In 2018 I put together the following photo gallery and memories of the first UK tour with our band, Canada Water for the 10th anniversary (I just reposted my tour diaries, written back in 2008). Most of these were taken by me, with a Sony DSC-T20 point and shoot camera. 15 years on, I’m stillContinueContinue reading “Tour Memories: 2008”
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Tour Diaries: 2008
15 years ago this month, I set off on our band, Canada Water’s first UK tour. Around this same time I was keeping a regular blog. I’ve long since retired the public facing document of my life, aged 20. The stories live on, in my offline archives. I dig back into these from time toContinueContinue reading “Tour Diaries: 2008”
25 years of Less Than Jake’s ‘Hello Rockview’
In Spring 2002 I took a trip to London with my Mum. While she went to a specialist hospital appointment I walked from London Waterloo, across the Thames, up through Charing Cross and Trafalgar Square to Piccadilly Circus where, at the time, were three massive record shops, all facing in on each other like behemothsContinueContinue reading “25 years of Less Than Jake’s ‘Hello Rockview’”
Mighty Morphin: Multicoloured, multicultural, millennial superheroes
At a pub quiz in spring 2019, I stood confidently as I answered “28th August 1993” to a solo question our team had been asked. The question was, “when did ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ first air?”. Our team got the points and I got some bewildered stares. How the hell did I know that? I amContinueContinue reading “Mighty Morphin: Multicoloured, multicultural, millennial superheroes”
‘Time capsule’
Not having children means that Sam and I tend to take our holiday time before the schools break up each summer. Other than a couple of day trips I’ve been Poole bound for the past couple of months. I know the weather has disappointed most, for me it’s been bliss. Anything above 25 degrees andContinueContinue reading “‘Time capsule’”
The Pembroke Dock Falcon
This week we got to visit the Pembroke Dock Falcon exhibit at Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre, a stones throw from where the actual full-scale Millennium Falcon seen in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi was built. It’s a bit of a trek down to the south west of Wales but well worth aContinueContinue reading “The Pembroke Dock Falcon”
20 years of Less Than Jake’s ‘Anthem’
I first got into Less Than Jake in late 2000. By this point in time I had 4 studio albums and a bunch of other releases to catch up on. Anthem was the first of their albums I got to experience the full release cycle for, and I remember it all like it was yesterday. Today theContinueContinue reading “20 years of Less Than Jake’s ‘Anthem’”
May the 4th 2023
I saw some incredible things at Celebration, the four day Star Wars convention, last month. Some of the best bits were the most simple, fans gathering together on stage and holding lightsabers high, kids who likely weren’t even born when Star Wars returned to cinemas in 2015 dressed up as their favourite characters. George LucasContinueContinue reading “May the 4th 2023”
Amateur Half Hour
On 22nd February 2023 it was announced, to little fanfare, that ITV’s home video show You’ve Been Framed! would be cancelled after 33 years. Perhaps the lack of remorse is because we’ve lived with TV for so many decades now we know we’ll likely see once axed shows come back around (Both Big Brother and Deal or No Deal are setContinueContinue reading “Amateur Half Hour”
2023 gig season begins
My gig going year has kicked off with a trio of very different shows. The first was at the tail end of last month with the Isle of Wight’s latest fine export, Coach Party at The Joiners in Southampton. https://vimeo.com/802825522 A little under two weeks later I finally got to see our generation’s greatest popContinueContinue reading “2023 gig season begins”
A month of Mondays
There’s not denying it, January tests your resolve. I actually welcome the extra time at home in the middle of winter to tie up loose ends from the year just gone and work on plans for the year ahead. It requires a stamina unlike no other month though, particularly in calendar years like this thatContinueContinue reading “A month of Mondays”
Aged 35 years and 1 month
I woke up on the morning of my 35th birthday with a sudden realisation. Sort of. I actually woke up to the sound of the bins being collected. The realisation was that I hadn’t put ours out. In hindsight my reaction was disproportionate. It wasn’t so much the knowledge that I’d be struggling for theContinueContinue reading “Aged 35 years and 1 month”
Liam Toms 