Stef 3.0 and Eyebrow Pete
I had a bit of a celebratory weekend. To kick off, it was Clutch’s stag party, which pretty much involved a bunch of really great people – many of whom I hadn’t met before – drinking a fair bit, joking...
View ArticleHow to make wishes
Phase two of the I So Wish website is now complete. I had the idea and Stef made the site in a day (as he explains here). Then I wrote an e-book in a day and we put it up for sale on the site. Writing...
View ArticleThe Graduate Intern
If you’ve ever had anything to do with me at all, you’ll know that I have a number of websites and projects in various stages of development. Some of those projects are taking up more of my attention...
View ArticleStill looking for the perfect graduate
Looking for someone smart and motivated I’ve had quite a few enquiries about my graduate intern opportunity, and I’m going to be closing the doors on applications very soon. The first day I’m...
View ArticleGranting wishes
We’ve been working so hard on getting I So Wish up and running, that we thought we’d have a bit of fun. Stef grabbed the camera, and we met in Birmingham to actually go grant a wish. I So Wish user...
View ArticleTop 100 albums of 2008? No idea.
David McInerney, Tom Arnott, Adam Regan and me – after a spectacularly successful DJ gig at the Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath I often do top 10 or 20 lists (and sometimes even top 100 lists) of music...
View ArticleTwhisky and Twavel
After the relatively slow start to 2009, and the lovely, restful Christmas break, I’ve started organising things for the year, and as I start booking things in, it looks like a pretty busy one. In...
View ArticleThe last days of Jibbering
Click to play Today, I went to Jibbering Records in Moseley for probably the last time. They close in a week – but I’m off to NZ on Monday evening, and unless I get a chance to pop in during the day...
View ArticleUnpopular in Helsinki
River of ice outside the hotel I’ve spent the last few days in Helsinki at a music industry conference called Is This It. Since I’m not that great at mingling (or at least, slow to start), I brought...
View ArticleMy own record shop
I’ve always wanted to have a record shop. I don’t want to sell the music, necessarily – I just like the idea of being surrounded by all those records, talking to the people who come in about albums I...
View Article30 days of ideas – 26: New Music Trust
Photo by Toban Black I was sent a report by the IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Institutes) last week about how the record business is so important and must be protected because – after...
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