The Stranglers first album artwork predicts next 20 years of album artwork

The artwork for the first Stranglers album Rattus Norvegicus contains a photo of the band surrounded by various artifacts which indicate the titles for 5 of their future albums spanning the next 3 decades. 1 The Gospel According To The Meninblack Pretty sinister figure-in-black lurking…

Too much time on a Sunday morning….

Was up and about early this morning so I pratted about with this.  The audio is the chanting section from Second Coming stretched out with Audacity. The visuals are a slowed down section from the Duchess vid.  Tried to keep things slow and ethereal…

Hugh Cornwell @ Hebden Bridge Trades Club 9th August 2015

Having enjoyed a couple of days at the first weekend of Edinburgh Fringe and my body crying out for sleep and a nice quiet night in the thought of Hugh at Hebden Bridge is too much of a temptation. Replenishments got us through an…

The Stranglers Leeds O2 Carling Academy 17th March 2015

Never been a fan of gigs on a “school night” but I could hardly miss this one could I? Being a tad more sober than the previous week’s Sheffield gig I stood in the middle of the venue and took this one in.  …

The Stranglers @ Sheffield O2 7th March 2015

I’ve lost count of the amount of Stranglers gigs I’ve attended now. It started in 1990 and I’ve seen the (on average) at least twice a year.  Somewhere in the region of 50 then. Got the train down and immediately struck up conversation with…