Music Venue Trust (MVT) have announced the #SaveOurScottishVenues virtual festival. It takes place on Friday 19 June across three ‘stages’, and streamed on livefrom.events, the festival will feature recorded performances by Scottish musicians who have come together to support Scotland’s vital grassroots music venues who are facing closure due to Covid-19. The first artists to […]
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Book: Funtime Author: William Ritchie Publisher: Amazon Ian Dury once sang about Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. In his debut novel, William Ritchie has not only covered these topics but has gone quite a bit further by incorporating gangsters, hookers, murder and a lot more besides. The book is set in London and told from
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Book: Shane MacGowan: Threescore Author: Andrew Catlin Publisher: www.andrewcatlin.com I’m a huge fan of The Pogues and The Popes, two of the bands Shane MacGowan has been the enigmatic front man for. This book by photographer Andrew Catlin documents forty years of MacGowan’s career with sixty portraits, along with quotes and lyrics. The portraits are simply fantastic,
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Book: Just A Shot Away: 1969 Revisited Part One Author: Kris Needs Publisher: New Haven Music journalist Kris Needs has written for pretty much any music magazine worth its salt for the past 40 plus years. His latest book, Just A Shot Away covers the first half of 1969 through the lens of his 14-year old self,
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Over at Into Creative towers our writers have been swotting up and reading through a plethora of reading material during the lockdown period. We told you about the excellent The Strange Book of Jacob Boyce – here and the thought-provoking Zoospeak – here. But listen up, as Jimmy Cricket once said (well, actually he said
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Power to the people… Black Man In A White World – Michael Kiwanuka It’s All Over Now Baby Blue – Them Racist Friend – The Special A.K.A. Revolution – The Beatles Quiet Dog Bite Hard – Mos Def If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next – Manic Street Preachers Where Are We Going?
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Bring a little sunshine to your life… Day-Tripper – The Beatles Something Good – Paul Haig Ladytron – Roxy Music Divine Thing – Soup Dragons Hold Me – Peter Hall Because The Night – Patti Smith Brilliant Mistake – Elvis Costello Trouble Every Day – She Drew The Gun Broken Land – The Adventures I’m
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No particular place to go? King Of The New York Streets – Dion Hong Kong Garden – Siouxsie & The Banshees Wichita Ain’t So Far Away – The Delines Jocelyn Square – Love & Money On Broadway (Live) – George Benson Going Down To Liverpool – The Bangles Aberdeen – Danny Wilson Sunny Goodge Street
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…………………………………………………………………… EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD The true story of the greatest band you’ve never heard …………………………………………………………………… Chapter 11 – Barrowland or Bust Disregard the rubble near the foot of my bed. I’ll get to that in a minute. Following the Polydor debacle, we made a conscious decision to be more selective in our
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Decidedly good tunes… Midnight To Six Man – The Pretty Things Cranes In The Sky – Solange Been Caught Stealing – Jane’s Addiction Sitting In The Park – Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames Shut Up & Let Me Go – The Ting Tings Instant Karma – John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band Song
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