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Calamity Chicks 3.2

You may notice a few pix of drums in the publicity stuff – here’s why. The long, hot summer of 1976 saw Lin taking on a bigger role at the studios while Granite spent a couple of months touring Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, where their music had taken off after an aggressive marketingContinue reading “Calamity Chicks 3.2”

Calamity Chicks 3.1

The third book in the series is Linda’s Lament – here’s a little more about it. Almost Famous meets 10 Things I Hate About You with elements of Queen’s Gambit. When Jack corners Lin in the playground, she knows exactly what he wants, but she has her own reasons for agreeing. She’s pretty sure UncleContinue reading “Calamity Chicks 3.1”

The Importance of Being Honest

Subtitle – How to help your Indie Author. Apologies if this post is a tad self-indulgent, but an incident today brought it home to me about how the livelihood of an indie author can be totally de-railed by the cruel vituperation of one or two harsh critics. Even more so when their comments are inaccurateContinue reading “The Importance of Being Honest”

1970s Top Thirteen Artists

So, having considered every year in the 70s, I did a quick analysis of how often each artist had a record in the top 20 during the decade – this (number) may not be absolutely accurate, but it certainly stacks up with what I remember. My top thirteen 70s artists were: Slade (17) Queen (12)Continue reading “1970s Top Thirteen Artists”

1979 Top Thirteen

1) Billy Joel – My Life – 02-1979 2) Sad Café – Every Day Hurts – 10-1979 3) The Crusaders – Street Life – 09-1979 4) Dire Straits – Sultans Of Swing – 04-1979 5) Sister Sledge – We Are Family – 06-1979 6) Earth, Wind & Fire With The Emotions – Boogie Wonderland –Continue reading “1979 Top Thirteen”

1970s Holidays

Holidays as a child in England invariably meant the seaside. Actually, it was more clearly defined than that – for those of us lucky enough to be living in the very centre of England (a couple of hours’ drive to the sea in any direction), a day-trip to the beach invariably meant either Skegness, orContinue reading “1970s Holidays”

1978 Top Thirteen

1) Kate Bush – Man With The Child In His Eyes – 07-1978 2) Billy Joel – Just The Way You Are – 03-1978 3) The Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky 02-1978 4) Earth, Wind & Fire – Fantasy – 03-1978 5) The Patti Smith Group – Because The Night – 05-1978 6)Continue reading “1978 Top Thirteen”

1970s TV Shows

The Morecambe & Wise Show was a comedy sketch show starring English comedy double-act Morecambe and Wise. It began airing in 1968 on BBC2, specifically because it was then the only channel broadcasting in colour. The Two Ronnies was a British television comedy sketch show starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett bbroadcast on BBC1 fromContinue reading “1970s TV Shows”

1977 Top Thirteen

1) The Eagles – Hotel California – 05-1977 2) The Emotions – Best Of My Love – 09-1977 3) The Rods – Do Anything You Wanna Do – 09-1977 4) The Bee Gees – How Deep Is Your Love – 11-1977 5) Heatwave – Boogie Nights – 02-1977 6) Andrew Gold – Lonely Boy –Continue reading “1977 Top Thirteen”

70s Men’s Fashions

The 70s saw a plethora of different styles for both women and men, the latter including such gems as Double Denim, leather Jackets, curly perms and the ubiquitous platform shoes. Status Quo were avid exponents of the double (and even triple) denim. The so-called “Peacock Revolution” which started in the 1950s had made it acceptableContinue reading “70s Men’s Fashions”