The sun’s shining for a change. And these birds have congregated on the large tree that backs on to the garden.......
Palmers Green, North London. A room above the Whole Hog pub. Me and Tom sat there at one end of the room......
Tom had been talking to me for months about how he wanted to change up Mother Said. Then one day in practice, he delivered those......
We laughed. Rav took an age to find the key and then put the key in the hole and then turned the key to unlock the door of his red, so red.......
Zaki, looks at me intently. A stifled smile battles with a cool steely demeanour. His head tilts back slightly, but dramatically. His eyes are locked on me, the smile threatens to win… ‘2,2,3,4’. The trigger is pulled and a bullet is released signaling the commencement of battle. I’m conscious that the first chord of Lemon […]
Suppose a lad from Jersey gets off a train at Southall station. His grip on the strap from his guitar bag tightens as he gets his head down to complete his journey. It’ll be years before he admits that he was scared. It’s busy. So, so busy. With colours. The clothes. The different cultures. The […]
When you’re married, divorce is always on the table. Ok, it’s probably not. Cos your relationship is different… until all the stories you hear from those around you, at all those parties you got to, every weekend, start to sound like yours. How do I bring this back to the band? We’ve broken up a […]
I sat at the till for my first day in my first job. My long Richard Ashcroft-inspired locks covering my face, deliberately in front of my ears and semi-covering my eyes, enough to see what was in front of me and enough to hide me away from what was in front of me. In front […]
‘You can be a better front man.’ He’s matter of fact about it. I’ve just given everything on stage. Euphoric. And he’s put a pin it. Not sure what to do with this information, I smile and stifle any kind of emotion. I had a weird relationship with Little Nav. I called him Little Nav […]
The gloom had descended again. Sahib had kept her up all night. Sahib was really young, and he was scared of the dark. He would move away from dark spots in the room or stare at them from the brighter parts of the room. He couldn’t sleep in his own bed. And he was deeply […]
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