The Language of Love / November 4 2007
A drunken couple were fighting outside in the street at 2am this morning. I had been fast asleep but I couldn’t resist getting out of bed to have look out of the window.
The man had a beer bottle in his hand and was staggering around in the middle of the road. ‘I f***ing love you, [...]
Golden Handshake / October 10 2007
Once, after a meeting with our A+R man – the infamous punk rocker Gene October – we were whisked off to a busy London hostelry with drinking funds provided by our record company IRS Records. As I recall, I did not drink too much during that charming afternoon in Soho and neither did my fellow [...]
Galaxy Hotel / September 27 2007
‘Aaaaiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeee!’
That was the rather alarming sound that was coming from an ugly little boy-child whom Audrey and I passed this morning. He did not want to go to school.
It sounded like someone was killing a pig. Audrey was most dismayed. ‘I’m not surprised he’s ugly,’ I whispered to her. ‘Look at his mother.’
The desperate woman [...]
Mercury Rave / September 5 2007
I just don’t get the Klaxons (or is it Klaxons), the south London band that last night won the Nationwide Mercury Music Prize for their album Myths of the Near Future.
I have never understood the ‘new rave’ tag that has been used to describe them. Never having been a fan of rave music originally, perhaps [...]
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? / August 31 2007
Nelson returned to London yesterday. We have been working so hard on his new songs that the past week has absolutely flown by - so much so, in fact, that I have not been able to find even a minute in which to write a quick post.
Sitting writing this, alone in the house with Audrey, [...]
Lipgloss Weekend / August 24 2007
All the decks have been cleared in the studio ready for Nelson’s arrival later today. He will be here until Tuesday. We are due to begin work on his first full-length album. I shall be producing it, whilst drummer Graham Boffey, trumpeter Ash Morgan and sax-god Paul Varga, my Enormous cohorts, will also be lending [...]
How to Talk to a Wardrobe / August 16 2007
1/ Drink two bottles of cheap red wine. (I know. I am a very naughty boy.)
2/ Sleep in your clothes. (Shoes optional.)
3/ Misplace the bedroom light switch when you get up in the middle of the night to visit the toilet. (In the past, it has always been right there in the same position on [...]
Spice Rack / August 11 2007
Nelson rang at 9pm last night. He sounded a little down. ‘What’s wrong?’ I asked him.
‘I’m out on the town again. West End,’ he told me.
‘I detect a certain ambivalence in your voice, Nel,’ I said. He told me that he was celebrating ‘all the possibilities that summer in this city offers in such charming [...]
The Cream Also Rises / July 26 2007
I have just been scanning some old publicity shots for the Slaughterhouse 5 website and was reminded of another boozy photographic session we did with top rock photographer Ed Sirrs.
We were very in awe of the famous snapper; but although he was so well-respected within the industry and had such a glowing reputation, he wasn;t [...]
Clearance For Take-Off / June 20 2007
No post yesterday. Apologies - I was somewhat chemically compromised.
The chemicals in question were alcohol (wine and tequila) and quails’ eggs. (Are eggs chemicals? The last time I looked, they were more like unborn baby birds. But hey, what do I know? – Nutrition Ed.)
I was taken for lunch to the Moon Inn by an [...]
