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 [...]
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 [...]
Fun On Tour: Garlic and Drugs and Rock’n'Roll / June 6 2007
Once, when Slaughterhouse 5 were playing in London, I remember telling Miles Copeland III Jnr (our big boss at the time, IRS Records head honcho, former manager of The Police and general all-round music business luminary) that he had bad breath.
I don’t think I really offended him. Thankfully, he took the statement as it was [...]
Pictures of Tom / April 4 2007
I was sorting through some band publicity photographs today and I came across some glossy prints of Tom Waits that I acquired ages ago.
They were taken by UK photographer Ed Sirrs in LA for a feature in the NME in 1993. He gave some of the prints to me years later as a present.
I mention [...]
In Quintessence / March 10 2007
Hooray! Squeeze, one of my favourite bands of all time, are reforming for a series of gigs. Hooray!
That’s made my day, that has. (I’m sat here pecking at my keyboard with an Enormous hard-on and wearing a big satisfied grin – nothing else.)
It is no secret how much I admire the songs of Difford and [...]
