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22 30th August 2004
It feels like years, not a few months, since I last updated the website. There are a multitude of reasons for this. Some are personal, others are due to the fact that my day job has kept me busy and that my PC became infected by a number of viruses. But I also decided to take some time off, enjoy the Summer, go places and just enjoy listening to music rather than writing about it. My travels took me to Stockholm, Amsterdam and Glasgow. In Stockholm I met up with some old friends and had a fantastic few days in glorious weather in one of my favourite cities in the world. I then decided to visit Amsterdam and flew via Heathrow to Schipol and spent a brilliant week enjoying trips on the canals, art and some fantastic food in a pavement cafe just off the city centre. Glasgow beckoned next, arriving on an early flight from NEMA before the shops had even opened and hooking up with Ross and Rosanna from Stockholm's excellent Record & CD Exchange (www.record-cdexchange.se) to enjoy Guiness, Euro 2004 and 'Bo Selecta' recitals for a weekend. So, what's been going on in my own personal music world? Well, I managed to pick up some great CDs for my ever increasing collection over the past few months, including plenty of back catalogue stuff from the likes of Prince, David Bowie and Whitesnake. Oh, and the looonnggg awaited CD release of Kim MItchell's debut mini album. Plenty of variety there, eh? As for the new stuff.... The Start, a band I absolutely rave over, have just released their second full album. 'Initiation' was released a week ago by Nitro Records in the States. It's a fantastic record and is being well received by fans and press alike. Bizarrely, on the eve of the album's release drummer Billy Brindlecomb Jr. quit! Alter Bridge released their debut album earlier this month (out in the UK on September 20th) and I interviewed Mark Tremonti and Myles Kennedy for a 'Classic Rock' news piece a few weeks ago. The full interview should appear here at some point in the next month. The band play London's ULU on September 17th. To the updated stuff. Andrew Ellis supplied me with some more of his great reviews. More will be added from both of us soon. Additions have been made to the News pages and I'll be adding a couple of recent interviews this week. Look for lots more new stuff over the next few weeks.
Current playlist:
The Start 'Initiation' (Nitro) Hurricane Party 'Get This' (Sanctuary) N.E.R.D. 'In Search Of...' (Virgin) Charlotte Martin 'On Your Shore' (RCA) Kim Mitchell 'Kim Mitchell' (Wounded Bird)
Now, down to Meadow Lane tomorrow to see if Notts County can keep the winning streak up......
Dave Click Here for previous 'Dave's Notes'
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