February 2012
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This was written for the Express and Echo, but was...
This article was intended for last week’s Express and Echo. My Dad noticed that I made even less sense than usual! Here’s what it was meant to say!
Protest is a word that’s being used a lot at the moment. The Occupiers on the Cathedral Green are being told to move as I write. Also, it’s the first anniversary of those in Egypt who stood up against the President and caused his...
January 2012
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Cavern shows I have seen! Number 5!
The Exit
Chris Murray
Jimbob
Cay
Dan Webb and the Spiders
80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster
Errortype 11
Skindred
Dub War
Rayographs
Ex-Models
Lovely Eggs
Jonah Matranga
King Blues
Will Haven
Sweet Empire
Worn In Red
Goldie Lookin’ Chain
UK Subs
Attack Vipers
Caves
Bangers
Bedford Falls
Jai Alai Savent
Lovebites
Garlic Boys
Whitmore
Uncle Brian
Lubby Nugget
Monkey...
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Part 4- these are some good ones!
Rolo Tomassi
Male Bonding
The Subways
Afrika Bambaataa
Ugly Duckling
People Under The Stairs
Dalek
Glass and Ashes
Young Livers
Senses Fail
Juno
Raging Speedhorn
The Aggrolites
Sundials
Llama Farmers
Twist
Zolof the Rock n Roll Destroyer
Blacklist Royals
You Me and the Atom Bomb
Oceansize
With Honor
Walls of Jericho
My Ruin
Tsunami Bomb
Trash Talk
These Arms Are Snakes
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Cavern shows I've seen pt. 3
Atom and his package
Always Outnumbered
Crime In Stereo
25 Ta Life
The Nightingales
Mike Peters
Midtown
Angry Amputees
Bucky
Elbow
Southport
Hot Club De Paris
Electralane
Funeral for a Friend
Mad Caddies
Engine Down
Bad Manners
MxPx
Landmines
Guttermouth
The Line
Ensign
New Mexican Disaster Squad
Mike Hale
Austin Lucas
Josh Small
Devils Brigade
Death By Stereo
Chinese...
More Cavern shows!!
J Church
Joe Lally
Dismemberment Plan
Boom! In The Diamond Industry
Hoover
The Lost Patrol Band
One Man and His Droid
Three Minute Poetry
Jetplanelanding
Stapleton
Vultures United
Endzweck
Envy
Shows at The Cavern, Exeter that I have seen...
Mind blowing all the bands and acts that I have seen. I am going to attempt a list. In several parts! Starting now…
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
American Nightmare
Garrison
Reagan Youth
Leatherface
Snuff
Converge
The Locust
Bright Eyes
Edie Sedgwick
El Guapo
Retisonic
Antelope
The Gossip
French Toast
The Movielife
New End Original
One Line Drawing
Appleseed Cast
Lemuria...
December 2011
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Watchthecutupsfromexeter:
Our friend Franz Nicolay, who’s here on tour at the moment has made our year by recording some piano, organ and synth for our new lp! If you do know him, you should definitely check out his records, particularly Luck & Courage. Franz used to be in a band called The Hold Steady. We’re having a good time with him and Peter Miles in the studio!
November 2011
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Franz Nicolay & Chris T-T in the UK!
Well excited about this tour! Franz and Chris are both brilliant solo performers!
www.franznicolay.com and www.christt.com
longest tour i’ve ever booked! phew!
19/11 - Crunch Festival, Hay on Wye
20/11 - The Old Tea Shoppe, Middlesbrough
21/11 - The Actress and Bishop, Birmingham
22/11 - Harry’s Bar, Stoke
24/11 - Slak, Cheltenham
26/11 - ...
October 2011
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What would Jesus, Canon of St Paul's, do?
I’ve been thinking about the issue around St Paul’s Cathedral and the Occupy protests. I was looking at the “What would Jesus do?” banners and thinking about how he might deal with the issues and red tape that Giles Fraser faced. And the only answer I can possibly find is that there’s no way Jesus’ church would ever have become about meeting and processes, and...
