Not dropped a 'Cheesy Choonsday' in for a while, so I'm bringing it back with two of my all time personal favourites from the ar...

As a genuine music fan, i have religiously avoided talent programmes like Pop Idol, Fame Academy, Popstars etc for years. I assumed they wer...

I've not posted any of my comic strips for a while, so here are a couple more. As always, the same rules apply... doubleclick on the pic...

Well who'da thunk it? 'Start The Revolution Without Me' is a year old today! I now struggle to remember a time in my life before...

The Sex Pistols Live at Hammersmith Apollo, 2 nd September 2008 In January 1978, Johnny Rotten famously snarled "Ever get the feeling...

Thanks to my good mate Carl for e-mailing me this clip of some underground 'fight-club' kinda deal. I've been laughing at it eve...

It's weird how your perception of time changes as you get older. In January 1977 I discovered David Bowie, when I heard his latest singl...

Here are another couple of strips I came up with recently. Doubleclick on the pictures to view them at their full size. As always, I'd w...

I stumbled across em last year, and was even lucky enough to interview lead singer James for the blog back in November. Since then, the Sil...

Regulars will know that every now and then I bang on about comics. I know that they aren't every ones cup of tea, but if I could convey ...

As a wee nipper in the 70's, I was a bugger for a bit of kids TV. In these days of multiple channels devoted to the little ones, it'...

Another couple of winners from the vaults here at Piley Towers. First up is American singer Salena Jones. Today Salena is best known for ...

If you’ ve followed my old wafflings for a while, you’ll already know that if there is one thing that makes me jittery, it’s movie adaptat...

The premier venue in Southend for all the biggest shows is the Cliffs Pavillion (this is no tin-pot affair either, it must be a 1500 seat...

Sandie Shaw will always be best known as the mop-topped, bare-footed winner of the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, but there is a lot more to ...

Earlier this year I was mourning the loss of the British comic (in the traditional sense), so imagine my excitement when on Friday 30 th M...

Following on from the last edition of Cheesy Choonsday, i'm bringing you two more sitar treats... Gianpiero Reverberi is an Italian pian...

Sparks: Hello Young Lovers, Live at the Carling Academy, Islington, London. 11th June 2008. Before I start this review, I'd just like to...