Talk Sport Interview (JJ And Paul) 17th February 2004

An interview conducted in the promotional run up to the Norfolk Coast tour with JJ and Paul. Broadcast on Talk Sport Radio on 17th February 2004.

MP3: http://we.tl/6XrIieBrwb

O2 Academy Oxford 17th March 2014

One from the UK Ruby tour, this time from Oxford.

Thanks to the original taper heymjm and to Andy Miller for the photos. Cheers.

FLAC: http://we.tl/j6AkvhSMqj

Artwork: http://we.tl/8kSOH8vG3v

01 Intro
02 London Lady
03 No More Heroes
04 Coup de Grace
05 Was It You?
06 Threatened
07 Summat Outanowt
08 Peasant In The Big Shitty
09 Still Life
10 Peaches
11 Midnight Summer Dream
12 Golden Brown
13 Thrown Away
14 Never To Look Back
15 Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)
16 Skin Deep
17 Time To Die
18 Lowlands
19 Valley Of The Birds
20 Nice 'N' Sleazy
21 Walk On By
22 Freedom Is Insane
23 Duchess
24 5 Minutes
25 Hanging Around
26 Encore Break
27 Norfolk Coast
28 Something Better Change
29 All Day and All of the Night
30 Encore Break
31 Tank
32 Thank You Very Much

D-Day And The Normandy Breakout

My Grandfather

James Kitchener Heath

5th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment

26th June saw the 70th anniversary of the day my Grandfather landing on Gold Beach in Normandy as part of the 59 (Staffordshire) Division, a follow-up formation that that reached France in the wake f the main invasion force. On a second site, as I have mentioned previously, I am attempting to piece together his wartime activities (which is proving to be no mean feat - he could hardly be described as prolific in terms of documenting what he did during his years in the army).

http://jameskitchenerheath5051929.blogspot.co.uk/

Thus far I have put together what I know of his home service activities and training within 59th. Tonight and over the next week or so, I will start on the period of his active service in Normandy which included:

• Operation Charnwood
• The Battle of Noyers
• Fighting around the Orne Bridgehead and
• Closure of the 'Falaise Pocket'

After these actions, heavy loses to the 59th and other units of the 21st Army Group meant that the 59th was disbanded as soldiers were drafted in to reinforce older, more established formations. My Grandfather thus found himself after the Battle for Normandy in the 11th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers with which he saw further action in across France, Belgium and Holland.

Please take a look if you get the inclination.

Insignia of 59 (Staffordshire) Division

Hugh Cornwell Interview From 'In The Mex', Radio Reverb, 11th March 2011

Thanks once again are due to MeAnIe for this one, previously posted on the Burning Up Times Forum, but now resurrected for your listening pleasure.

I'll leave the description down to MeAnIe himself:

'While trolling through old posts recently I found a post about an interview that Hugh did for Reverb Radio back in 2011, being one of those people who doesn't like to miss out on anything, and finding that the link was dead (several links were dead, including the one from Hugh's own website), I set about tracking the interview down, let's face it, when you read that Hugh was 'upbeat' and 'complimentary about The Stranglers' then that's more than enough ammunition to want to hear it. So I did the google thing, dead links, emailed the radio station, who after a few days suggested that I contact Paul Mex. So, then I googled Paul, turns out he's been around a long time and he's done a bit of everything, musician, composer, producer and is in the throws of a musical  comeback himself. *point of nerdy interest for fans, he also worked with Ugly As Sin, some of us oldies remember them supporting The Stranglers a hundred years ago.
Paul, who interviewed Hugh on this occasion was incredibly helpful, shared a few anecdotes and even tracked down the interview for me. I really enjoyed corresponding with him.

Out of the kindness of his heart, Paul has made a link available to the interview (here)

Here also is a link to Paul's site and new album (here).

JJ Burnel King Tut's Wah Wah Hut Glasgow 26th November 2005

Someone recently requested some Glasgow gigs, so here is one with a difference. As part of a series of gigs arranged in conjunction with music chain Soundcontrol, a friend John Buchanan (then working with Soundcontrol) was involved in getting this gig together at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. As I suggested in the first line of the post, this is not a typical Stranglers related gig in Glasgow, certainly not what JJ was anticipating. Never intended to be a normal gig, and clearly billed as a Q&A/anecdote based appearance, the evening wasn't what a small section of the crowd was expecting and they let their feelings be known, very vociferously (drink had been taken), from start to finish of the 1 hour performance.

To his credit, JJ handled the situation admirably, but I understand, at the end, a quiet exit was made from a side door of the venue.

A recording from Bristol a few days earlier show that the set was rather curtailed as a result of the heckling idiots. Quality is not great, but it serves as an interesting document of a night out in Glasgow.

Here's some artwork courtesy of MeAnIe.

FLAC: http://we.tl/CRmxq5F7Wu

01. Chat
02. Dagenham Dave
03. Chat
04. Skin Deep
05. Chat
06. European Female
07. Chat
08. Un Jour Parfait (abandoned)
09. Chat
10. In The End
11. Chat
12. Where I Live
13. Chat

Did You Miss Me When I was Away?...... (can you say that anymore!?)

Apologies for the silence. This has been due to a recent computer meltdown that has prevented any posting on this site for some weeks. There's no lack of interest in taking the site forward and I will be carrying on as normal, starting with some recent Ruby Tour recordings for your listening pleasure.

The Corn Exchange, Cambridge 28th March 2014

To contrast with the two European gigs, that together made up the Wonky Bus IV adventure, here's one from the UK leg, this time from Cambridge. Many thanks to Chatts for the time and the effort to document it and to Big Andy for the photos.

FLAC: http://we.tl/TDpnlyuXAS

Artwork: http://we.tl/iT0dqVXdSu

01. Intro-London Lady
02. No More Heroes
03. Coup De Grace
04. Was It You?
05. Threatened
06. Summat Outanowt
07. Peasant In The Big Shitty
08. Still Life
09. Peaches
10. Midnight Summer Dream
11. Golden Brown
12. Thrown Away
13. Never To Look Back

01. Nuclear Device
02. Skin Deep
03. Time To Die
04. Lowlands
05. Valley Of The Birds
06. Nice 'N' Sleazy
07. Walk On By
08. Freedom Is Insane
09. Duchess
10. 5 Minutes
11. Hanging Around
12. Encore-Norfolk Coast
13. Something Better Change
14. All Day And All Of The Night
15. Encore-Tank