Yesterday I headed to London with Tom to see Less Than Jake and Bowling For Soup, on the closing night of their biggest UK tour ever at Hammersmith Apollo. It really is incredible to see two bands from my youth still absolutely smash it two decades later. https://vimeo.com/917242980 We were very lucky to get toContinueContinue reading “You asked for it”
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Monday morning validation
When I ran the Saint November Records, I used to include a handwritten note with each order I sent out. People told me they liked these and in the years since have messaged to say they kept them. Overnight I received a message from someone to share that not only did they keep the note,ContinueContinue reading “Monday morning validation”
My 90s nostalgia trip loses a key player
I’m becoming fairly desensitised to celebrities passing, but when I received a text from my Mum to say that the DJ Steve Wright had died it stopped me in my tracks. Like the shock of hearing someone you’d just seen the other day is no longer with us (there’s a reason for this that I’llContinueContinue reading “My 90s nostalgia trip loses a key player”
Panel talk at BU x YATM event
Last November, Ben Egginton launched a version of You Are The Media, hosted at Bournemouth University. The format is something of a round table discussion between students and folks from industry. I’m pleased to have been one of the folks for these talks, that have both been very honest and frank conversations about the realitiesContinueContinue reading “Panel talk at BU x YATM event”
February 2024 Mixtape
Tracklisting: 01. Frank Turner – No Thank You For The Music02. Green Day – Corvette Summer03. Jenny Lewis – Love Feel04. Bleachers – Modern Girl05. Wild Nothing – Basement El Dorado06. standards – Cosmos07. Charly Bliss – I Need A New Boyfriend08. The Maine, Valley – blame09. JUNG, Dagny – Something Beautiful10. Alice Merton -ContinueContinue reading “February 2024 Mixtape”
Grapevine EO team event
Our Grapevine team event took me back to Foundry in Poole, for our first attempt at a company wide, new financial year briefing. I wrote last month about our plans for this, and how, given the evolution of our business in 2023, an in-person delivery of our strategy for the coming year felt like theContinueContinue reading “Grapevine EO team event”
South Coast EO event at Salad
I managed to make it to our client Salad’s office yesterday for the first hour of another lovely meet up with our local employee-owned business community, before heading off to see the comedian Jonathan Pie at the Pavilion in Bournemouth. Photo credit: Arabella Lewis-Smith I was gutted that these two events clashed, but determined toContinueContinue reading “South Coast EO event at Salad”
2024 gig season begins
I managed a total of 24 gigs in 2023 (browse the whole list). I’m not sure if I’ll top that this year. I got off to a good start this month though, with two back to back shows across the first weekend of February. Number one took Sam and I up the country to LeicesterContinueContinue reading “2024 gig season begins”
YATM Lunch Club Feb 2024
After some self imposed downtime to rest and recharge throughout January, February has hit the ground running from day one, with my first ‘business’ event of the year, back at Pi on Poole Quay for another You Are The Media Lunch Club. Go vegan and don’t look back. The pizza is still amazing. The topicContinueContinue reading “YATM Lunch Club Feb 2024”
The life and death of optimism II
Some downtime at home through the Christmas break and subsequent ‘cold snap’ gave me a welcome opportunity to catch up on all of the things I hadn’t made time for throughout a busy autumn and start to winter. I’ve been cataloguing Pez and other collections (learn more here), catching up on comics, saved articles, TVContinueContinue reading “The life and death of optimism II”
Subscriber Series: Music + Memories (Volume One)
In Summer 2023, I welcomed subscribers to my mailing list by asking them “what’s a favourite song of yours and what are you reminded of when you hear it?”. Here’s a compilation of the responses I received. https://youtu.be/sBW8Vnp8BzU?si=e9fovAUoX9JwwPCb Alan Stevenson: “My favourite song is The Waterboys – The Whole of the Moon. It was originally releasedContinueContinue reading “Subscriber Series: Music + Memories (Volume One)”
January 2024 Mixtape
Tracklisting: 01. Pet Symmetry – Big Island02. Bad Suns – Lunar Shadows03. Middle Kids – Dramamine04. Scott Ruth – AFTERLIFE05. Windser – TV06. WHY NOT – GLEAM AND BARK07. The Gaslight Anthem – Little Fires08. Slotface, The Buoys – Fight Back Time09. Ducks Ltd. – The Main Thing10. Hovvdy – Jean11. Day Wave – AsContinueContinue reading “January 2024 Mixtape”
Liam Toms 