Sunday, February 18, 2024

Thursday, February 08, 2024

Tuesday, February 06, 2024

Saturday, January 20, 2024

RIP - MARY WEISS

RIP - SUSIE TENNANT (CLICK ON PICTURE FOR SEATTLE TIMES OBITUARY)


To call Susie a Pacific Northwest force of nature is an understatement . This lassie was really something, blessed with next level energy. She'd has gone through several dozen mills in recent years. I met Susie when she toured with The Posies and Flop (1996?). We visited Seattle (1999?) and stayed with her and visited Snoqualmie. Somewhere there are pictures of the gang with "The Great Northern" (Salish Lodge) in the background. There were no devices to record everything but I don’t need that to hear her yelling Zom-bey!! at the top of her lungs as Rob Zombie blasted in the car. Her laugh was infectious and we giggled about Baby Sue magazine stuff that would likely get us cancelled today.

My condolences to Chris, the kids and her extended family across this (wicked) world. Another beautiful soul leaves the crease.

Saturday, January 06, 2024

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Saturday, December 16, 2023

Wednesday, December 06, 2023

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Monday, November 27, 2023

Monday, October 30, 2023

Saturday, October 28, 2023

Friday, August 04, 2023

Tuesday, August 01, 2023

IT'S A HIT!

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Sunday, July 16, 2023

Wednesday, July 05, 2023

Saturday, July 01, 2023

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

IT'S A HIT! (especially VENEZIA)

Friday, May 19, 2023

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE FLOATING THROUGH WHATEVER DIMENSION THIS IS...

I’m sure that folks type ‘the next big thing’ into whatever search engine and end up on the blog. How long they kick about on there is open to conjecture but that’s my explanation of the statistic. Anyway, the 2 million mark has been breached while I was MIA, according to the dashboard. Sometimes I wonder if I should just can this but I manage to talk myself out of doing so. It can float through space for all eternity. If it provides a bolt hole for bona fide visitors then who am I to bring down the curtain. Muchas gracias por venir to quote a favourite band of mine.



 

MADRID - AUGUST 31st 2023...


 

Sunday, April 09, 2023

Thursday, April 06, 2023

Friday, March 31, 2023

TIP SHEET REVIVED! I'M SURPRISED TOO!! BETTER LATE ETC.

Here’s the tip sheet thing. Turns out there was nearly another a few months ago and then I forgot about it. I’m easily distracted. Found a version of a mailing list but not wishing to breach data protection, if you’d rather receive a PDF, message me your email. If you’re fine with downloading from here or the blog then it should be legible.


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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Thursday, March 23, 2023

BLOGSPOTTING AND OTHER GUFF

All sorts of round figure stuff kicks off today. It’s 20 years since Jeroen Vedder facilitated the transition to blogspotting. He and Steve Coleman were responsible for that seismic shift back in 2003. As it is, the stats tell me that later this year, 2 mil will have made the hit scene. I’m retiring the tnbt.co.uk address and sticking with the original URL. It’ll continue to mostly be a video jukebox with info on tours, etc. Pontification with be kept to a peep. 

The “Thing” itself turns 46 on Saturday (April 1st, not an April Fool). In closing, Tis also 4 decades come August since the LOTC hit the wall. There have been many other adventures and I have to admit that I can’t believe anybody gives a shit about any of it but I appreciate the indulgence. I've genuinely never grown up beyond the reality that the hardware is beginning to fail. Let’s see how long it might putter. 

Reactivating the tip sheet this weekend because there’s a big release (to me) happening! Will post the info when it 'appen.

Friday, March 17, 2023

A PURE MUST LISTEN!!

The world comes full circle tomorrow when Miriam Linna joins Howard Thompson on his PURE show. 

I met HT via Miriam in late 1978 during her Red Star Records stint and my planet would be considerably different if it wasn’t for these exemplary human beings being in it. Listen live during 1pm to 4pm EST. 6 until 9 on Plague Island and 19.00 to 22.00 across Europe. 

Show archived for two weeks for catch up/listen again.



Thursday, March 16, 2023