Category Archives: Writing
Latte-tude
Four days before a lazy weekend at home in the middle of last month, I got a rather exciting email, which, to cut long story short, resulted in me instead packing up my tent and wellies again for festival two … Continue reading
It’s Festival Time!
I still have tons to write about Kenya, but what with starting a new job recently, doing a bit of music scribbling for other sites (these are over on my portfolio), and a higher than usual number of my friends … Continue reading
Filed under Counterfeit Mag, Festivals, Music, Writing
Concrete Blocs
Aaaaand we’re on a train again. I’m actually really sad to be leaving Brasov and especially our host Angi. Even though three days isn’t enough to know what somewhere’s really like, the time we have spent here has been very … Continue reading
Farmyard Fun and other gigs
Strictly speaking the “farmyard” in title has come from an evening I spent at the Cow & Calf rocks in Ilkley, watching a performance by Jez Colborne and the Mind the Gap entitled Irresistible. Mind the Gap are a theatre … Continue reading
Filed under Counterfeit Mag, Gigs, Leeds, Music, Photography, Writing
Everyone Loves The Brudenell
It’s true. Everyone does. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t. I even wore my Brudenell t-shirt to Iceland Airwaves and used the happy fact to bump into a fellow Leeds-er. To cut a long story short, The Brudenell Social Club … Continue reading
A Negative Narrative
For those of you that don’t know, A Negative Narrative is a glorious website containing intraviews with many and varied awesome bands, some well known, others less so. Curator Ewan Jamieson sends bands 10 questions and they must respond to … Continue reading
iLiKETHEDEEP
It’s been a long time in the making, but Leeds’ favourite historical types I LIKE TRAINS have finally had the stars converge positively for them and have a new album ready to be unleashed on you, their adoring public. Well, … Continue reading
Filed under Counterfeit Mag, Gigs, Leeds, Music, Writing
Leeds and Beasts
If you’re missing a summer of sitting in a field, or more to the point a leaky tent, watching a band, whilst slightly sozzled on overpriced cider, then I hope my review of Leeds Festival 2010 which is now online, … Continue reading
Filed under Counterfeit Mag, Festivals, Leeds, Music, Photography, Writing
Clash With A Talented Friend – Danny Payne
I’m a bit excited about telling you about Danny, who’s another ace photographer, as this month we have our first review in the print version of Clash Magazine - yay! Here’s the scan – click for full size: You can also scroll … Continue reading
August and Everything After
I’m sure you’re all dying to know what I’ve been up to then now I have my new-found freedom. The boring answer, sadly, is more work. Freelance locum work however, so that kinda makes it ok (nobody’s the boss of … Continue reading
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