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Camden New Journal love
The Pointy Birds struggled to get any press back in the day (apart from that one NME review, but the less said about that the better**). So it was a

Anointy Spotify Playlist
There is now a Spotify playlist of all the songs that feature in Anoint My Head. It totals 106 tracks and clocks in at a whopping 7 hours 18 minutes

Radio Fandango Sets Sail
Here is the long-awaited promo video for Radio Fandango, a new internet radio station that aims to emulate the playful and slightly sea-sicky spirit of seventies pirate radio meets American college

Live reading Jackanory style!
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

Big hair, tutus, what not to like…
Kentishtowner have run a nice feature on Anoint My Head – the tragic tale of a Kentish Town band who didn’t become rich or famous – but had a manager

Order your paperback now!
I’m not biased or nothing but if you stuck for ideas for what to buy your friends and family for Xmas then apparently the average size of a stocking is

A-nointy Nointy…
I have crossed the finishing line of Anoint My Head – How I failed to make it as a Britpop indie-rockstar, the tale of a band in the nineties who didn’t

Don’t Mind If I Do out now
Ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Some of you waiting longer than others; many of you may not have been waiting at all. And some you

Songs From a Padded Envelope
I got interviewed by Ben and Steve for their fab new podcast which rediscovers lost demoes and the stories behind them. You can hear hare here me talking about me

The Boulder coming soon!
I have written a collection of stories set in Parsley Bay, which is is one of a series of little harbour beaches on Sydney Harbour. The first book of the

‘Sausage Rock ‘n’ Rolls’
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

6 Music presents…
….‘One Better Day’ with Dave Rowntree (and me!) Dave Rowntree from Blur has made a spiffing show called ‘One Better day’ all about the history of Camden as the centre of

Golden Ears Ep 3 Out now!
Episode 3 is out now. Here is the story so far… Black Pig landlord Fergal and music promoter Donald have a showdown regarding the way forward for the music venue