Author Archives: Bob the Chiropodist

Andrij – our man pulling pints in the Gay Traitor, wants to bend your ear ……………………………..and his Gran really was Alice Cooper y’know All this talking is only bravado.. The 1980s were to music what George bush is to middle … Continue reading →

rowd of everyone from sprightly new indie kids to the battle worn warrior horses (even a old guy on crutches at the back!).

After a rejuvenated John Cooper Clarke gave us Beasley Boulevard and an excruciating video jockey tortured us with his ability to make a techno noised out of any old bit of VHS on came the Fall (circa June 2006). There arent many 50 year olds Id go out of my way to see but this was something else. As my cousin dig commented: He sings so much better since he lost all his teeth!. The energy, the bloodymindedness.did Mark E Smith make any concessions or any mention that this was a special evening? Did he eck, and lets face it, it wouldve been a let down if he did! Cant wait to see them again. Continue reading →

March 2007 sees the 50th birthday of a national treasure Mark E Smith. He’s produced some of the most exciting LPs committed to vinyl, never rested on his laurels and never shied away from speaking his mind. My personal favourite quote of his was after Boy George had been exposed as a Heroin addict: there was hysteria in the British press about the example he was setting to his fans. When asked about it Mark said “Well I’m a big Elvis fan but I dont eat 20 hamburgers a day!”. Continue reading →

The task was to choose tracks from 5 specified locations…..Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, A European City and an American one…. Continue reading →

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When Bob Dylan was asked “What are your records about?” at a press conference he replied “Some are about 3 minutes and some are about 4”. Inspired by this our challenge was to find 5 tracks that were 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3, 4 and 5 minutes long. Continue reading →