Happy New Year! It's been a while again
since I have posted a blog, December was
a busy month with the final visit to
these shores for a while by my old
favourites The Living End, the Derby
Awards Horseracing bash at The Royal
Lancaster and plenty of racing to lead
us up to Christmas. Just as well really
as the snow has put paid to that, at
least on turf up until this weekend.
Musically we have got loads to look
forward to this year. Looming up in
March is the Bedlam Breakout festival in
Northampton, these days a two-day
affair. You'll have a job to beat the
latest line-up if you are into
Psychobilly, Friday features the
head-liners that you can't top, the
originators of the genre THE METEORS and
a great supporting cast including two up
and coming young pretenders that will
ensure the head-liners have to pull out
all the stops, THE GRAVEYARD JOHNNYS and
HENRY AND THE BLEEDERS who are both
making big waves. Saturday promises to
be insane, literally with two of the
maddest front men in the business no
doubt trying to out mad each other on
the night, namely 'SPARKY' and 'CHUCK'
head honchos from DEMENTED ARE GO and
THE FRANTIC FLINTSTONES respectively. I
am off on my adventures on Tuesday,
jetting off to the sunshine of Australia
for an all too short two-week visit.
Short visit it may be but action packed
none the less taking in BIG DAY OUT in
Sydney, a flying visit down to Melbourne
where at least one Rockabilly gig is
promised followed by an overnight
road-trip back up to Sydney with Aussie
Psychobilly legends THE FIREBALLS for
the BLOOD SWEAT AND BEERS all day
Punk/Psychobilly shindig. Two days
getting sunburned to follow before
heading back to the UK in time for
Sandown Park races and the build up to
the Cheltenham festival. My mate Andrew
Mount's horse, Reve de Sivola, runs in
the Ballymore Properties Hurdle on his
40th birthday, we are on at 50/1 and are
hoping for a fairytale. I don't know if
anyone knows or even cares but I do have
a website with some of my published work
there for all to see. I have just had a
little parcel of goodies from Crazy Love
Records, and one of the releases has
really grabbed my attention 'Set A Fire
In Your Heart' by UK band A SAILORS
GRAVE, just a head's up for you. Anyway,
expect a full review of my Australian
adventures in Big Cheese and on-line
next month. Until then, thanks for
reading. Si
