Some stuff unearthed online… The original demo tape review from July 1997. The original Shifty Disco singles club CD review from August 1997. A review of the 0-60 Boxed Set which mentions Spunkle. Facebook!
Bands I have been in…
In approx chronological order of year of forming/ me joining… Volts (1982) Legg Legg the Philbert (1985) Oggy 9 (1986) The Nicaraguan Babies (1986) Petrol Ignition (1986) Volvo to Hell and the Bedford Van Ensemble (1986) 54 MS (1986) Psychic Del and Jim (1986) Acid (1987) Dere Little Chaps (1987) The CSE (1987) A Completely […]
Konica C35
Originally written for the Epic Edits 80 Film Cameras for Under 50 Dollars! project. I sometimes take pictures with a Konica C35 that I bought at a car-boot sale in 2005 for £4. It’s a very small rangefinder camera with automatic shutter and aperture, although I discovered when I got the camera home that it […]
Modified, electrified acoustic guitar and Boss MG-10 amplifier
I don’t expect you’d consider a guitar like this to be matched with an amplifier like this but I have done this and can attest that they sound good. The Boss MG-10 is a small solid-state amplifier that gives a very good clean sound and some far-out distorted sounds. I bought mine in 1989 and […]
Cassettes, cassettes, cassettes
Recently been scanning a batch of cassettes that I acquired and then let go. There’s a montage here… …and individual scans here 🙂
Thanks to Music in Oxford!
Seems Music For DXing caught the ears of the musicinoxford.co.uk crew, with a mention in their “favourite releases of 2011” list and a nice, short summing up: “One of the most unexpected releases of the year is made up of radio transmissions and low-fi keyboards – surprisingly compelling stuff.” Thanks guys!
Coffee Time!
The sheer brilliance of Google Analytics reveals that no one has actually played this video via this embedded player. Yet.
Down In The Park
Found a rehearsal recording of this on a random MP3 trawl the other night and realised we had a clip of it from a live gig… This was an awfully hot summer night down in High Wycombe, but it was jolly good fun.
Bring Out Your Dead II
Well, we had so much fun at BOYD the first that we did it again, this time at the Bull’s Head in Moseley with promoters Marclar. This time Papa November and Them Use Them were joined by Deep Grass and Juneau Brothers. I supplied guitar as part of Papa November’s set like last time…though there […]
Bring Out Your Dead
Good old First Fold Records had a bash at Grand Union Studios in Birmingham, with The Plague Doctor, Pierre and Karlheinz, The Resource Centre, The Assembled Minds, Papa November and Einstellung. (image shamelessly pilfered from Mr Tonge). I was guesting on guitar with Papa November, and a splendid time was had. See the video below!
Danelectro French Toast and Fablon Encore guitar
Just in case you are wondering, I modded my Encore guitar a few years back and made this video about it. I’m playing it through a Danelectro French Toast octave distortion pedal and a Boss MG-10 amplifier.
Lifescreen
I saw Lifescreen up in Leeds back in April and was blown away – they are an incredible rock group and now, even more incredibly, they’re giving away their back catalogue for free! Download it ALL here and ask yourself why this band are not MASSIVE!
Improvising at We Are Birmingham
Played a short set of improvised grooves at the Premier Pli launch, part of Gareth Courage’s “From The Ashes Of Industry We Rise” exhibition. I played guitar and Stu checked his email…(!) Thanks to Maria for the video!
Premier Pli
premier pli is a journal of newly commissioned work containing writing, images and sounds. Each issue features a guest editor who selects a theme to inspire, challenge and shape the contributors’ submissions. The editors must consider the work and create a sequence and context in which the publication is to be read. premier pli is […]