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i think liverpool's a wonderful place to be. sometimes. there have been moments in the past milennia that have been some of the most wonderful and rewarding experiences imaginable, conversely yhere have been moments of soul crushing disappointment and murdrous bad vibes. inner city life. writ large.

i think liverpool's a wonderful pkace to be. sometimes, because it's where i have spent the most time and therefore think i know trhe place and the people like the back of me hand. in actuality i know very little of liverpool, if it's off the 82 bus route i'm pretty scuppered, the north end might as well be on mars. which it probably is.


this much i know though, sometimes the good people of this city can make that dreary old corpse of a town spring back into life, put on a display of love and good will that breaks the bank of love.


last saturday night, the mighty atom that is pete bentham put on a loud rock'n'roll experience in the clubhouse at the tennis club in sefton park. twice the size of my living room, packed to the rafters with the beautiful young people this nation tends to forget exists, it was a celebration of everything that is good and creative about this town. five live acts, me playing records and a trillion ton of love and good vibes all squashed into a room not big enough to house a full-sized snooker table. so far out and lovely i haven't really came down, it was like taking drugs for the first time. possibly.


i never go out anymore, it terrifies me the world that exists beyond the golden triangle of my front door, the local shop and work. i used to go out an awful lot of course, i have fond memories of just that thing. i don't wanna sound like me grandad but the event on saturday reminded me of just how well some very usual things work in unusual places.


liverpool has a tradition of gigs in unusual -and often miniscule- venues. the bunnymen were always game forthis, at the height of what can be best described as bunnymanua, they placed themselves in venues as tiny as the monroe on duke st and cafe berlin on bold st. both gigs were oversubscribed a a hundredfold, a health and safety nightmare waiting to happen. what i loved about these events is the way they bonded disparate souls in a very intimate environment and forged a sense of unity amongst the participants.

i'm sure these epoch making events happen in every city, town and hamlet across the nation. it would be really shit if it only happened in liverpool. we can't be that fortunate, other young 'uns elsewhere must have brilliant yet, unlikely ideas. it seems like the central ethos of punk. or something.


this week: we stood high and proud. the best was/is yet to come.

WE WILL NOT SHY AWAY FROM POP MUSIC.


natural high (global communications remix).....warp 69.
summer (the first time).....bobby goldsboro.
all the little things (that make life worth living).....andrew weatherall.
ruins.....the laughing windows.
my soul.....clifton chenier.
walls of jericho.....cabaret voltaire.
stranded in the jungle.....the cadets.
feel it!....coco steel & love bomb.
somebody to love.....the great society.
i dub.....king midas sound.
bubble wrap.....electric man.
overnight sensation.....the raspberries.


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