For those who couldn’t make it to Edinburgh, you can now watch the show in the comfort of your underpants… You can either dip into the songs or watch the full monty below….. First off a very early Pointy Birds track for the completists (of which there are none). It’s
Had a very enjoyable 15 minutes talking to Pete, the host of the fab Fifteen Minutes of Shame podcast. In a salubrious toilet setting in the Caves, Edinburgh, over G&T we talked about Anoint My Head, the Edinburgh show and the book and of course the band that inspired both things
Blimey that was fun. Thanks Tony Gleed for having me at your wonderful Rock n Roll book club which doubled up as a belated book launch for Anoint My Head, 18 months after publishing. You are a lovely, warm host and have fanned the flames of my rock ‘n’ roll
This is a Facebook Live recording of me reading Chapter 1 ‘ULU’ from my book Anoint My Head – How I Failed to Make it as Britpop Indie Rockstar. I quite enjoyed channelling my inner Val Doonican so I may do more. Kind of like a video book. Maybe that
Dear Sir or Madam will you read my book? It took me years to write, will you take a look? Ok, I will….The paperback version of my effort Anoint My Head has just arrived in the post. Gulp! Watch to find out if it had printed ok, plus a guest
Back in the early nineties I worked in an independent record store in Soho called Selectadisc. My job was to file vinyl, CDs and cassettes all day, every day. The days were long and hard but I knew it was only a matter of time before I became a rockstar
This is the third song from the current series of Golden Ears and features a duet with lawyer Oliver Bottomly and landlady Joyce as they sing the praises of the humble sausage rock ‘n’ roll. A dancefloor-filler if ever I heard one.
Or to give the song it’s full title: ‘Would You Sell Your Nan Down The River For A Hit?’. This is the bonus song from Golden Ears episode two with Gary Gold from Fingers In Pies asking dad-manager Neil Sparks whether his band really really want it. You can
Dad-manager Neil Sparks visits his deceased wife Sally to tell her about his breakfast meeting in London but can’t help breaking into song. And in case you are wondering ‘Breakfast Meeting’ is the episode 1 bonus song from Golden Ears. And Golden Ears is a new sitcom-podcast about a dad-manager called Neil
Golden Ears is a new sitcom-podcast set in the grassroots of the UK music industry featuring a dad-manger, a toilet venue and a dog called Memphis. It may include the odd song and animation along the way. Series set up: Recently widowed Neil Sparks has a dead-end office job in