Today's post is a spur of the moment affair, which is the kind of affair I don't usually indulge in. My posts are more often given over to pain staking research and planning, and the resultant material verbose and some might say meandering in nature -...

Riding on the wave of a multi-platinum album, and a string of top ten singles throughout ’83/’84, it was hard to envisage that Huey Lewis & the News could ascend to greater heights, but the ensuing two year period would prove to be the commercial...

This last New Years Eve, one of the network channels broadcast ‘Back To The Future’, and of course when I came across its opening moments whilst channel surfing, I was stuck fast (uh, yes I was at home watching television). I’ve lost count of...

Around April or May of ‘87, I had occasion to attend my very first over age gig - which just happened to be in a dank, smoke filled warehouse. The venue was essentially a very large room, with makeshift stage, and bars serving alcoholic beverages on...

In 2010, U2 will doubtless continue their reign as one of the pre-eminent rock bands on the world stage, but 27 years ago, the Dublin based quartet of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. were yet to ascend to the throne of superstardom. ...