Re-Loaded

For Men Who Should Know Better I do like the latter part of how Wikipedia describes Loaded Magazine, “Loaded was a men’s lifestyle magazine. It launched as a mass-market print publication in 1994, ceased being issued in March 2015, but relaunched as a digital magazine on 11 November 2015. The content was changed, with risqué…

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It’s Vinted Vinyl

Like many out there I can’t help scanning ‘Discogs’ for my ‘Wishlist’ of records. I don’t share the list as it’s ever changing and to be honest more of a mental list. This week I bought for the ‘list’ and a record not on it as such, an opportunist purchase. Not from Discogs, I got…

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Interrobang‽

Interrobang‽, an agitprop post-punk band formed in 2012 by ex-Chumbawamba lead singer Dunstan Bruce along with ex-Chumbawamba drummer Harry Hamer and ex-Regular Fries guitarist Stephen Griffin. ‘The interrobang is a combination of the question mark and the exclamation point, and is used to convey an excited question.’ ‘The interrobang is a printed punctuation mark (‽),…

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Three at the Stage Door

Dead Freights hosted a hometown gig last night at The Stage Door in Southampton, a small cabaret venue with a max capacity of 150 standing, an intimate affair attended by a large number of family and friends of all bands present. And why not, its great to play occasionally for those who support you. First…

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schubert dip emf

Schubert Dipped for 33 Years

Schubert Dip is the debut album by British rock band EMF, released on Parlophone Records on 7 May 1991.It f eatures the worldwide hit single “Unbelievable” which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. The name of the album is a pun on the name of the popular sweet sherbet dip and the 19th-century composer Franz Schubert. – Wikipedia Above is the unofficial bit ripped from Wikipedia, for…

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Bristol Record Grab

Took a somewhat unexpected trip to Bristol today, never a bad thing. So how do you make the most of a trip like that? Buy records of course! I wasn’t on my own so just visited a couple of shops that happened to be on the route we were walking. I was passing Astro Vinyl,…

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