FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: A FILM ABOUT A BAND
From Amadeus to Walk the Line, Bohemian Rhapsody to Sid & Nancy, musician biopics tend to go in and out of vogue; a big one comes along...
Sep 11, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: THE PARLEMENT OF FOULES
With apologies to The Fast Show’s Jesse, this week I have been mostly pondering collective nouns for birds. Our winged friends do have...
Sep 4, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: HOW WAS YOUR LOCKDOWN?
As we approach the corner of the calendar that leads into autumn, there does seem to be one dividend of living through a pandemic; there...
Aug 28, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Whether it’s that time-honoured artistic desire to hide behind a persona, an absence of affection for the birth name or just plain...
Aug 21, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: CHRISTMAS IS COMING
It wasn’t all that long ago that people used to sidle up to you and say “winter is coming” and, fully armed with the expectation that you...
Aug 14, 2020
IT’S CROPREDY BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT
This rather dumb headline, channelling as it does a Star Trek misquote – I blame The Firm – heralds a rather splendid event curated by...
Aug 11, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: TELLING THE STORY
Local lockdowns and concerns about a second wave of coronavirus have scuppered plans to slowly reintroduce live music in front of...
Aug 7, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: RECOMMEND A FRIEND
As one with an innate suspicion about algorithms and their effects on modern living, I usually don’t pay too much attention to...
Jul 31, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: OUTRANKING
The Hyundai Mercury Prize ‘Albums of the Year’ proudly set out to ‘celebrate and promote the best of British music, recognising artistic...
Jul 24, 2020
A TRACK BY TRACK GUIDE TO HOPEFULS BY THE HARRIETS
Hopefuls is the keenly awaited debut long player from Leeds four-piece, The Harriets. As regular readers will know, I first encountered...
Jul 23, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: THE TRAIN ARRIVING
‘Highly anticipated’ might easily rank alongside ‘critically acclaimed’ in the lexicon of over-used music PR phrases. However, both seem...
Jul 17, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: MONEY FOR NOTHING
You stop and give a homeless man a fiver. Does he: a). thank you kindly. b). appreciate it but ask if you could run to a tenner. c). say...
Jul 10, 2020
