Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Michele Stodart's torch songs

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© Simon Poulter 2023 I seem to have a habit of only venturing north of the Thames to hear music you can’t boogie to when it is freezing cold...
Friday, 1 December 2023

Peter Gabriel’s i/o - slow train coming

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Peter Gabriel has rarely, if ever, done things by convention. He left Genesis in 1975 just as they were filling larger venues and selling r...
Monday, 20 November 2023

Wrong numbers: the modern guide to phone etiquette

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I am old enough to remember when telephoning was something that happened by the front door, at a desk or in a phone box. The greatest irrita...
Thursday, 9 November 2023

No more messy nights - the Amsterdam party is over

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© Simon Poulter When I moved to Amsterdam, 24 years ago, there were innumerable comments along the lines of: “Oh yeah... Amsterdam, eh?! EH?...
Saturday, 28 October 2023

The children of the 21st century are still listening to The Beatles

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It’s more than half a century since The Beatles broke up, 43 years since John Lennon was murdered, and almost 22 since George Harrison pass...
Thursday, 26 October 2023

Arrested development - the brief career of the biggest band in the world

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It is New Year’s Eve, 1983. I am with my brother and sister-in-law at Wembley Arena to see a band, universally tagged the biggest in the wor...
Saturday, 21 October 2023

Aged like sparkling wine – the Rolling Stones’ Hackney Diamonds

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Let’s get over the whining. Let’s forget the persistent grumbling. Let’s just quietly ignore the fact that the Rolling Stones are long past...