Director of Research @unitetheunion, writer, music & arts lover, Wealdstone FC season ticket holder, #MDANT, London-Irish. Tweet in a personal capacity.
Work commitments send me up north which means I’m going to miss @WealdstoneFC’s home game to Gateshead today. We badly need a win. If you’re at @TheVale_WFC I expect to hear you in my bunker in Liverpool. UTS!
Delighted to make my @detailmag debut in the just released Autumn issue with a piece on the cultural significance of 1960s BBC TV programme Jazz 625. A real thrill to see my words combined with the always excellent Detail design. You can order a copy here: detailmaguk.com/
❤️ November 8 #London@UnionChapelUK I am headlining an evening of songs & solidarity for the @AmosTrust 's campaign responding to the urgent need for breast cancer screening in Gaza . Awesome guests & an important fundraiser 🇵🇸 🫶 Join us . Tickets 👉 gigantic.com/tanita-tikaram-… ❤️
Susan Barrett soulfully asks 'What's It Gonna Be' and there is some classic Madness to finish, but on the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane’s birth it was always going to be about the ‘Cousin Mary’ opener in this week’s excellent Friday Red Wine Three from @TheMumper.
Delighted to make my @detailmag debut in the just released Autumn issue with a piece on the cultural significance of 1960s BBC TV programme Jazz 625. A real thrill to see my words combined with the always excellent Detail design. You can order a copy here: detailmaguk.com/
My latest ‘Hanging Out a Window’ column has just been published and it’s a review of some recent cultural highlights. Dive in, read and subscribe (free) here: johnearls.substack.com/p/rec…
Listening to @marcrileydj
A Certain Ratio and Bubbles in session
Great new track by Anna Erhart
Music from Hannah Hu, The Adverts, The Yummy Fur, Len Barry, The Ronettes, more
Drew a Pearly Queen watching a magician
ICYMI my latest ‘Hanging Out a Window’ column is a review of Dexys Midnight Runners new, and possibly final, album LOVE. Read and subscribe (free) here: johnearls.substack.com/p/alb…
“…And where you see clouds upon the hills
You soon will see crowds of daffodils…”
Songs I Wish I Had Sung (The First Time Around) - Bing Crosby with Jud Conlon’s Rhthmaires and Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
(Brunswick, 1956).
The Mighty Diamonds sweetly ask ‘Tell Me What’s Wrong’ to begin this week’s excellent Friday Red Wine Three from @TheMumper. Not much says I as we also have Herbie Mann’s ‘The Joker’ and this from Jimmy Heath Quintet feat. Kenny Burrell & Wynton Kelly. Enjoyed with a Pinot Noir.
Listening to Gideon Coe on @BBC6Music
Francoise Hardy, Peggy Lee, Alison Cotton in session, George Jones
Drew a mouldy Warburtons Toastie loaf abandoned on the pavement
My latest ‘Hanging Out a Window’ column has just been published and it’s a review of Dexys Midnight Runners new, and possibly final, album LOVE. Read and subscribe (free) here: johnearls.substack.com/p/alb…