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In the light of recent pieces on the vinyl revival, here is something I wrote for The Guardian back in 2008.

There will be a special soundtrack launch screening of How We Used to Live on Sunday 7 December 2014

Soundtrack Launch screening of How We Used to Live Curzon Mayfair, 38 Curzon Street, London, W1J 7TY

Doors: 3.45pm Screening of How We Used to Live – + spooky seasonal BFI silent short The Mistletoe Bough

Post-screening Q&A with Saint Etienne (Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs, Sarah Cracknell), Paul Kelly and Travis Elborough

Hosted by Jude Rogers – Smoke, The Guardian, The Observer

Pre-release vinyl signing in the bar following the screening event.

Link here for tickets: http://www.curzoncinemas.com/events/details/2728/how-we-used-to-live–qa-with-filmmakers/

I will be talking about the Routemaster bus as part of this fabulous bus-driven tour around London in celebration of the re-publication of Ian Nairn’s London.

Details here:

http://fiveleavespublications.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/sunday-30-november-ian-nairn-bus-tour.html

‘During September 2014, DIG Collective are hosting a series of residencies, performances and events responding to and sited in an 8sq metre cubic hole dug into the large garden of the Old Rectory in Hackney Central, a property slated for imminent demolition and redevelopment.’

On 21 September, writer, Presenter, Producer and Film Curator at Whitechapel Gallery Gareth Evans curates a series of readings from an array of prestigious local and internationally renowned writers, narrating from the hole, inspired by the site.’

A snap of me reading in the Hole.

‘ On Sunday 28th Doc’n Roll will close with Howard S Bergman and Susan Stahman’s A Life in the Death of Joe Meek which, through contributions from a cast of musicians including Jimmy Page, Alex Kapranos, Edwyn Collins and Mike Berry, offers a fascinating insight into the life of Britain’s first independent pop record producer.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Howard Berger, and Mike Berry whose first hit “A Tribute to Buddy Holly’ was produced by Meek in 1961 and chaired by author and Meek enthusiast Travis Elborough.’

Details here: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/Docn_Roll_Festival_A_Life_In_The_Death_Of_Joe_Meek_Q_A/

‘The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the writers of the film Bob Stanley and Travis Elborough along with British Pop Artist Sir Peter Blake.’

Details here: 

http://www.branchagefestival.com/special-events-parties/