Rock 'n' Roll

I’ve seen a lot of reports from the UK recently about pubs and other live music venues closing down to make way for blocks of flats, or commercial buildings, or something else.  Apparently pubs are becoming less and less financially viable, people are going out less, bands are playing less, etc. That’s not a good […]

Cannes film festival?  It’s not for me!  The Punk Festival of Mont-de-Marsan (a famous punk festival in France in 1976-77)?  I was too young to go!  So, I’m just going to talk about festivals in general. I’m not going to talk about specific bands and concerts, because we all have a lot of stories to […]

If you ever find yourself in Berlin, you’ll soon realise that there are more museums in that city than you could have imagined! There are history museums, Berlin Wall museums, War museums, DDR museums, and many, many more.  There’s even a Museum Island where you’ll find 5 museums to visit. And a lot of them […]

If you are 50 or older (or a little younger) you have all had, or still have, vinyl records.  These black plastic discs, or sometimes coloured ones, for which you tightened your belt to be able to buy.  The new album of your favourite band.  These objects so fragile and so resistant at the same […]

Before I start this post, I would like to point out that there are 100 ways to be a punk, so please, don’t waste your time with your criticism or arguments!  Everyone can be a punk, with or without a look, without a tattoo, without piercings or even without beer … well, I must admit […]

Do you still like your favourite band from when you were a teenager?  Do you still listen to them?  Are they still playing?  Are they still alive? Living in Australia, as a teenager, we knew that it was pretty much impossible that we’d ever see our favourite bands in concert.  Especially in Perth.  Which is […]