Tag Archives: Jarvis Cocker

Glastonbury countdown – two days to go: Dance, damn it!

It’s true, I am a slack music blogger. Every year I get all excited about an event, promise much, deliver little and gradually taper out completely until I finally escape to the event shamefaced. Anyway, it’s now just two sleeps til … Continue reading →

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Gig-iversary: Jeff Mills, The Kase, Auckland

Posted on December 12, 2013 by

Packing up my house in NZ before putting it on the market last month, I realised I’ve a giant box full of old gig tickets and flyers gathering dust. This, along with the 10-year anniversary of my first and now … Continue reading →

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Moebius, Light My Fire (Light Sounds Dark Edit)

Posted on September 24, 2013 by

I could listen to Jarvis Cocker all day long, and if I had the chance I’d just do that. His dry, gentle wit and soothing Sheffield tones are just what the doctor ordered on a fragile Sunday afternoon, and his … Continue reading →

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Richard Hawley, Tonight The Streets Are Ours

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

Finally got round to watching Exit Through The Gift Shop the other night (what a fantastic ruse!) and was chuffed to see Richard Hawley’s excellent Tonight The Streets Are Ours was the theme song. It’s no secret that I’d run away and marry Jarvis … Continue reading →

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Pulp, Sorted for Es and Wizz

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

About this time every year I get a little maudlin, remermbering the days of leaving an important part of my brain in a field somewhere in Hampshire / Wiltshire / Barcelona etc. Watching clips like this doesn’t help. (BTW, if you’re ever asked “Rol… Continue reading →

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