Coach Party at Rough Trade tonight. Should have brought a coat. The heavens have opened!!!

Cure tickets in the bag!! Woohoo

An opportunity to interview a big(ish) name came up last minute for tomorrow for the short doc I’m trying to make. My camera guy is unavailable :-( Trying to work out if I can do it myself but it doesn’t feel feasible.

So …. KEG Quite liked them. Won’t rush to see again. Like if Huey and The Lewis had seen Protomartyr and thought ‘can we make that sound a little bit poppy/ jazzy?’ 7 on stage - possibly 2 too many? Other opinions are valid and may vary. Sound not great at Signature Brew so also a factor!!

90 minute slog across town tonight to see KEG, Kickboy and Child3 First time out in ages so as much as I’m dreading the journey home - night buses galore! - looking forward to the gig. Say hi if you see me :-)

It's back on and this Thursday in Forest Hill! Hopefully see some of you there :-)

Boo! :-(

In other news!!! Fingers crossed I might have secured another interview for the JBJG doc. Not going to jinx it by saying who it is 🤣 But he’s a personal hero of mine :-)

I try not to muddy the waters too much with the band I 'ahem' know but they're playing in SE London next week so ..

Just saw this posted in the bad place. Too good not to share www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt69...

No reason just my lovely kitten

Just listened to Pulp at Glastonbury. I was there the year they stood in for The Stone Roses. I got a little bit teary 🥹

Interview done Think it went okay! Both Alan and Mike were lovely so I guess I’ll know more when I listen back over the next few days :-)

5 years later than planned, I’m in Brussels and interviewing Elton Motello tomorrow x

On my way to Brussels to interview Alan Ward and Mike Butcher tomorrow! I’m already melting and I’ve only been out of the house for 20 minutes!! It’s hot 🔥

Going to be in Brussels towards the end of June to interview a musician I’ve wanted to for years! I’m staying an extra night/ day. Any recommendations for bars/ food?

Succumbed to food fad fashion and made gochujang cookies. Can report that they just are as tasty as all of the articles (if you’ve seen any) purport them to be. And I’m relieved that I halved the recipe otherwise I would have devoured twice as many already!

The guy opposite me on the train is hammered! He’s covered in McDonald’s bits of lettuce and breadcrumbs and barely holding it together. No judgement - I’ve been in far worse states!

Haven’t been to many gigs so far this year (finances/ work/ etc). Heading into Hackney right now though to see The Vaselines!! Say hi if you see me :-)

Might have a spare (free) ticket for The Vaselines tomorrow night in Hackney if anyone’s interested?

Filming an interview towards the end of June and the camera person (who's a friend so I'm not annoyed and understand why) has had to pull out because of a paid job they just can't turn down!! Somehow have to find a replacement or cancel the whole thing and risk cancelling the whole project :-(

If anyone is around North London tomorrow ;-)

I contacted a music journo I like for some advice re: the interview I have coming up in May with the songwriters of a certain song (🤫). They were very generous (and definitely earned a 'special thanks to' credit) with their advice and now feeling emboldened to cast my net further.

Barring incident going to be interviewing a someone in June I’ve been mentally preparing to interview for a decade as the 1st step in making a short doc (that could balloon into something longer). Related to that - anyone know Captain Sensible? - would be the 1st step in it being something longer.

I’m (barring incident) interviewing Elton Motello and Jet Staxx at the end of June with a view towards making a short documentary about Jetboy Jetgirl Anybody have Captain Sensible/ The Damned connections? Love to ask them questions about why they covered it

That band I know ;-) If anyone is around ealing/ Hanwell next weekend (Sat 10th May) we're one of many many options available across numerous venues.

Like I've said before, I might know one or two of them :-)

My band are playing in Soho again at the start of March. It's FREE so if you think we're awful you can sneak out without it having cost you a penny 🤣

So … the person I need (with a capital N) on board for my stalled documentary project got back to me. I honestly thought they wouldn’t so pretty happy they did. They haven’t said yes BUT importantly they left the door open and didn’t say no. 🤔 not sure what my next move is but thinking about it

That band I know 🤫

Anyone else feel like they're continually waiting for things to happen as a result of having completely run out of ideas as to how to actually make them happen? open.spotify.com/track/5wewZy...

1. The Living End - The Jesus and Mary Chain 2. Silver Machine (Does it count?) - Hawkwind 3. Saturday Nights Alright (For Fighting) - Elton John 4. Funky Moped (😂) - Jasper Carrot 5. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf Like a couple of them more than I probably should!

Heading into Hackney to see some bands!!! If you see through my drab disguise say hi x

Slow start to the year gig wise (nobody seemingly wanting to employ me contributing to that in some way) but first one tonight and it’s a doozy! Deary Lip Filler Croithe & The Murder Capital 🥳

Going to try and resurrect a project that seemed dead in the water after Covid and lockdown. Plucking up the courage to email and see if the people who were involved might still be interested! youtu.be/KgbtLJyLDu8?...

Santa didn’t get the memo so just bought it myself :-)

I like the liminal space between Xmas and New Year. (Is that the correct use of the term or am I trying to be clever and sounding like a fool?) I need to get back to job searching but … nothing will happen till Jan 2nd so can actually relax knowing there’s not really anything I can do about it all.

Nothing to do all day but drink copious cups of tea and dig into this!

About to head into the big city for my last gig of the year. Playing this one :-) If you see me around Soho say hi!

Woohoo!!!

There’s a house near me where the dog is quite often chained up outside. In all weathers. Am I right in thinking I should report it? I need to surreptitiously note their address when I walk past later. That’s not me being an arsehole is it? Genuine question for anyone that might see this.

Any guitarists wanna pitch in and guitarsplain? Gig on Friday night. Too early to change my strings on my acoustic or have I already missed the window? Never sure how long (if at all) strings need to be bedded in for.

Moved this year. Renovating so all my music in boxes. Occasionally dig around for something random. Anyone remember these guys? One patchy album with a couple of great songs. Difficult to find anywhere online but deeper dive suggests there was a lot of label interference! youtu.be/bNat_jbntnc?...

Yet another shameless gig plug!! Anybody finds themself in Central London on Friday evening (20th) and wondering what to do with yourself come and join us at The Spice of Life in Soho. Go on :-)

No way I’ll make both gigs tonight so through gritted teeth going to the one I want to go to least so as not to upset my friend. Sure they’ll be fine, they’re all talented musicians, just not really my thing. They’d better turn up to my gig next Friday or there will be words :-)

Just over a week to go! Spice of Life, Soho Friday 20th Dec Tickets here: ticketool.co.uk/events-fe/9d...

TIME FOR A XMAS GIVEAWAY (it’s a big one) 🎟️🎄🎅 ⁣ If you’d like to be the lucky winner of a pair of tickets to ANY EYOE SHOW FOR A WHOLE YEAR, follow the simple steps below by Mon 13 Jan. Good luck and merry Christmas! ⁣ 1. Sign up to our mailing list linktr.ee/eatyourownears 2. Repost

Two clashing gigs coming up on Friday. Both friends bands. I know in advance I’ll enjoy one a lot more than the other BUT the one I least want to go to is the friend that will be completely offended if I don’t turn up :-( Playing at different times so trying to work out if I can make both.

Might know some of the band ;-)

Morley Road again on the bus. Anybody out there with an encyclopaedic knowledge of fried chicken that can put me out of my misery and tell me if that is ground zero for Morley’s or not?