WALES AWAY – BELGIUM 2022: Day Six – Match Day (22/09/22)
Two days on and I still haven’t recovered from the session on the 12% beer (or at least I hope that’s the problem). So we […]
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WALES AWAY – BELGIUM 2022: Day Five, The Gap Year (21/09/22)
Today was to be our first day exploring Brussels. So we were up with the larks for breakfast. For €9 we could have cheese on […]
WALES AWAY – BELGIUM 2022: Day Four – Look out Brussels, The Welsh Are Coming (20/09/22)
DAY FOUR: We have been ‘in country’, as they used to say back in The ‘Nam, four days now. Time to head for the city […]
WALES AWAY – BELGIUM 2022: Day Three – Churches, River Boats, but not Towers (19/09/22)
DAY THREE: Diary of Clint Iguana Aged 59 and 3/4 – ish The day started with me getting me blog proofread, by a professional proofreader, […]
WALES AWAY – BELGIUM 2022: Day Two, In Bruges (18/09/22)
DAY TWO: Wandering around a UNESCO World Heritage City with camera in hand. First things first, breakfast. Whilst Posh and Becks were getting some much-needed […]
WALES AWAY – BELGIUM 2022: Day one, trains, trains and trains (17/09/22)
Diary of a trip to Belgium to watch Wales play away in the Nations League and celebrate me birthday whilst at it. Day one. It […]
INSIDE QATAR: Hidden Stories from One of the Richest Nations on Earth – by John McManus (Icon Books 2022)
A snapshot of life in Qatar in the early twentieth century. This is a well written and eminently readable look at Qatar in the run […]
LIVE REVIEW: Infected Mushroom live @Troxy, London (03/09/22)
Infected Mushroom bring their 25th Anniversary tour to London. “It was the third of September, a day I’ll always remember…”, sang the Temptations. I’ll always […]
WORLD BOG SNORKELLING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022 @ Llanwtryd Wells (28/0822)
A trip to the middle of Wales, for the mythical Bog Snorkelling Championships. Yes, it really is a thing. With our boot lock repaired (thank […]
FESTIVAL REVIEW: Landed 2022, Rhayader (29th to 31st August 2022)
Landed. A hidden gem of a festival held in the heart of Mid Wales FRIDAY Day one of a ten-day adventure in festival land My […]
LIVE REVIEW: Goldie Looking Chain @ Le Pub, Newport (27/08/22)
Goldie Lookin’ Chain, in Le Pub. You can’t get much more Newport than that. *Having read through this ‘gig review’, I realise that a lot […]
LIVE REVIEW: The Interrupters, The Skints and The Bar Stool Preachers – Live @ the Marble Factory, Bristol (21/08/22)
Three amazing bands on one bill, The Interrupters, The Skints and The Bar Stool Preachers, playing The Marble Factory, Bristol. Any one of these bands […]
Gwen Gwen Fest 2022 – Kidwelly
The Carmarthenshire town of Kidwelly has a go a putting it’s name on the cultural map with Gwen Gwen, it’s first festival of music, art […]
LANDED FESTIVAL 2022: Who to see and what to do in the area
Landed festival is just around the corner – so we thought we would touch base with the crew to find out if they are as […]
LIVE REVIEW: Primal Scream @ Cardiff Castle (22/07/22)
Primal Scream and friends celebrate thirty years since the release of their seminal album, Screamadelica. When tickets first went on sale it was a no […]
LIVE REVIEW: king Buffalo live @ the Exchange, Bristol (20/07/22)
Psychedelic riff masters King Buffalo drop by Bristol on their first European headline tour. After almost twenty-two thousand rotations of the planet, I still get […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 312 – Landed Festival and Green Gathering Showcase (19/07/22)
Peppermint Iguana Radio show #312 was recorded on the hottest day of the year, ever (till the next one), whilst I was sat in Iguana […]
LIVE REVIEW: Hayseed Dixie @Theatr Brycheiniog (05/07/22)
Blue Grass shin kickers Hayseed Dixie, kick some shins in the heart of the Brecon Beacons The town of Brecon sits in the heart of […]
LIVE REVIEW: Cosmo and friends @ Water into beer (02/07/22)
Birds, booze and ballads. An unplugged evening in London’s best kept secret (shhhhh, don’t tell anyone). Not only had I never been to Brockley before, […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 311 (28/06/22)
Peppermint Iguana Radio show number 311 was knocked together in the studio of Peppermint Iguana HQ on the evening of Tuesday 28th June 2022. It […]
DIARY OF A CAMPERVAN #1: Greta has Landed
First post in what will hopefully turn out to be a collection of anecdotes of jolly japes in Campervan World. And possibly some tips on […]
LIVE REVIEW: Roughneck Riot: Live @ The Llanarth Club, Pontllanfraith (18/06/22)
Roughneck Riot trudge all the way down from Wakefield for a one-off gig in the South Wales valleys. That’s dedication to the cause. And we […]
SEVEN GO MILD IN WROCLAW: Poland v Wales part one.
Day one of a trip to Poland to watch Wales away. *All names changed to protect the guilty Flying at 7am doesn’t sound too bad. […]
PASSPORTS, BUCKET HATS AND BROWN ENVELOPES: Wales Away in 2022
A blog about football, football business, travel and war. Setting the scene for Poland v Wales, June 2022. The pandemic is petering out and the […]
X-SLF, FATAL BLOW, DROPPING LIKE FLIES: Live @ Jacs, Aberdare (27/05/22)
X-SLF. As the name suggests, ex members of Stiff Little Fingers, drop by Aberdare. With little bit of help from some local legends. When is […]
25th MAY: Lenin and McCarthy (Astra/BMG 1992) Thirty Years On
With today being the 25th May, it seems appropriate to reflect on one of rock’s greatest hidden gems, ‘Lenin and McCarthy’, by The 25th May, which is […]
DUBIOZA KOLEKTIV: Live @ Trinity, Bristol (22/05/22)
It might be a Sunday, but the Dubioza Kolektiv have no intention of letting this weekend end with a whimper. Covid 19, Brexit, Pretti Patel’s […]
THE LAZY EYES: Live @ Omera, London (20/05/22) – and other tales from the riverbank.
The Lazy Eyes, a gig review, thoughts on the state of music, the cost-of-drinking crisis and other ponderings. SETTING THE SCENE It was a bit […]
TARANTISM: Live in Newport and Lampeter (12+13/05/22)
One hundred and sixty miles, fourteen musicians, six months of planning, five bands, two venues, one review. A mash up blog post about Tarantism playing […]
CHAINSKA BRASSIKA: live @ Patterns, Brighton (07/05/22)
An evening of brass driven ska from the Chainska Brassika on the south coast. Sometimes it only takes half a song or half a video […]