A Conversation with one of the founders of Innocent Drinks about Abubilla Music

During the first week of September, we had lunch with Richard Reed, one of the founders of Innocent Drinks, to get his advice on how to run Abubilla Music – good lunch, fantastic advice and golly willikers he spun our heads around… Read the rest of this post »


Swinging Belleville rendez-vous

The sky has turned grey and there’s a threat in the air.  It’s there when I walk home from the station.  It was there this morning when I sat on the train.  It’s even slightly inside the office…it’s time for another round of Autumn days.

Autumn days aren’t all cold and grey though.  They bring with them my favourite type of film and lots of curling up on the sofa at the weekend versus sitting in the summer sun strewn pub. I was never cut out for the sun. Give me a rainy November day and I am frizzy haired smiles.

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A Very Short List of Our Best Blogs

I’ve just culled this category. Oh, for those of you who don’t know, this blog occurs in a category called ‘A Very Short List of Our Best Blogs’, surprisingly enough. Anyway, I was doing a bit of housekeeping and I saw a whole load of blogs in this category that were not lists at all, but Jimmy’s Top Tips! Scandalous – I like a tidy kitchen. So I deleted them from this category…

I feel bad now, so I’m going to feature them a lot in this summary of our best blogs. It’s a Top Tips Special:

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Cute little story about heaven and health foods…

A joke.  About 85 year olds. Read the rest of this post »


Artist of the Moment: Louise (Influences)

Jimmy’s blog was so long, it seemed inappropriate to tag this on at the end, so I just thought I’d link to it. Here’s my background and influences and the like. If you’re interested…:

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Breaking out of the Studio Part 2

So, next Thursday – the 19th August, I have a gig. This time in leafy Surrey. Farnham Maltings to be exact. Not sure on timings yet, but I think we’ll be in the Riverside bar. Will be playing a set of covers, which may include some SMCC songs. Is a bit of a trek for most, and trains are rubbish, but if you are in the area, and fancy it, it should be ace.

WIll post links as and when….


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