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 The Day Before
Yeah, I can’t believe that you can’t believe the year has flown by. 12 months since our last weekend sojourn to Blackpool and it feels like no time since I was looking forward to the seagull filled decaying new town that Blackpool is. The flag of the rebellion festival flies from the Blackpool Tower This … Continue reading Rebellion 2026 The Day Before
Rebellion 2025 the prequel
This was a man in form. One man, one drummer, a loud backing track and an attitude that belongs in a festival like this
Magic of the marketplace have produced a banger
“Are we machines that can’t change anything If we believed could we change everything”
Rebellion 2023 Day 2 – Home calling
Rebellion is the family reunion and like all extended families there are some members you are closer to than other. They are the people I’ve been drawn to these past couple of days. People who mean a lot, people who have great intentions.
Rebellion 2023 Day 1
Back on the ferry to travel up to Blackpool. Since last years fest a lot of water has flown under the bridge of life. I have less people in my world, have lost some loved ones and have been in a cycle of caring that has been beautifully exhausting. It’s been a struggle but we … Continue reading Rebellion 2023 Day 1
Rebellion 2022 Day 4
“Don’t doubt yourself that there is a war on empathy”
Rebellion 2022 Day Zero
Rebellion 2022 back after the enforced world hiatus and back with a bang
Rebellion 2017 Kenneths
Kenneths Kenneths were new to me but they had a great backdrop...their name in blocks, that also made for a great patch. They are a young 3 piece, with a female drummer/co-vocalist and a singer with the classic low slung guitar. The bass player would have fit right in with early Corrosion of Conformity. So … Continue reading Rebellion 2017 Kenneths
Rebellion 2017 The punk and the seagull
I promise this really happened, although it sounds like I am making it up. This was an actual conversation I overheard as I was walking by a punk hunched over a plastic bin eating his takeaway chips. Punk: You're a cheeky little fucker aren't ya. Seagull: *embarrassed but dignified silence*