1988 Sub-Pop catalogue

Finally, all 331 grunge items in the database have images added to them. The section is looking good!

Next up will be either the gothic or the industrial sections.

Ever wondered what record grooves look like under an electron microscope? Visit this site and you’ll see and also what CD grooves look like. They’re quite arty and I found it pretty interesting.

The website has been updated with over 600 new items, which equates to over 10% of the stock having been changed.

If you’ve not checked the site for a while, a lot more of the stock has images added.

This month I’ll get the imagery added to the last of the grunge items.

This weekend, Saturday 6th March it’s Exeter Record & CD Fair and as always it’s at the Corn Exchange (St. George’s Hall). Doors open at 10am and admission is £1.00.

Penetration play an intimate gig at the Corinna in Perth on Friday 23rd April with supports from The Media Whores and Punk Rock iPod.

The venue holds little more than 100 people so if you want to go you’ll need to be quick as it’s advance tickets only, which are available from:

I’m dismayed and disgusted to hear that BBC6 Music is to be closed.

Radio 1 just plays kiddie music these days, since Peel died and Lamacq moved on it’s not been worth listening to, Radio 2 is just too conservative, BBC Radio Newcastle plays nothing but oldies, therefore BBC 6 Music became my station of choice.

To close it will be devastating for the music industry. It’s the station that introduces and supports many excellent new bands that progress to major commercial success e.g. Florence and the Machine, but just as importantly it gives exposure to new artists that make innovative music like the excellent Emily Portman whose murder ballads session was very enjoyable on the latest Tom Robinson show.

The station epitomises what public service broadcasting should be all about.

Mark Thompson hang your head in shame.

The latest newsletter is winging its way to subsribers, at least those that don’t have it caught by the spam filters. It’s the largest one i’ve sent, over 700 new items.

I’ll update the site on Wednesday or Thursday with what’s left.

Recently acquired a collection of foreign Stranglers LPs. Unfortuantely most are later albums but there are a few earlier ones. I know there’s a few completists out there that like their Greek etc. pressings, so hopefully a few gaps will be filled in a few collections.

They’ll all be on the next newsletter/update at the very end of the month.

Excellent news, Steve Ignorant is touring, performing Crass songs from 1977 – 1982 in September and October this year, playing in Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh, before touring the world, then back to London for a finale in 2011.

This will be the lasdt time he’ll be performing these songs so be sure to make the effort to see one of these shows. I saw him at Feeding of the 5000 and Durham Punk Festival and it was superb!

Tomorrow, Saturday 27th February 2010 is the next Middlesbrough Record & CD Fair. As always it’s at the Town Hall with doors opening at 10am and admission is £2.

For more information check out the Premier Fairs website.