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So the phrase goes 'If you are tired of London, you are tired of life'. I guess that stands quite true of many cities. There are many quirky and unexpected places in the UK capital, I am sure if you live to get really old there will always be something you miss. A myriad of roads you have never been down, art work on street corners and tunnels, pubs and bars unvisited, museums and gardens waiting to be explored. I…

Well, it's that time of year again, comes round fast doesn't it! This is the last post for 2022 and getting it in early. To be honest this year in quite a few ways has been a bit of a repeat sh*t-show💩 much the same as previous years in recent times, partly thanks to some wonderful government mismanagement, strikes everywhere, cost of living crisis, people who are having to decide the choice to be able to afford to eat or…

Something dear to my heart alcoholically 🥃 and musically 🎵, especially over the Christmas period, something that gets played in chez AKickIndieNutz whist sorting Christmas Dinner, songs that just lift the spirits (don't offend the old 'uns too much as long as they don't listen too carefully to some of the lyrics!). Just to get into the festive 'spirit'..... The Pogues, Streams of Whiskey released on the Stiff Records Label in 1984 on the bands debut album 'Red Roses For…

Razzle In My Pocket... He was a fella I admire a lot, let's face it he didn't exactly have it easy, but rather than letting the world slap him in the face, he slapped back...only harder. From reading and watching the film about him I understand he possibly wasn't the easiest person to work with though. He wrote songs about many and varied subjects and used a lot of places from Essex/East London in the titles ranging from 'Billericay Dickie',…

Ok, so in the spirit of this blog and for the name of Independent Record Label music, this post is about the Bronze Record Label and (for a change a non-obscure 'indie label' band), Bronze Records was founded in 1971 by Gerry Bron and was home to many well known acts such as Motörhead, Hawkwind and Manfred Mann's Earth Band to name a few. For this post I am blogging specifically on a band I love and an album I…