JANUARY
January 1st: Skint, broke with No future and No hope! These are a few words banded about in the punk scene and quite often describe my own situation. But you know what...it means fuck all compared to what's going on in South East Asia at the moment. Time to feel humble in the face of real hardship I reckon!!! On a lighter note, do you like my new olde world pirate diary backdrop. Naaahh me neither!
January 10th: Spot a Wreckless Eric poster by Wolverhampton bus station today. Very basic looking with the gig and details and nothing else? It's at the Newhampton pub of all places (folky venue) on Friday so I'm gonna
try me hardest and check him out with hopefully a review 'n' pix. Last time I seen him was down the Lafayette circa '78. A definite blast from the past!
January 14th: After catching a bus down to deepest, darkest Whitmore Reans and the Newhampton, scene of tonights folky venue. I get in the downstairs bar about 8.30 and while im ordering a pint I spot a Wreckless Eric poster on the wall with the imortal words 'SOLD OUT' splashed across it, which wasn't exacly what i wanted to see right now. So in a vein attempt to rescue tonights doomed evening, I go upstairs to try and pay or blag my way in. But the fucking snotty doorman aint having it. I told him I travelled a 100 miles (well a ten minute bus ride can seem long these days) to see Mr Wreckless and was also reviewing it, but the cunt was adamant I wasn't comin in without a ticket. So I repaid him with the word "BOLLOCKS!" and went back in the bar. I noticed tonights crowd consisted of mid 40's and all straights, no punks or weird or wacky individuals at all. They were sitting down right up to the lip stage. So it looked like these wasn't the jumping around types. I found out later it was a 2 hour acoustic set, which ain't really my thing, so I probably had a lucky escape. I walked it back to the city centre and ended up in a rock bar that was blasting out some Led Zep tunes with the murky smell of patunia in the air ...not exactly the most exciting Friday night on record.
FEBRUARY
February 3rd: Watched Green Day perform on TOTP's tonight and I gotta say they wear too much make-up for their own good, and despite an extra guitarist in their line-up, deliver not enough tunes. 'Holiday' has gotta be one of the worst records they released!!!
February 11th: Check out the Blunts, Revenge Of The Psychotic Man, Rabies Babies and 3CR tonight at the Planet in Wolverhampton. Full review and pix up NOW!
February 27th: After a heavy birthday session on Friday and Saturday I'm recharging my battery's for tonight's gig in Birmingham that see's a rare visit
from Texan's the Lower Class Brats....should be fun!
MARCH
March 22nd: Lets see how this Broadband works out!!!
March 26th: More faces from the dark distant past consult Don't Care for punk info. Oh yeah the Stench 45 is gonna be re-released
on Puke 'N' Vomit Records. So any old Stench members get in contact if you want to have a say in this matter, otherwise i'll just
have to live off our ill gotten gains myself...har fuckin har!
March 29th: Start a Government SIBS sentence today. I was meant to go for 8 weeks but nows it's been cut to 4 weeks. If i play
my cards right ill be getting out on parole before the months out!!! This government is a complete shambles.
APRIL
April 5th: Wow after a months wait the final issue of the exceedingly chunky Punk Shocker fanzine drops through the Wolfs Lair
trap. Print job this time around is excellent. Review up soon!
April 8th: Happy Birthday Lucy!!!!
April 9th: Witness Contempt returning to their old stomping ground tonight. And despite a minor scuffle managed to pack the
place and do two sets. Review up now!
April 29th: Off to reaquaint myself with the Briefs in a few hours who are currently the best punk band on the planet!! It's a
SOLD-OUT show and I suspect that ain't coz of the headliners Flogging Molly. Review and pics posted NOW!!!
MAY
May 1st: Catch a couple of punk cover bands today playing an open air gig outside the Royal Oak pub in Chapel Ash,
Wolverhampton. Massive turnout for this Charity event. It featured a Pakistani Sex Pistols cover band which had to be
seen to be believed, and headliners Chapel Ash Clash that featured Jez Miller ex-Pulex Irritans and Seventh Plague
in the line-up. Good to see Jane too, who used to manage the Stench in the bad old days. I left after the bands finished
playing, but I later heard in a bar up the road that a big fight erupted...tee hee. Review and pics up soon!
May 6th: Hopefully earned meself an £100 quid today. Thats what they give you if you pass your English/Maths
exam on this stupid SIBBS course they blackmailed me into doing. Should find out in a few weeks, last day too
yippeeeee!!!!! Freedom there ain't no fuckin freedom!!!
May 7th: Just had the latest Turbo Negro album come in. Not as good as 'Scandinavian Leather' but it's a
grower. Cheers Welshy! Review up soon.
May 28th: Go to Brum tonight to catch the Lost Cherrees who were better than I expected. And also as an
added bonus caught the mighty Antibodies in action on their first trip to Brum, cheers for the dedication Pete.
Review and pix up NOW!
May 29th: Well it looks like the long lost Stench 45 is gonna get re-pressed or is that repressed?...works both ways I reckon. It's coming out on the loverly puke 'n' vomit label and comes with original sleecve artwork plus a lyric insert for all you wankers who can't understand my loverly hip Wolverhampton accent. More news to follow gawd I bet you can't wait!!!!.