August 2011
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Rioting and Solutions
As a Christian, as a punk, as a 21st century counter-culturalist, and as a human being, I have to insist that active non-violence is the only possible solution to bring justice. It is the only process that can remove power from authority and give it to the poor. I completely understand why we would riot but it will never achieve our longterm aims, and will only create further violence.
July 2011
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you know that word "alternative"??!
well, the word to me means something that is completely different. however, the 21st century has changed it irrevocably. you’ll see “alternative clubnights” advertised promising “the messiest night possible” completely unaware that this is so unalternative it literally hurts, “alternative” political parties that are completely indistinguishable from the...
May 2011
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Red City Radio UK tour
Red City Radio, from Oklahoma City are in the UK in October. Delighted they’re coming over! RCR are a cross between Latterman, Iron Chic and loads of positive pop-punk; another classic Paper and Plastick / Gunner Records release. The dates are…
16th October - The Fighting Cocks, Kingston
17th October - Victoria Inn, Derby
18th October - 13th Note, Glasgow
19th October - Uncle...
April 2011
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Blacklist Royals UK 2011
Blacklist Royals make their first trip to the UK in April, and are part of some incredible shows! The band mix streetpunk with Springsteen and their most recent lp (on P+P) is incredible! You can see them here…
24th April - The Windmill, Brixton, London (with Two Cow Garage)
25th April - The Retro Bar, Manchester
26th April - Buffalo Bar, Cardiff
28th April - The Cavern, Exeter (with...
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Spanish Gamble UK Dates!
Spanish Gamble from Gainesville, Florida are in the UK this month. The band release their music on Paper+Plastick Records, and this is their first time here as a band!
The dates are…
18th April - Everything Sucks at Cafe El Paso, London (with The Static Age)
19th April - Portland Arms, Cambridge
20th April - (in the afternoon) an INSTORE at Banquet Records, Kingston
- (in the...
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Volunteering Week
Today I visited Exeter College, and spoke with students about my Lent so far. My favourite question…. “just what is the point?!”
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The week of no carbon is done with...
As with every week that I’ve undertaken so far on this Lenten journey, I find myself in an entirely new position than the one I would have declared myself in previously. No Carbon has been difficult on a number of levels, but essentially what it has done has…
a) reminded me of how I never previously used a car (and rarely a bus or train) and…
b) made me reassess just how much I...
March 2011
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Cycling not Driving
Starting to realise just how alienating getting in a car is. Society thrives upon honest interaction and that simply doesn’t happen when we’re in our own metal box.
I’m so very out of practice with cycling, but am persevering!
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The End of Week 3 and The Start of Week 4!
Greetings, I’ve returned to a land of corporations, high prices and shareholdings, also known as Exeter High Street! I must confess that I wasn’t quite sure how this week would transpire, but you know what? Corporations haven’t yet strangled all the life from this town. I shopped independently, avoid certain things and ate incredibly well, and much more healthily! So, I genuinely...
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Lent Week 3 - No Corporations or Chain Stores
So, i return to technology to tell you that this week will involve no corporations, chain stores or anything with share holders!
This is actually going to be tough, but some parts will be impossible; here’s why!
Much of the UK’s state provisions have been privatised and taken over by corporations, and floated on the stock market. However, other versions of these provisions do not...
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No Technology!
If it wasn’t invented before I was born, I’m not using it! That was 1982. See you later facebook, see you later Internet, see you later mobile phone, see you later George Foreman groiler! Write me!
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Seven Weeks of Lent →
Don’t forget, you can see what I plan to do, and why on this site, plus leave your comments. Thanks for all the support so far!
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Seven Weeks of Lent →
Here’s a website that we’ve put together to explain what’s going to be happening this Lent! It’d be great if you had a look and left a comment or two!
