Author Archives: Liam

I woke up a little earlier than usual yesterday, so decided to go and join the queue for Record Store Day at Square Records in Wimborne.  I used to do this every year, with my earliest arrival time having been pre 4am. In recent years I’ve taken my chances, heading over a few hours afterContinueContinue reading “Record Store Day 2024”

This month had a near single focus; organise and host two events to celebrate Grapevine’s first anniversary as an employee owned business, with just a few weeks notice. Against the odds, we welcomed 60 guests to our home at 19-25 Nuffield Road on Wednesday this week.   Since we made the transition to employee ownership inContinueContinue reading “Grapevine’s 1st EO anniversary”

This week our Star Wars fandom took us to an event a little closer to home than usual. The touring exhibit ‘May the Toys Be With You’ made its way to lovely Wimborne, where it has a residency at the Museum of East Dorset from til April 2024.  Having seen photos of the collection at previous stops,ContinueContinue reading “Star Wars memories from generations of fans”

20 years ago I started a record label. I bottled it within a year. I was a student at college and imposter syndrome (even if we didn’t know it to be called that then) kicked in just as things were starting to happen. It took me another 7 years to try again. Talking to BenContinueContinue reading “Ground Zero podcast with Ben Franklin”

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”

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”

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”