Porridge really is the Queen of breakfasts. Some berries, nuts and a bit of yogurt to top it all off with. Blackpool is home to many dodgy accommodation including the one I’m in but it’s my dodgy for the 4 days and I return annually to my self catering 1970s paradise. It’s great to get … Continue reading Rebellion 2026 Day 2
Rebellion 2026 Day 1
As I’m an old school kind of guy I still eagerly await the line up announcement for Rebellion, first the day splits and then the line up times. My view of Clashfinder is seeing Paul, Mick or Topper somewhere so it’s spreadsheets by day for me. Thursdays sheet starts with 35 bands over the 12 … Continue reading Rebellion 2026 Day 1
Rebellion 2025 – Day 3
Day 3 and it is starting to get emotional. As I walk back to my accommodation I chat to the seagulls about how Rebellion is nostalgia but it also helps pave a way for the future. They think I’m mad and don’t talk back but I finish the day with a smile on my face. I guess you needed to be here.
Rebellion 2024 Day 2
Here we go again. Day 2. The sun is still shining and the floors of the venue are getting sticky. Last night I kept feeling splashes on the parts of my legs my shorts weren’t covering as people dropped their not so empty plastic beer glasses to the floor. The floor absorbed most of it but by the time I was leaving Bar Stool Preachers my feet were beginning to stick to the floor.
Rebellion 2024 Day 1
Is there a more synonymous saying associated with punk rock than 1-2-3-4. And with that on our first day August 1 the festival kicks off
Rebellion 2022 Day 3
Rebellion 2022 Day 3 - it’s getting emotional
Rebellion 2022 Day 1
And that was it for the day. Barely time for food but so good to be back seeing people as well as being entertained and informed. A long day today with 19 pretty much full sets of bands and 3 with stories to tell.
This Weeks Gigs : Oct 30 – Nov 4
This week is all about the Bar Stool Preachers - the band picked 5 songs they are listening to for Thirsday tunes last week. They are playing the Bowery this Thursday. There's a lot been spoken about Vulpynes these days. This two piece are in Whelans on Friday. There's another interesting gig in the Bello … Continue reading This Weeks Gigs : Oct 30 – Nov 4
Thursday Tunes – Bar Stool Preachers
The Bar Stool Preachers are playing Dublin net Thursday, Nov 1. In advance of their gig I wrote to the band asking them to pick this weeks Thursday tunes. I have seen them live before and their ska-infused, street punk inspired songs stay do get you smiling and thinking Thursday tunes - Bar Stool preachers … Continue reading Thursday Tunes – Bar Stool Preachers
Rebellion 2017 – Day 1
Rebellion 2017 day 1 And so we return. A little greyer, mostly a little bigger but no less enthusiastic. Blackpool 2017 for this first weekend of August is less kiss me quick and donkey rides and more punk rock nostalgia as the home of the 80s political conferences is taken over by the punks. 7 … Continue reading Rebellion 2017 – Day 1