Apr 23 2010

John Squire’s Penguin Decades covers


Penguin has launched its Decades series, with five titles each representing the best novels of the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s.

The covers for 1980s series were done by someone you might have heard of: John Squire.

Head over to the Creative Review website to see the full range of Squire’s covers.



Mar 10 2010

Love Spreads demo

Someone pointed me towards this demo version of Love Spreads. Have a listen and leave your comments.



Feb 26 2010

Spike Island – a photographer’s story


Found a nice article from Paul Slattery who photographed the legendary Spike Island gig back in 1990. Read about his experience and see some of the images he captured on the big day.

And if you read this Paul, please stop by and tell us some more!

Head over to the Retna photographers blog.



Feb 24 2010

I Wanna Be Adored TV show

I Wanna Be Adored TV show scene
Thankfully not a Monkees style recreation of the Roses heyday but a rather nifty trailer for a TV comedy pilot set in the ’90s.

I Wanna Be Adored follows two chancers Theo and Garry through a year in their lives. From hopelessly trying to form a band to joining someone elses, from reuniting with old school friends to falling out with your best one.

It of course features plenty of Roses tunes and other classics from the era.

What do you think? Leave a comment.

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Feb 24 2010

I Wanna Be Adored – The Story of The Stone Roses


Managed to track down a decent documentary from the 1990′s. Broadcast by the BBC, this 1 hour documentary charts the rise of the Roses and is well worth a listen.

The Story of The Stone Roses download