As fresh as the month of May
Posted 08/05/12
Tomorrow I will be at Monorail in Glasgow, giving a reading and doing a Q&A with former Belle & Sebastian manager (and current University of Glasgow lecturer) John Williamson
There will also be DJs and Mono has excellent atmosphere and beer so we could have a real good time together
Glasgow is intrinsic to any history of independent music
This is a poster designed by the artist Jim Lambie for an early Vaselines show in 1987
It was a hand screen print, the club was short-lived and promoted by Jim along with Norman and Raymond, now of Teenage Fanclub but then of The Boy Hairdressers
Joe Orton was obviuosly a big influence on the scene
Wonderful
*May 9th Monorail Music, 12 Kings Court, Glasgow, G1 5RB. 0141 552 9458. 8pm - midnight
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On May 12th I'll be at The Great Escape festival in Brighton
I'll be in conversation with Alexis Petridis of The Guardian, I sometimes wonder if everyone in Brighton was once signed to either 4AD or Creation
We shall see
*May 12th, Pavillion Theatre Brighton 29 New Road Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1UG
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On May 19th I'll be running a stall at the Independent Label Market in Spitalfields London
I'll have more news of this soon, I'm hoping to be able to sell limited edition How Soon Is Now? Welsh farm cider
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On May 25th I'm delighted to be contributing to the Caught By The River Variety Show on the South Bank
Full details are here
If you haven't seen Roy Wilkinson read from Do It For Your Mum I really recommend it, the book is also a wonderful read
I wrote a piece on Revolver Records in Bristol for Caught By The River last month which is here
It was a shop where I mispent my youth while learning nearly everything I know about music
*May 25th, The Caught By The River Variety Show, Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London, SE1 8XX