I actually look like I know what I’m doing here. Don’t tell anyone that I make it all up as I go along. I popped along to ‘Electro Jam’ at Zoso last night and span a few tunes. A fun night. It’s an ‘open deck’ night where you’re welcomed to turn up with a bag of tunes, check in with… Read more →
My mate Allan had his 50th birthday this weekend and pulled a mini festival together to mark the occasion. For those of you who don’t know him, Allan is a top bloke and I consider myself very lucky indeed to call him a true friend. We’ve been putting on parties together for years – particularly FIRE parties of which we did… Read more →
In the intimate climbs of Spiegeltent earlier this evening, Eirene and I had front row n center, for a talk by a Punk Rock elder statesman, John Robb. He talked about his (first hand experience) take on the roots of Punk Rock. The birth of the culture prior to the taxonomy. He described the force and energy, the message and… Read more →
For the past couple of years around this time of year, an incredibly ‘Harrogate’ corner of Harrogate – nestling behind the Crown Hotel in Crescent Gardens, has been enhanced, for two weeks only (as part of the Harrogate International Festivals) by the presence of a Spiegeltent. This structure almost feels like it was specifically designed for purpose, with Kursaal esque… Read more →
I’d asked twitter #harrogate if anyone had heard of the PIPS last night – they were billed to headline a free gig night at the Zoso late bar, Harrogate. Among the ensuing trickle of info I got back was a link -to a review from AMZ1981 which notes that PIPS are a “three piece outfit that are painfully difficult to describe”… Read more →
Tonight’s annual school disco at Grove Road School Harrogate, was the “Best Disco Ever” according the kid who wrote lovely note I found on the floor. If I was still an actual real kid I’d probably have thought the same. I’ts a bit of an institution, a real community event. We’ve been going every year for probably 10 years (we’ve… Read more →
A venue who’s day job is a cage MMA fighting arena was taken over by Nokia UK and La Blogothèque last night to host “Lumia Live”. The second leg of a tour which marries interesting music with utterly original venues. Hard cases and fight baiters were replaced with tour bus and flight cases. A blissfully sun drenched courtyard was the ‘mustn’t be late for the… Read more →
Out of the blue the other day, I received an invite from Nokia. From what I can make out, Lumia Live Sessions, presented by Nokia is part showcase of a couple of interesting looking bands (more on those in a bit), part product showcase (I’m getting a new phone to play with for a while) and part service showcase (Nokia Music –… Read more →
We’re just in from seeing Gang Show at The Royal Hall. The cast included our very own Sophie who joined scores of others from the Cubs, Beavers, Scouts, Rainbows, Brownie and Guide fraternities of Harrogate. The tradition of the Gang Show has been going since 1932 and the Harrogate show has achieved ‘red necker’ status, which means it meets the… Read more →
At the weekend, I was fortunate enough to catch Karl Culley playing headline in a ‘one night only’ sell out show in The Harrogate Theatre. I’ve been a fan of Karl’s for years now – and was really excited about the prospect of hearing him live, playing a bunch of material he’s been beavering away with since he moved to… Read more →
If I had to compile a list of ‘top events I’ve looked forward to in 2013’, this would be fairly high up on the list. Certainly single figures. Two of my fave local acts of all time (it may well be three by the end of the night – I’ve not see Samantha Smith before) are playing a one off, special gig… Read more →
I’m not sure if having an accidental shower in champagne at the start of an evening is a good omen or not, but I took it as one, and my hunch, it turns out, was right. It perhaps wasn’t quite so good for the poor guy who accidentally tipped his drinks tray spilling bottle, champagne flutes and all, on the landing… Read more →
Writing a quick blog now as we’re off out later. Yep, we as an Eirene and I. The first time Eirene will be leaving Annie with someone since she was born nearly 1 month ago. Our night ahead sounds quite spesh – we’re off to an On’t Sofa (the guys who I hung out with and wrote about here) showcase…. Read more →
What Ontsofa.com makes, is fairly easy to summarise; Content for their 8.6million-view-in-just-over-a -year-strong YouTube channel of musicians performing whilst sat on an old Chesterfield sofa. What makes Ontsofa.com, isn’t so easy to summarise. Sometimes in life, you come across some really ‘stand out’ people. Ontsofa.com is the brainchild Jason and Ben, who I first met at around 1 am, on a Saturday… Read more →
A lomography fisheye is a marvellous bit of kit. It’s got a 170 degree super wide angle lens. I’d loaded it with an out of date roll of German film called Paradises 200, stuck a ringflash on the front with 4 different coloured gels over the flash heads. Mashed up colours and shapes. It makes an ‘ordinary’ object, like a… Read more →
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