Well, that’s that then. Painful. But instead of introspectively wallowing in the malaise of yesterday’s farcical and dispiriting exit from World Cup 2010, here is an interview with the boys from 1913 (who ironically played a set at the fan park in Castlefield before the Slovenia game, maybe they should have been there yesterday). They also played alongside The Jessie Rose [...]
Archive for June, 2010
A Very Important Year
Posted in Going Out, Manchester, Music, tagged 1913, FAC, FAC251, jessie rose, jessie rose trip, Manchester, Manchester music on June 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
World Cup Podcast Number 2
Posted in Manchester, Podcast, Sport, World Cup, tagged big screen manchester, capello, cole, england, germany, gerrard, lampard, last 16, rooney, world cup, world cuppodcast on June 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hello, I know I said I would do a podcast every Saturday during the World Cup and I didn’t do one last week but there was mitigation. Firstly, England played out the single worst performance I have watched under Capello’s tenure on Friday night, and having said I hoped to wake up on Saturday to 6 points from [...]
Cutting the Scene Up
Posted in Going Out, Manchester, Music, tagged mike patton, pocketknife on June 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
After Run Toto Run, next in my run of interviews with Manchester bands are Pocketknife, another 3-piece band with female vocals but that is where the similarities between the two end. Pocketknife mix chunky distortion with scratchy chords, with vocals influenced by Pj Harvey and Brodie Dalle. Their stop-start clipped style cuts through the full sound to create a semblance of [...]
Running Hard
Posted in Going Out, Manchester, Music, tagged Manchester music, run toto run on June 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Welcome to the first of my interviews with Manchester bands, starting with the lovely Run Toto Run. I’ll be speaking to as much local talent as possible over the coming weeks, asking them about the local scene and their plans for the Summer and beyond. Next up will be Pocketknife, and then the guys from 1913, but [...]
What to do this weekend?
Posted in Going Out, Manchester, Music, Sport, World Cup, tagged comedy sportz, Deaf Institute, kate manning, logicals, Manchester, matt and phreds, Night and Day, nightnday, rooney, spencer tunick on June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
well…… I guess I better get it out of the way first up, because it doesn’t matter what I say you should do this weekend, chances are you’ll be watching England vs USA tomorrow night, and who could blame you? If you want to watch it somewhere with a bit of atmosphere but would rather [...]
Capello’s Real Selection Dilemma
Posted in Sport, World Cup, tagged aaron lennon, capello, cole, crouch, emile heskey, england, england squad, fa, fabio capello, frank, frank lampard, gerrard, heskey, james milner, joe cole, lampard, lennon, mike bassett, milner, peter crouch, roo, rooney, stevie g, three lions, Wayne Rooney, world cup, world cup 2010 on June 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Today Fabio Capello announces his final 23 players to take to South Africa, a major moment in his career as England manager, but compared with the decision on his starting XI formation in the World Cup this will seem like childsplay. The toughest decision Capello will have to make will be his formation for the [...]
