Hello, I’m a London-based music promoter, but when no one is looking, I like to write tragi-comic tales about glorious failure. My stories are all true, apart from the bits I make up. I also write & record songs & sometimes perform live. Welcome to the shed in my head where you can read, watch, & listen to my efforts. Hope you enjoy looking around.
MUSIC MEMOIR – OUT NOW!
Back in the early nineties, I was the lead singer in an indie-pop band called the Pointy Birds (yes, I know, great name). We played the backrooms of London’s pubs and toilet venues, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Blur, Suede, Pulp and Radiohead. But while they went on to bigger and better things during the explosion of Brit-pop, we couldn’t get signed, sold no records and got bottled off stage at our first ever gig. But we did have one big fan. His name was Ricky. He worked as the Entertainments Manager at the University of London Union and became our manager.
This is the story of how we didn’t become rich or famous, but our manager did.
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Hey ho I hope you’re keeping well. It’s been a while since the last newsletter, so thought I’d start with something silly. Earlier this year, I went to Namibia – an incredible country – with deserts, safari, and grand canyons; it’s got the lot. And I managed to pap a lion fornicating – a very rare thing to see and even harder to capture on camera as he does his business in about six
