Category: music

Not one to blow my own trumpet…

Things have been quiet of late in these parts. Jeffman shows willing but must try harder…

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A combination of HFoS, research, various other writing projects and a shouty daughter have conspired to keep me from filling you in on all the tedious details of my life. However, a brief respite from the unforgiving schedule of staring blankly at a laptop screen between bouts of nappy wrestling gives me the opportunity to share a spot of news regarding the old writing thing.

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Mentioned in the same breath as NME

It’s not often I find myself mentioned in the same breath as NME and Uncut (and to a lesser extent The Sunday Telegraph), but if one were to suck in a big gulp of air and read down this page on the ATIC Records website, it is just possible.

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My psych and prog website, Head Full of Snow, gets quoted following a review of one of the label’s acts, The Witch and the Robot.

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Useless Information* – Seeking Roy Wood pt. 2

Finally, following on from my Desperately Seeking Roy Wood post, some headway has been made.

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The web wizzard in charge of Roy Wood’s official website has been in touch and a copy of my article, as it stands at the moment, is now in the hands of Birmingham’s finest, and beardiest, bard.

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Desperately Seeking Roy Wood

So I’ve recently written this article for a music magazine chronicling the musical career of Roy Wood. Trouble is, it’s lacking a touch of colour that can only be injected by a spot of input from the bearded Brummie himself.

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You’d think it would be a problem easily remedied. But oh no, not this time.

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Hammond Organ Dance Party

Four words that could bring even the strongest-willed man to his knees. Hammond. Organ.  Dance. Party.

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Big Jim “H” certainly knew what he was doing when he set foot in the studio to lay this beast down.

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