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Lent Week 1- No Money!!!
The pancakes have settled; the superburger Alex made me at The Cavern Club is a distant memory, my credit and debit cards are gathering dust on a shelf; it can only mean one thing! Lent is here and my pledge must begin!
Week One is all about avoiding money; although the exchange of money for goods is an ancient tradition, it has to be noted that the issue of borrowing excessively is a truly 21st...
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Dan Webb and The Spiders UK tour...
Dan Webb and The Spiders come to the UK for the first time ever this month. Their new lp “Much Obliged” is out now on hugely respected European label Gunnar Records (home to Gaslight Anthem, Cobra Skulls, Crazy Arm, Frank Turner, Blacklist Royals and loads more…) and is a must-have for fans of Jay Reatard, The Computers and Dinosaur Jr.
The dates are…
18th Mar - London - The...
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Lent and all that!
So, Lent fast approaches. I usually make some token gesture in the way of confectionary towards this season of abstinence, but this year i’m planning something different!
If you don’t know, Lent is the period of time before Easter that the Christian Church has used as a reminder of the hardships that Jesus went through before he was crucified, but also it is an opportunity to give up...
January 2011
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Day 9 - Mons to (almost) Exeter
Good morning England! Good morning Harold Hardragar, good morning Bet Lynch, good morning Kelly Holmes, good morning St Julien of Norwich! At 6am this morning, I woke up in Mons, Belgium, now I write you from the Kentish marshland where little Pip met Abel Magwitch! And of course, the sun shines on this weary band of travellers!
The journey we’ve taken this morning is the very same one...
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Day 8 - Heiloo to Mons
I like Holland. I like it a lot. Leaving it this morning was hard. What will I miss the most? The American/Dutch accent? The remarkable record collections?! The excellent collection of pets that we met? Or the warmth in which we were greeted and saluted?! All of the above I reckon, but most of all, the Gouda sandwiches. Who wants to set up an import/export business?
Now, we’re back in...
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The Cut Ups in Heiloo →
A video of a loud band in a very small room!
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Day 7 - Antwerp to Heilloo
The drive out of Belgium was somewhat more complicated without a satnav! I was charged with the map duties, but it turns out that the names of places were different on each of the 3 maps I was using! The band were so concerned, they almost stopped watching Seinfeld. Almost.
We got to North Holland through my Ray Mears style navigation, and made it to Rowald’s house- Rowald is the singer of...
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Day 6 - Brussels to Antwerp
Where to start with the last 24 hours?! You might first want to read yesterday’s blog and my super positive mood to put what I’m writing now in perspective!
The Cut Ups went and had a wander around the medieval part of Brussels; a really amazing place! We couldn’t believe our luck to be here! We watched some of the Napoli/Fiorentina match in a bar, then trundled back to the...
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Day 5 - Den Bosch to Brussels
Do you ever have days where you can’t believe how well everything goes? That day was yesterday, and friends, it sure did go well! Norbert our host, and his friend Jort fed us an extremely delicious dinner, not because they had put on the show, but simply because they thought they should! Top guys! The show last night was really top draw, a venue that was open plan; we opened up and got such...
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Day 4 - The Hague to Den Bosch
When the good lord takes me off this mortal coil, and I am naught but dust, all I can hope heaven to be would be the djs from Cafe Du Vinger playing Reagan Youth, Dag Nasty and Blitz into my everlasting ears. Gerrit and his friends put on a top notch show- mention must go to Suicidal Taxi from Rotterdam, on their fifth show! The venue itself was a throwback to the John Tallack Centre, the...
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Day 3 - Paris to The Hague
Chums, last nights show was a treat - the good people of Paris were good to us. Unfortunately, my use of words abandoned me, during a lengthy gap between songs due to an electrical problem, i resorted to shouting the 3 words that the French Republic was built on… “liberte”, “fraternite”, “egalite”. It was met with a further pause and a distinctly French...
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