Galaxy’s Ring Opening / June 21 2007
Nelson was in attendance at the opening night of the Lord of the Rings musical in London’s West End on Tuesday.
Like many of the other critics who were there to witness the results of the £12.5 million that had so far been invested into the production, he was left largely unimpressed.
‘It wasn’t the wonderful experience [...]
L’Etoile Mystérieuse / May 16 2007
Nelson is back home in London now and he rang today to tell me of a stimulating evening he spent in the company of a famous French movie-star.
‘I can’t tell you who it is, Nap, but suffice it to say, he is very, very well-known and respected,’ he told me over the phone.
Apparently, they spent [...]
. . . And All That Jazz / March 24 2007
Aren’t guitars great? I’ve just bought a new one: a gold seventies Fender Jazz Bass. It’s gorgeous.
I don’t play bass much but I needed one for various recording duties and this beauty winked at me in the dusty shop and whispered: ‘We should be together.’
I have several guitars: an 80s black and white Fender Telecaster [...]
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 [...]
