One of my favourite reads is Paul Bailey’s Beer Blog, mainly because he gives us so much context to his pub visits we get a real insight into his family dynamics. I particularly enjoy the posts about his foreign trips with his son Matthew (a charming lad) and Paul’s determined (doomed ?) efforts to convert… Continue reading MILTON, MINOTAURS AND MASTERMIND
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RITES OF PASSAGE IN NOTTINGHAM
My 15 year old son has acquired a taste for death metal. Nothing wrong with that; I was into The Fall and Joy Division at his age. On Tuesday we took Matt and his mate to Nottingham to see Architects, a metalcore (?) band actually younger than me. Pleasingly, also an opportunity to tick off the last… Continue reading RITES OF PASSAGE IN NOTTINGHAM
BLACK SABBATH, MUD AND DOG TOOTH
I really tried to get Matt to write this, as you really need a 14 year old to explain the appeal of a day listening to old blokes playing old heavy metal tunes in the mud. No joy this time. Download at Donington is the successor to what I remember as Monsters of Rock from my own… Continue reading BLACK SABBATH, MUD AND DOG TOOTH
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