Maureen Almond is currently spending time in the Dreaming Spires doing something very deep and meaningful with some bloke called Horace. You can read all about it in Maureens blog HERE Maureen says: “if you have time, go to www.ccc.ox.ac.uk there’s a fabulous picture of the college where I am. The sundial is very famous”.
A friend recently extolled the virtues of MySpace a social networking kind of thingy so I set one up. Well I set up two actually, the first one was a mistake and I seemed to be in a space looking to “date” other MySpacers or at best engage in spotty teenager stuff. I realised my … Read more
My good friend Tony Markey came to my studio to do a vocal session today. Tony is not around a great deal because he spends 3 months at a time singing on a cruise ship and 3 months at home. When I say “singing” I have to point out that Tony is not the kind … Read more
The Sunday Supplement on BBC Radio Cleveland with guests me (top), Hayley (right) and Paul Anderson (left) presenting. Phone in’s and discussions about what’s in the Newspapers. This is my second visit. I struggle to stay “with” the programme, express an opinion on things I have (a) no knowledge of and (b) no opinion on, … Read more
Back in the late seventies I was house producer in a recording studio. One day an artist brought in a little black box called a ìBoss Dr Rhythmî. It was the first time I had seen a drum machine. It was cute looking machine about 6 inches by 4 but no drummer would have felt … Read more
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