Friday 1 December 2017

Shindig! No.74

Oh yeah! It's Shindig! No.74, packed with Sharon Jones, Horror Folk, The Moody Blues, The Doors, and the Best Of 2017. Also I get to chat to Marijke of The Fool about that album cover...

Monday 30 October 2017

Shindig! No.73

It's Shindig! No.73 with Gillian Hills, Linda Lewis and Les Chemins des Katmandou only the tip of a majestic iceberg of fab. Catch me in conversation with top man Guy Webster in Vinyl Art. Cracking!

Monday 25 September 2017

MediaMagazine 60

Just belatedly got my hands on MediaMagazine issue 60, running my short feature on the resurgence of vinyl. MediaMag is still great!

Tuesday 12 September 2017

Outward Journeys by The Belbury Circle

Outward Journeys by The Belbury Circle – LP, CD, DL & Cassette. Featuring two tracks with John Foxx. 3rd November 2017 (pre-orders in October) via...

Think I'm playing a tiny bit on this. How exciting!

Thursday 29 June 2017

Shindig! No.69

It's Shindig! No.69, with the beautiful third and final part of Kris Needs' Hendrix opus, and an in-depth look at Peter Whitehead's Tonite Lets All Make Love in London, which is soon to be issued on Blu-Ray and which I haven't seen since a BFI screening many years ago. Exciting. Much more of course, including me chatting to designer Ollie Alpert about her multi-dimensional work. Get it!

Friday 2 June 2017

The Unseen Juicy Lucy

Here's a real treat for Vertigo collectors, record cover enthusiasts and greengrocers. If you've read my column in this month's Shindig! you'll know all about hard rockers Juicy Lucy, the mysterious Zelda Plum, and photographer Peter Smith. Peter was kind enough to share with us this image of the unused (rear) cover he mocked up for their debut LP and which was rejected by Philips. A real bit of history!
Bonus! Here's Zelda Plum in full regalia for the single launch in 1969. Amazing!

Thanks so much for sharing these Peter, and I'd still be really interested to hear from anyone who can add anything to the strange story of Zelda Plum.

Thursday 1 June 2017

Shindig! No.68

Out this very day is Shindig! No.68. More Hendrix, Funkadelic, Patto, PP Arnold... and I investigate another great Peter Smith album cover...

Monday 24 April 2017

Musicals and Visual Effects at KLCCC

On May 18th I'll be at King's Lynn Community Cinema Club talking about the pioneering visual effects work of the great Hollywood musicals, with clips galore. See you there!

Thursday 6 April 2017

Shindig! No.66

Today! Shindig! No.66, with Traffic, Bee Gees deep cuts, The Fleur De Lys, rock musicals, and me on the moon with The Owl and The Bear. Get your kicks.

Thursday 2 February 2017

Shindig! No.64

Out today, Shindig! No.64. From me: A look at a mighty Russian bear and a review of some Belgian library tunes. Elsewhere: Star Trek, Albums of '67, Bread, and Curtis Mayfield! Awesome.