Tommy Smith turned fifty-two, the day they shut his pit, Emphysema with his pay-off, the fuse had just been lit. From the heady days of Saltley Gate and Orgreave in ’84, Tommy Smith had done it all and then gone back for more. The cave-ins and the danger, Tommy took them his stride, A Wife, [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Tommy’s Got A Gun
Posted: 31st May 2011 by Harry in BLOG, CULTURE, POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRSTags: Orgreave, Poetry, Saltley Gate, The Miners' Strike
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The Darling Buds Of May
Posted: 30th May 2011 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Beth Windsor, Isolysis, JR Windsor, Satanicus Maximus, She Who Is Never Wrong, The Spawn, Toxic Federation
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How was your May? Here, at Paterson Towers, it was the usual cacophonous and stress-filled anarchy. With two thirds of The Spawn still in residence, I doubt it will ever be anything else. The Princess Of Darkness knows better than her parents, of course. Both She Who Is Never Wrong and my bad self have [...]
Sack Sabbath : The Greyhound, Beeston 30-04-2011
Posted: 30th May 2011 by Harry in MUSICTags: Black Sabbath, Rob Reid, Rusell Saxton, Sack Sabbath, The Greyhound
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First published by Moonshine Magazine www.www.mickmoonshine.co.uk May 2011 Tribute acts, eh? Love ‘em or hate ‘em, they are now an established and accepted part of the live music experience. Some good, some absolutely abysmal and one or two, maybe, possibly, great. Some can, and do, go to ridiculous lengths to replicate every conceivable facet of their heroes’ [...]
Toxic Federation : The Flowerpot, Derby 23-05-2011
Posted: 30th May 2011 by Harry in MUSICTags: Derby, George Coleman, Jake Graham, Mitch Emms, Moonshine Magazine, The Flowerpot, Toxic Federation
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First published in Moonshine Magazine, May 2011 www.mickmoonshine.co.uk Even by the standards of their own unfeasibly high work ethic, Toxic Federation’s recent level of activity would make lesser bands wince. Not content with their usual, punishing schedule of gigs, the Feddies have been burning the midnight oil in their Breaston-based studio, writing and recording, for their forthcoming [...]
Fox North Coalition : A Block For The Wigs
Posted: 30th May 2011 by Harry in MUSICTags: A Block For The Wigs, Fox North Coalition, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie
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First published by Soundsphere Magazine, http://www.soundspheremag.com/reviews/54-cd/2110-cd-review-fox-north-coalition-a-block-for-the-wigs May 2011 A world weary minstrel bemoans the state of the world and that no-man’s land in which he finds himself. A plaintive, echoing harmonica answers his laments as tumbleweed blows across the dustbowl of his psyche and snags in the windmills of his mind. Welcome to ‘Pleading For [...]