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That is surprising. After I had been doing publicity and press in the music business for some time, political parties (Labour/Greens and further left) would call me from time to time and ask me to become something with them.
I always said I was distrustful of having followers at all.
There is an old Peanuts cartoon where the kids are taking politics and making fun of Linus (I think) and he says "One day I'll be president and then you'll be sorry".
Now Substack is asking what the aim of my writing is.
Any suggestions... anyone?
I've always been interested in pointless behaviour. No, wait, that was Jim Morrison.
You want great writing, read James Crumley.
"When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle joint just outside of Sonoma, California, drinking the heart right out of a fine spring afternoon."
The finest opening words of a novel since Dickens.
Forgive the stalking I actually follow very few people, but you sound like a character to me and if you ever get to writing about some of your adventures then I want to know about them. Don't take it personally...
Maybe I will, but I'll tease you with a story, well less than half a story really, but it's a tease.
When Pete Townsend and John Lydon were arrested for drunk and disorderly in Soho, I was the third person who the police didn't notice get in to a cab because they were busy getting autographs. The 3 of us were on our way to Victoria to get a train back to my place on Hove seafront.
I have to do some solid winter prep in the garden in the morning, but I will maybe have a think about it after lunch. I suppose I let myself in for this, and I turned down 3 offers for a book over the years.
I love Duke Garwood and was lucky enough to see him open for Mark Lanegan (RIP) back in 2017, when he was also playing guitar in Lanegan’s touring band. The two collaborative albums he did with Lanegan are great (especially With Animals), as is the album he did with Jean-Michel Bossini and Hifiklub called Last Party on Earth…I really adore that album, one of my favorites by him probably.
His whole solo back catalog is great, but I really love Garden of Ashes and Heavy Love. And that song he did with Morcheeba is like crack, I must have listened to it a few hundred times at least lol. He also recently played guitar on Suzie Stapleton’s cover of Secret Fires by The Gun Club on one of those Jeffery Lee Pierce Session Project albums, really beautiful. He’s also done split EPs with HTRK, Wooden Wand, and Lanegan. He also played guitar on “Bleeding Muddy Water” and “Tiny Grain of Truth” on Blues Funeral (my favorite Mark Lanegan album).
There are a couple records he released as free downloads that aren’t streaming but you can find on his Bandcamp like The Bliss of Myth (also with Paul May), and I feel like there was definitely another one that I can’t remember the name of right now. Songs for Lucy is another more recent instrumental one that’s only on his Bandcamp. Anyway, enjoy: he’s really something special. Would love to see him live again but he really only tours in Europe these days.
Thanks for the lowdown, I'll certainly be dipping into his back catalogue with interest when I get a chance. Shame about the touring, I bet he plays a good show.
He really does. I always forget he’s English. His voice gives me world weary American vibes, but I could just be projecting there. I’m sure he’ll come across the pond at some point, but I imagine it won’t be until the next time he’s supporting a bigger act.
I also forgot to mention his most recent project (mostly because I only just now heard about it), a supergroup of sorts called Drink the Sea with Peter Buck, Alain Johannes, and Barrett Martin. First single is out and I’m digging it so far.
A profile is definitely worth it for me as it drives traffic to TSMM and gets my logo shown around, I guess as a fan it's less important, but I still check to check out other people's profiles now and then to find interesting taste makers to follow and learn from.
Oh, a follower.
That is surprising. After I had been doing publicity and press in the music business for some time, political parties (Labour/Greens and further left) would call me from time to time and ask me to become something with them.
I always said I was distrustful of having followers at all.
There is an old Peanuts cartoon where the kids are taking politics and making fun of Linus (I think) and he says "One day I'll be president and then you'll be sorry".
Now Substack is asking what the aim of my writing is.
Any suggestions... anyone?
I've always been interested in pointless behaviour. No, wait, that was Jim Morrison.
You want great writing, read James Crumley.
"When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle joint just outside of Sonoma, California, drinking the heart right out of a fine spring afternoon."
The finest opening words of a novel since Dickens.
That's enough for me.
Forgive the stalking I actually follow very few people, but you sound like a character to me and if you ever get to writing about some of your adventures then I want to know about them. Don't take it personally...
Maybe I will, but I'll tease you with a story, well less than half a story really, but it's a tease.
When Pete Townsend and John Lydon were arrested for drunk and disorderly in Soho, I was the third person who the police didn't notice get in to a cab because they were busy getting autographs. The 3 of us were on our way to Victoria to get a train back to my place on Hove seafront.
Must go...
Exactly why I started following you... Get cracking with that Substack newsletter!
I have to do some solid winter prep in the garden in the morning, but I will maybe have a think about it after lunch. I suppose I let myself in for this, and I turned down 3 offers for a book over the years.
That's a maybe!
I love Duke Garwood and was lucky enough to see him open for Mark Lanegan (RIP) back in 2017, when he was also playing guitar in Lanegan’s touring band. The two collaborative albums he did with Lanegan are great (especially With Animals), as is the album he did with Jean-Michel Bossini and Hifiklub called Last Party on Earth…I really adore that album, one of my favorites by him probably.
His whole solo back catalog is great, but I really love Garden of Ashes and Heavy Love. And that song he did with Morcheeba is like crack, I must have listened to it a few hundred times at least lol. He also recently played guitar on Suzie Stapleton’s cover of Secret Fires by The Gun Club on one of those Jeffery Lee Pierce Session Project albums, really beautiful. He’s also done split EPs with HTRK, Wooden Wand, and Lanegan. He also played guitar on “Bleeding Muddy Water” and “Tiny Grain of Truth” on Blues Funeral (my favorite Mark Lanegan album).
There are a couple records he released as free downloads that aren’t streaming but you can find on his Bandcamp like The Bliss of Myth (also with Paul May), and I feel like there was definitely another one that I can’t remember the name of right now. Songs for Lucy is another more recent instrumental one that’s only on his Bandcamp. Anyway, enjoy: he’s really something special. Would love to see him live again but he really only tours in Europe these days.
Thanks for the lowdown, I'll certainly be dipping into his back catalogue with interest when I get a chance. Shame about the touring, I bet he plays a good show.
He really does. I always forget he’s English. His voice gives me world weary American vibes, but I could just be projecting there. I’m sure he’ll come across the pond at some point, but I imagine it won’t be until the next time he’s supporting a bigger act.
I also forgot to mention his most recent project (mostly because I only just now heard about it), a supergroup of sorts called Drink the Sea with Peter Buck, Alain Johannes, and Barrett Martin. First single is out and I’m digging it so far.
I've been downloading music from Bandcamp for I don't know how long and I never worked out why I would make any effort over a profile.
So it alters the thumbnails at the bottom?
Maybe I should look at them.
It really never occurred to me to pay them any attention.
I spend most of my life trying top turn algorithms off as part of advertising.
Then again I had always assumed Substack was something to do with Reddit and I've never looked at that.
Live and learn.
A profile is definitely worth it for me as it drives traffic to TSMM and gets my logo shown around, I guess as a fan it's less important, but I still check to check out other people's profiles now and then to find interesting taste makers to follow and learn from.