JUNE
June 9th: Went to see the Towers Of London tonight, and yeah they do live up to the hype...great live band. Review up soon!
June 16th: Yessssssss just heard I've scored a hundred notes from passing the stupid maths/english test the dole sent me on.
So thats where all your hard earned tax paying money goes!
June 18th: Cop Contempt down the Alex again tonight, pity my camera wasn't working so you'll just have to take my word for
it that they were tight, sharp, and blitzin with full guns a blazin'. Eh Borstal, I reckon you owe me a pint ya fecker!
JULY
July 7th: Part Time Punk #15 arrives this morning so I turn on the TV and sit down to have a read through it when I'm
confronted by 4 bombs goin off in London's Underground!!!! Looks like its our turn now!
July 16th: Started working on a Rubella Ballet page after finding zilch coverage on the net. It will be part of the 'Women In
Punk - 1980's section. Expect lots of dayglo! Also just had the latest Fear And Loathing zine come in plus some neat CD burns.
AUGUST
August: 8th Kin 'ell... been hitting the drink heavy this month! Must be the skip filling I've been roped into or I've just been jolly fuckin lucky?
When I've been ready to attack this site with some substantial punk rock goodies (in my sordid view anyway) some other extra carricular
activity comes up and I'm waylaid in the Tap 'n' Spile or some other dive round this god forsaken hole they call Wolverhampton...such is luck.
No fucking gigs to get me excited about, but thats gonna change forth width. Oh well, I think my run of a barren period has seen it's course
and I'm ready to spill some punk rock blood to this site whatever the craic! Antibodies...yeah those Harlow hornets in case you ain't been
tempted by em yet, have their brand spanking new site done by my very own loverly mitt and it should be announced via a bostin' portal
sometime before the end of this month. So you too can read the goodies, slag em off or just pander in their concrete hymns of salvation
and urban grit!. Till then....toodle pip!
August 15th: Forgot to mention that I've finally launched the Antibodies website. Go check it out here www.geocities.com/antibodies2004/index.html (no longer online im afraid) and if they're ever playing near you
go and check em out coz you won't be disappointed. Right next on the agenda is either Torcha Shed or Rubella Ballet....eeny meeny miny mo????
August 23rd: Get the latest issue of the jam packed 4 Minute Warning fanzine today. Review up soon.
SEPTEMBER
September 3rd: Check out the Saturday line-up of the Brummy Punks Picnic. There was a good selection of the newer bands from around the country. Full review and pix posted now!
September 7th: For anyone wanting to hear the snap, crackle of Wolverhampton punk rock from a by gone era. Or your by chance one of the priviliged few to be stuck on Stench or maybe you dabbled in some cultish Torcha Shed when you run outta crack? Well your in luck, coz I've just installed a couple of myspace pages where you can actually hear these punk epics for ya self....whats next Socially Nasty???? (ps don't bother check out the bandcamp portals for the full bloodied version).
September 13th: Ever felt like chinning anyone? Well my current Job Seekers Claimant advisor is top of my list!
September 18th: Cop a load of the Cockney Rejects tonight in Dudley JB's. Great set and good to hear their classic 'Bad Man' live once more. Micky and Stinky signed the 'Flares 'n' Slippers' sleeve for me. Full review up soon! Two gigs in one month fuckin 'ell i'm really pushing the boat out!!!
September 29th: Yippppeeeee after a 2 month wait Underground finally deliver my creepers. And a real snug fit they are too, all they need now is some beer, spit and blood and they'll be just like the last pair. Cheers to Paul from Bristol for getting this thing in motion and Underground for a fuckin long wait!!!!!
OCTOBER
October 14th: Zany your a star...thanx for giving me my first mobile phone!!!!!
October 26th: Been a quiet month so far but lots of stuff has been happening behind the scenes. Getting a load of DVD's coming in lately
with healthy record releases too. All will be unveiled in due course. Hoping to get some gigs under my belt next month, just been too skint
to hit any lately. Thought I'd give the 'Don't Care' page an update today it was looking tired... a bit like meself!
NOVEMBER
November 4th: The front cover of the latest edition of Belfast fanzine Riot On Your Own features Scarlet the Harlot of Barnyard
Masturbator taken by yours truly in Brum earlier this year. Review up soon!
November 15th: Billy Idol informs his Wolverhampton Audience tonight that his mom met his dad in Wolverhampton in 1953....so that
explains it then!!! Review posted now!
November 17th: Now I'm mobile..thanx to the delectable Zany for corrupting me!
November 25th: Got the Wasted ticket today, only 558 sold so far!!!
DECEMBER
December 10th: Got 'WASTED' at Wasted!!!
December 23rd: Happy 3rd birthday Trinity!!!!!!
December 27th: Finally got hold of a FREE spare monitor for my old PC which was like reading a screen through misty milk bottles.
Ooooh what clarity, what detail...yeah definitely what a punk needs for Christmas
well chuffed!
2005
