Things I am embarrassed about – Number one in a series
“If we’re real music fans, we might even displace a prototype in favor of another based on knowledge that we gain. Take, for example, the song “Twist and Shout.” You might have heard it countless times by live bands in various bars and Holiday Inns, and you might also have heard the recordings by the [...]
Sticking it out
Look at this poster here from 2008. Lots of acts, venues, promoters have fallen by the wayside since then. We did a few shows back in the day at Whitechapel when there was a good dude there working on a decent music programme for Fridays. We did Agoskodo Teliverek and they were amazing. We did [...]
I’m a cyclist, a driver and a pedestrian
When I experience, hear about, or witness irresponsible behaviour in a professional context it reminds me of the debates between road users who annoy the hell out of each other all the time. You get folks saying they’re better drivers ‘cos they’re cyclists and so on. I hear “all agents are c*@!s”, or “all promoters [...]
Collapse
I could call it Collapsing. It’s when I have an extended session having clicked an Everett True tweet and been on a readathon. The latest started with his response to an article by Andrew Dubber: Music Journalism is the New Boring. Itself an excellent piece. I then found myself lost in the Collapse response to [...]
If you got ears… you gotta listen
This from here: http://www.londonears.com/Blog/2012/january.html Shutting the fuck up at shows is a subject close to my heart. I put together and run the now annual Shhh event in London, so you’d expect that perhaps, but I’m not some kind of perfect self important gig-goer, respectfully silent in reverence at the efforts of the artist before [...]
