I have a fair amount of music in my library, and because I’m a massive nerd I like to keep it in some sort of order. (My pre-iTunes library has some 20,000 tracks, half of which are utter garbage. I’m slowly moving over the good stuff.) All of my tracks are managed in my iTunes […]
Read MoreYesterday was Crooked Ways festival at Pontefract racecourse — and what a great festival it was! Plenty of music, plenty of beer, and plenty of sun! It’s the first time they’ve held the festival, but Ponte racecourse was a great venue, and it certainly sounds like it’ll be on again next year — so let’s […]
Read MoreJust recovered, so thought I’d post some ramblings for this year. Various high points were: Colin; gin jam; Jacob and Alf shopping for nothing but sweets; the wind and its army of shopping bags; back on form with brie and crackers; staying at the main stage missing plenty of good bands; acting like we were […]
Read MoreIt’s misled. I don’t care if you made it up to rhyme with mistreated, or if you use an 8-bit–style riff to appeal to my geekiness — The word is misled. That is all.
Read MoreI’m still tired even a whole day after getting back, but I though it was worth it to mention how good the festival was, yet again! I didn’t get a ticket immediately after last year, but waited until March. With hindsight, I reckon an early bird ticket might be required from now on, as it […]
Read MoreWoo, I got my ticket! Here’s the line-up so far:
Read MoreWhat can I say! If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. We stayed in the same place as the last few years, getting there early and still struggling to find space, since so many had gone in on early tickets (plan for next year?). Olly was coming after work, so the brie and crackers would […]
Read MoreStrangely, a ska-core version of “Don’t Let Me Get Me” (originally by P!nk) and a punk version of “Just A Little While” (Janet Jackson) seem to me like they wouldn’t sound half bad? Maybe that’s just me then.
Read MoreAwesome! I was originally planning not to go, but when Reg popped round and said he had a spare ticket for £17.50, I thought: “why not?” At this time I had no idea who were supporting, so you can imagine how good it felt to find out that The Living End and Dropkick Murphys were […]
Read MoreLast night we went over to Newcastle University Union to see The Automatic, supported by Mumm-Ra and Alterkicks. Liverpool-based band Alterkicks played an indie-ish (but not retro, oh no not retro) set to begin with, followed by Sussex boys Mumm-Ra and their eclectic pop/alternative rock mix. Having missed them at Leeds this year (due to […]
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