BRATISLAVA OR BUST: PART FOUR
Up bright and early again ready for one last day of tourism mania. We were up remarkably early and off out for final day of […]
Up bright and early again ready for one last day of tourism mania. We were up remarkably early and off out for final day of […]
Today’s adventures in Bratislava are mostly set, erm, not in Bratislava.
Walking tours. Uncool but invaluable. As we head out into the big bad city, it appears the only people out are tourists on walking tours. […]
It’s October. It must be Wales away again.
Slovakian garage punk tinged with a sixties psychedelic sensibility. Some vibes transcend time and place. When the psychedelic garage sound first emerged in San Francisco, […]
Next live Peppermint Iguana Radio Show will be on Tuesday 22nd October. We have been fortunate enough to do a lot of travelling in the […]
Still not quite done yet. We have another day of full on guided tourism to go. And there is a lot to see in Xian. […]
Another day, another one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It’s Terracotta Warrior day. I wake up knackered. At seven am I hear what appears […]
Dropping like flies now. Only two of us make it for today’s temple session. Excessive templing and late night drinking taking its toll. Today’s temple […]
We are to be based in the amazing Pingyao for a few days, although today we head out to check out some of the nearby […]
Our luxurious hotel was just about all we get to see of this ‘ancient’ city. Today we head for Pingyao. I head down for breakfast […]
The new week starts bright, fresh and full of hope and anticipation. Another day another city. This time we are travelling by minibus. We load […]
New Day – new city. Datong Up at the crack of dawn, we were ready and waiting for Lucas, our guide for the next few […]
Time to move on from Beijing. When we got back on Friday a note had been left in the room advising us Tiananmen Square would […]
A day off to roam free around Beijing, and perhaps finally find a pub. After the full Chinese breakfast, armed with a pretty, but rather […]
The big one. The Great Wall of China. But first, a trip to a jade factory. For factory, read gift shop. Quite impressive what they […]
Day one proper in China started with breakfast, as most good days do. It was surprisingly recognisable. Mainly, but not wholly, due to the fact […]
Part one of a daily blog of six tourists having touristy adventures in China. I suppose it started in earnest when I bought a new […]
On 13th August 2019 we celebrated 200 live shows. To mark the occasion we did a three hour special that mixed a few of our […]
We are rapidly approaching our 200th live radio show. What will we do to mark this momentous occasion? Will we have exotic dancers? Will there […]
August is upon us, the month when the festival season goes into overdrive. So this week, we gave a few pointers of who to watch […]
Following on from this year’s one off, never to be repeated, Battle of the Bass in Shoreditch, plans are afoot for another one. In Bristol. […]
For show 198 the tables were turned. Cosmo came in to host the show and interviewd Clint. The plan was to discuss all things Peppermint […]
They were years ahead of their time in 1974. Then they split. Now they are back. The Hollywood Brats are the stuff of legend. They […]
Reissue of long lost 1973 album by the Hollywood Brats. ‘Ahead of their time’ is a cliché, but like all cliché’s, it’s true. Certainly in […]
The story of the Hollywood Brats, the missing link between glam and punk. The Hollywood Brats wrote and recorded one of the greatest punk tunes […]
Third chapter of Darker Than Blue adventure. Reggae has, pretty much from its inception, always reinvented itself, deconstructing, reconstructing and recycling everything. Nothing goes to […]
The Co-operators/Waggle Dance Records have just finished their brand new Album ‘Rhythms From The Kitchen Sink’. The Co-operators formed in 2015 basing their approach on […]
Public Service Broadcasting put on spectacular show in the grounds of Caerphilly Castle. Caerphilly Castle is a magnificent monument to how communities rise, fall and […]
Cwmcarn Hotel adds new string to its bow as it opens restaurant to complement its bar, bands and bunks. What can be better than going […]
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