[Video link] Last week, Brian from UB40 came along to the Hare and Hounds to look over my shoulder and get a few jazz DJ-ing tips so that he can fill in for me while I’m away in May. This week, he came back armed with some music of his own, and gave me a [...]
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I was cycling home through the streets of Digbeth today, taking a few shots along the way of the ever-changing street art, when I bumped into local music industry chap Geoff Pearce. We got chatting about what he’s up to at the moment, which amounts to an interesting array of things. He’s still working a [...]
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I had a shave today. It had been a while since I had a shave – well over a week. And while my efforts at making a beard in that small amount of time are reasonably feeble, it was far more of a beard than I usually have. But the more I grew it, the [...]
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Tagged: shave
My friend John Mostyn has a recording studio just down the road. He lives upstairs, and can usually be found making stir-fries and risottos while the musicians and engineers get on with their business. The other day he invited Jake and I over to visit because there were interesting things afoot. Alternative Dubstep Orchestra were [...]
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Tagged: dubstep
It was cold outside – almost a foot of snow on the ground and a good bit of traffic chaos as a result. I carried a pile of records (including a whole bunch I’d picked up on my trip to Brazil last week) to the Hare and Hounds, and played a set of Bossa Nova, [...]
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I’ve been travelling a bit this past week. I went back to Brazil, to speak at the Feira Música Brasil in Belo Horizonte. Met some very nice people, ate some good food, and bought some cheap and interesting records. I’ve come back to a proper winter. It’s snowing here again, and while it’s lovely, it’s [...]
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I did my the first of my new weekly DJ slots at the Hare and Hounds pub down the road this afternoon. They’ve turned the back room into a rather nice restaurant space, and they’re serving leisurely Sunday roast dinners. And as the people eat their meals and read the newspapers, I’m playing records – [...]
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Ub40: The 30th Anniversary Of "Signing Off" Documentary by Sam Coley on Mixcloud This is the sound of where I live – including the people I work with, like Paul Long, Sam Coley, Jez Collins and Robin Valk; the music of Birmingham and specifically Kings Heath; as well as the characters from around here as [...]
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Tagged: documentary, Radio, UB40
They’re having one of those ‘traffic-free’ cycling events in Birmingham today. They’re designed to get people on bikes and enjoying a car-free city for an afternoon. Which is cool. But it doesn’t fix the problem, it sort of absolves the people who should fix the problem, and it prevents them from actually having to address [...]
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Soul Food Sunday – Vol. 2 by Dubber on Mixcloud I’ve just finished a new mix to promote the regular Sunday afternoon DJ sets I’m going to be performing as part of Soul Food Sundays at the Hare and Hounds. Not much else to say about it – except that Jake made the cover. Click [...]
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