Me, my guitar and sometimes a laptop. I have been lucky enough to collaborate with many wonderful players over the years, chief amongst them Rolo, David J, Paul Mulreany, Richard Formby, Owen Jones and the frankly disturbing Max Eider.
Influences
Patti Smith; The Only Ones; Brian Eno; Wolfgang Tschegg; Delia Derbyshire; Joe Meek; John Cale; Lou Reed; Mo Tucker; Sterling Morrison; Steve Cropper; Max Eider; Slim Gaillard; Wilson Pickett; Otis Redding; Chuck D; De La Soul; KRS-1; Nina Simone; Nick Cave; David J; Alex Chilton; Neil Young; John Martyn; Deirdre O'Donoghue; Downy Mildew; The Black Watch; Danielle Dax; Mark E. Smith; The Television Personalities; The Libertines; The Small Faces; Ray Davies; Ian Dury; Viv Stanshall; Syd Barrett; Kevin Ayers; Robert Wyatt; Dagmar Krause; Tony Moore; Peter Blegvad; Ivor Cutler; Tom Waits; Bob Dylan; Fred Neil; Brian Wilson; Peter Laughner; Primal Scream; Suicide; Spacemen 3; The Perfect Disaster; The Clash; Flipron; Just Fontaine; Ray; Lucretius; Lenin; Ugo Chavez; Saki; P.G. Wodehouse; Flann O'Brien; W.S. Burroughs; Angela Carter; Thomas Pynchon; Tom Stoppard; Powell & Pressberger; David Lynch; Luis Bunuel; Wim Wenders; Terry Gilliam; The Coen Brothers; Tim Burton; Terence Fisher; The Avengers, The Prisoner; Anglia Through The Night; Bill Nicholson; Rolo; D. Elvis Barker; Julia Panton; Alan McGee; Ed Ball; Joseph James Foster; Curtis E. Johnson; Sonic Boom; Joe Woolley; Charlie Barnard; Liam Dullaghan; Mickey London and the East End Egyptians.
Sounds Like
Skuff karaoke
Record Label
Come and have a go if you think you're rich enough
I come from the 20th Century. I was born in West London at the end of the fifties, and I swear that things really were in black and white back then. As a small boy with a love for Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, I remember seeing Doctor Who and the Beatles for the first time the same rainy Saturday afternoon in 1963. As I grew a little older I was exposed to the full impact of the Beatles, the Pink Floyd, the Avengers and the Prisoner. I was also introduced to the work of my softly-spoken, charming "Uncle" Terry. He turned out to be Terence Fisher, director of Hammer studio horror pictures. Listen, pal. I was a goth before you were a goth. Believe me..........From 1983 I wrote, sang and played with The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy. We made a bunch of records (many of which you can now find on I-Tunes) and toured the world. We had a good time nearly all the time and I'm profoundly grateful to all concerned. Here's a scary wee video of one of the singles that we made for Creation Records back in 1990 ............These days I promote a live music night at Northampton Labour Club on the first Friday of every month. It's called Masters of Budvar. We feature two live acts and a superstar DJ. We will feature literally anything as long as it's good. The running joke is that I run it for the artists, not the punters, but seeing as the night is always free, I reckon they get their money's worth. At our next evening on Friday 1st August we shall be hosting the deeply wonderful DAVE KUSWORTH and CHARLIE BARNARD AND THE NEON POP ORCHESTRA...........I like to go out and play solo gigs of my own too. Sometimes I play completely acoustic, just man and guitar, but I do other shows where I turn up with an electric guitar and a laptop to play squelchy backing tracks for extra mayhem. I really don't have that much to do, so if you want to get in touch and invite me to play for you I'd be delighted to talk it through in the friendly and constructive fashion perhaps best exemplified by the cast of TV's "Neighbours"..........I am also the proprietor of New Barcelona Books in the Fishmarket gallery in downtown Northampton NN1. It's open from (around) ten o'clock on Thursday, Friday and Saturday each week. I'm right next door to Doc Shipman's cafe, so we can enjoy coffee and cake when you stop by...........And, of course, if there's anything else I can do for you..........
Ironically, I found (or was reminded) that the flight back was on Bloomsday eve. Great wedding though, and a lovely part of the world; Islington-on-sea without the pseuds.
that modric looks a bit tasty. and i don't mean that in a homosexual way neither. you'd be worried some sunderland donkey's gonna clatter him early on in the season & the wee angelic faced one will be out till further notice. still you'd always av bostock to fill his boots! julian.
Yeah, Kurt is really cool. Too bad he..s not doing any music nowadays. Or maybe he is? Have to check that up right away. Thanks for friendship btw! See you around!
