Steve Thompson

The Works Band (pictured below) played their final date on this hellraising tour at the “Youthy” in Thornaby. It was a tremendous gig. Highlights for me were having my windscreen smashed by a pheasant as I drove to the gig, turning vegetarian the moment I saw the pie and peas supper and offending the Lady … Read more

I’m currently hacking code. Struggling with three languages – PHP, CSS, and Dutch !

This week saw the penultimate gig on The Works tour at the Everyman in Liverpool. The first thing I noticed on entering the City was that the Scousers had taken their European City of Culture 2008 win and started tearing up the streets of Liverpool. Such is the disruption that even locals can’t find their … Read more

I was in Stockton today and parked in a rooftop carpark. Scroll down to see what interests me about this picture. Well, I was stood beside that red brick building a few days ago and took this picture. Then I had an idea – probably a daft one. Next week I’ll go to that spot … Read more

Driving home this evening down the A19 from Tyneside to Teesside, close to Hartlepool I suddenly found myself in the USA.

My old Akai S950 sampler just died. We’ll it’s have a few health scares lately but I fear this time could be terminal. I have more advanced technology waiting to take over this once cutting edge machine but this would involve several hours setting up and I just need to switch on and go to … Read more