Review of Barbican 'Punk' Exhibition for the Times click here. Recent Features and Reviews for Bearded (Stiff Records, Triffids, Last Of The Shadow Puppets, Sebadoh), Big Cheese (Public Enemy Interview), Big Takeover US (Poly Styrene Interview, Ruts) and a whole heap of stuff on Trakmarx.com. Including a recent interview with The Wolfmen, pictured above, Manic Esso of the Lurkers, etc. Click here. MAMMOTH Goth feature for Record Collector was featured in Issue 343 (December 2007). Click here. FORTHCOMING/RECENT CD PROJECTS Monochrome Set compilation out now through Cherry Red Band of Holy Joy out now through Cherry Red Scientists comp out now through Cherry Red Skeletal Family out now through Cherry Red Gist/Weekend albums out now through Cherry Red Photos debut album out now through Cherry Red Hazel O'Connor's Smile out now through Cherry Red Channel 3 comp out through Captain Oi! Dancing Did out now through Cherry Red Play Dead out now through Cherry Red Blood and Roses out now through Cherry Red Nena out now through Cherry Red Two Balaam & The Angel CDs out now through Cherry Red Runaways third album out through Cherry Red Currently working on: Passions Marionettes Boothill Foottappers Girls At Our Best Shop Assistants Martha & The Muffins Unreleased Photos second album (if you know of any great LP from yesteryear that should be re-released that hasn't, please drop me a line) JUST GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT IN TIME.... Feature on the Jam, review of the Who's Royal Albert Hall gig and Waterboys most recent album for Music Mart Work on Bill Adler's new hip hop encyclopedia Cassell's 1,000 Key Moments of Musical History NEW INTERVIEW FOR NIHILISM ON THE PROWL HERE SOME NEW REVIEWS FOR NO MORE HEROES ADDED UPDATES FOR NOVEMBER 2006 ONWARDS Well, naturally the below event has now passed, and it was very enjoyable - though it has to be said, a round-trip to Stockport from East London is not to be entered into lightly. PUNK ROCK CHRISTMAS FAIR INCLUDING BOOK SIGNING Come to the World's First PUNK ROCK XMAS FAIR with the No Dress Code old school punk night Dance to music you know you'll like. Meet people you know you'll get on with. Drink! Buy your Xmas presents. From 4pm to 11pm on Sunday December 10 The Bull's Head, Market Place, Stockport. Admission £1 before 6pm, £2 afterwards. Includes authors selling and signing at least two punk books. Bands, promoters, anyone else welcome to sell their merchandise. People can sell their own old punk stuff – like a anarchist’s car boot sale. For more information visit my profile, send me a myspace message, or email punkrockxmasfair@yahoo.co.uk. Visit my profile to hear a magnificent punk Xmas song! Google "Punk Rock Xmas Fair" – you’ll see it's never happened before! The Punk Rock Xmas Fair is not promoting any religion. See here for more details UPDATES FOR NOVEMBER 2006 ONWARDS Good ol' U2 Fantastic quote from The Edge in this week's NME. On the subject of teaming up with Green Day to record the Skids' 'The Saints Are Coming' (yep, the reason I bought the issue) to raise funds for the New Orleans flood victims, the NME asks: "Katrina was really the moment when America itself finally lost any patience with President Bush, wasn't it?" To which the Edge replies - "It was a big Watershed moment". My own "Did I really say that" moment I just showed Dawn the introduction to the book, in which I paid tribute to her in the context of "a strained couple of years". Of course, I meant this to reflect the amount of work/anxiety of going freelance, etc. Dawn, of course, pointed out that it sounded like we were having relationship differences. Fear not, for that is not the case. But I do accept her point that this makes me look like a bit of a berk. UPDATES FOR OCTOBER 2006 ONWARDS New Books No, not mine this time. But I've contributed recently to Martin Kielty's Big Noise: The Sound Of Scotland, out through Black & White now. Obviously, I'm not an expert on Scotland or its music, but I do sure have some regional ties, and Martin asked me for a couple of quotes about the impact punk had on the region. How strange that I worked as a copy editor on Square One's The History of Scottish Rock 'n' Pop, All That Ever Mattered, nearly two decades ago (and apologies to Brian Hogg, whose excellent work I helped cock up with some comedy copy editing) Going back to an old love, there's a new hip hop book out shortly entitled How To Rap - I've seen bits of it and its an excellent, grounded piece of research into the raw mechanics of the art form. I did some literary scrawl for the promo/cover materials. New Radiohead DVD If anyone's interested, my great face for radio motto was sorely tested recently when contributing a new DVD/docu on Radiohead's OK Computer. Should be out in a month I am told. Can I ask that the impressionable and young children hide behind the couch when my bits are on. |
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| This is Hugh at his first ever football match. Looks like he's going to be a Leyton Orient supporter. I have mixed feelings about this. Will I have to beat him up when Scunthorpe visit? |
