Eventful day. Not bad. Not at all but certainly eventful. Hibs, being my 2nd team and Celtic being my 3rd, I’m half-thrilled, half-horrified by today’s events at Celtic Park. The first Hibs v Hearts Scottish Cup final since 1896 is now set for May the 19th. I predict an epidemic of coronary arrests and anxiety attacks on both [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Mick Wall’
Write On Time
Posted: 26th February 2012 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: A Thousand Enemies, Classic Rock, Hammer Fest, Mick Wall, Midlands Rocks, Powerplay, Randy Rhoads
So, what did I miss this weekend? What happened? I could see that spring appears to have sprung. Vaguely, from a distance and through the smeared windows of my soul, dizzy from the thousands upon thousands of words cranked out over the last two days, while you bastards were, no doubt, having fun and all [...]
A Word Of Thanks
Posted: 24th December 2011 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Mick Wall, Midlands Rocks, Soundsphere Magazine
As far as career choices go, freelance scribing offers security, peace of mind and hope for the future in proportions roughly akin to those afforded by negotiating Niagara falls via a tight-rope. On roller skates. In a storm. While pissed. And that’s on a good day. Without wishing to sound pretentious, like music or any other creative [...]
Cool day, today. They still come along, now and then. Spent, mainly, over a loooong lunch, shooting the shit with ‘Rock’s Most Famous Writer’. Or Mick Wall as he’s sometimes known. Both outsiders, both Celts. Him, full of Irish craic. Me, pure dreich Jock. Whatever the accents might not say. Two Princes in exile. Raising [...]