André has been in touch again. I'll be going to the Nottingham gig, if I can get on-call cover:STANLEY BRINKS (fka Andre Herman Düne), with supports THE PURPLE ORGAN, and FRESCHARD are on tour. --- UK Birmingham, March 14, the Jug of Ale, Alcester Road, Moseley Manchester, March 15, 47 Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury Village Nottingham, March 17 , the Bodega Social Club (ex Social), 23 Pelham Street
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The tree is up, the lights are on, the cat is chasing stray baubles and bringing up strands of tinsel with her hairballs, the kids are over-hyped on sweets and chocolate..Somehow Mr Stevens has captured the magic and the kitch and the kid's-singed-fringe-on-the-Christingle smell of Christmas with this set of EPs (five recorded over six years), and it has become a staple of my Christmas listening..
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I got a mail from André Herman Dune. Sadly he's not playing anywhere near Nottingham. I'll have to encourage a logal mogger to attend one of the London gigs (Darren, are you free?).hello everybody,i'll be back in the uk next week for a little solo tourmy name is now Stanley BrinksHere's my plan:Sunday 23rd LONDONThe George Tavern, 373 Commercial Road, E1Monday 24th BRISTOLCube CInema, Dove Str...
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Hurrah. We moved.From an 1862 terrace to a 1939 semi.From a paved yard to a grassy garden.From a cellar with no windows to a study with two.From three flights of stairs to one.The CD player didn't survive, and the barbeque lost a leg. I still need to put some curtain rails up and liberate things from boxes by constructing shelves. And, and...But two weeks in, I still find myself staring up at tree
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My Herman Düne week continues, evolving in unexpected ways..Today I received an email from André Herman Düne.I'd emailed both André and David-Ivar with a view to carrying out an "interview" via email, for day five or day six of the week. David-Ivar has been too busy to respond, but I managed to ask him a couple of questions at the gig. André responded quite promptly, reminding me that he h...
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June is almost over. I can't possibly let a whole month go by without posting something on Mog, even if it's only for my own benefit.So, why have I not written for over a month? Why isn't HD week over yet? Why have I not been to any gigs? Why oh why haven't I bought any music for what feels like an age? I'm skint and busy - buzy with work, busy and skint with moving house.I don't know what the exp
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I shared a room with Gavin at college. We originally shared because it meant we could choose which rooms we got, rather than run the gauntlet of the Single Room Lottery. There were two double rooms above the canteen which nobody wanted because they were out on a limb and not on a "corridor". We got four guys together to share the two rooms and had a ball for a term.Gavin and I shared for a second
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No-one's written anything on Herman Dune yet. I've been mogging for over half a year, and _I_ haven't written anything yet. Tut. Well, I'm designating this week *Herman Dune Week*, and I'll try to write something interesting related to the band every day for seven days. Given my track record of one or two month gaps between posts, it's unlikely that I'll succeed. Maybe it'll be a virtual week or s
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Hooray! Another entry on my "best music I've recently seen" widget! However, it's probably about time I trimmed it at the other end. Does over a year ago (Herman Dune last January) count as "recently?"Last night was The Decemberists at Trent Students Union. And I thought it was a pretty good night, considering I knew only about one and a half songs of theirs.I am wondering what I can type of value
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