听力原文：W: Good morning．I'm calling to inquire about your bookshelves.M: Oh, yes．What would you like to know?W: Well, I'd like to check on the size first.M: The standard unit is 3.2 meters wide, 1.8 mete...
We also played in Paris, we opened for David Kilgour at Théâtre Dunois, thanks to Morvan Boury who was an important person in music underground (he is now one of a heads of Sony, something like that !). Our album just came out, and that same evening we found out that our album ...
Also, if you are not aware, it seems there will bea new Popfestnext year. It will be based in Birmingham and will happen in April. No clue who is organizing it, but the lineup already looks great. I wish I could go, so, if you can, you should definitely head there! ———– ...
The more cakes I make, the more I get back to the basics I learned when I worked in a bakery in high school. Previously, I never thought that all of those “extra” things they did applied to the home baker; I was wrong. First, I baked the cake itself a few days in advance, f...
Harold Butler and Richard Jezak opened a donut stand in 1953 called Danny's Donuts, where they aimed to serve the best coffee and donuts 24 hours a day. The name was changed to Denny's Coffee Shops in 1959 and then finally Denny's in 1961. Since then, the breakfast joint--which is...
We also had a bearded, older drummer from Birmingham for a couple of months whose name I have now forgotten who reminded me of Jet Black of The Stranglers!! Thankfully, Stuart returned to the band after a while and we continued to play quite a large number of gigs, travelling down to ...
Boo Radleys, Slowdive, Lush etc. I played in a band called ‘K’ that produced an album called ‘Sense’ to good reviews and played all over the country headlining gigs at such notable venues as the Borderline Club in London (twice), Duchess of York in Leeds, Hibernian in Birmingham, Qu...
The Line Managers: first time I check this Birmingham trio. They seem to be brand new as the two songs on Bandcamp have just been uploaded there. And that’s all, no more songs. “Nothing Seems to Work” and “You Should Know” are how they are introducing themselves to indie fans. ...
It was recorded at a studio in Birmingham (England). Both the songs went down well at gigs so that’s why they were picked. The backing track was more or less recorded ‘live’ with additional material and lead vocal added afterwards. We took to task very seriously, but managed to have...
in shops (I think!) found us Chris Sheldon and I bumped into Rob England the bass player at a music shop when I was putting up an ad on a notice board – both were from Leeds and had never been students, though me and Simon had been (but were no longer). Simon played on the ...