Our new @SoundKube booth went on its maiden voyage today in the LJMU audio engineering department. Some great bands from Cronton College recorded original music here in Byrom Street.

Pure Filth. Pedaltrain pedal board with Kemper Stage, Shure Wireless and the Bean Flicker 2000.

Pots n pans

Really enjoyed the Skin Imps Show at Telford's on Friday. Sometimes I can't believe I still get paid to play music with my friends. Music is a life hack (Pics at afternoon soundcheck). X

This Friday, 17th April, Telford's Warehouse. The Skin Imps return. We have been very busy, in distant lands fighting Skeletor and his forces of evil, but we return, triumphant to administer your treatment. Plenty to look forward to in the Skin Imps World. See you on Friday.

Liverpool ranked as the number 1 city to visit by the Telegraph for 2026. Photo by (Richard Storey ) 📸 1. Liverpool Visitor appeal: 9/10 The iconic Royal Liver Building provides panoramic views of our number 1 city Credit: Bardhok Ndoji/iStockphoto In certain lights – which can be a summer evening, a clear dawn, a wintry afternoon – the waterfront of Liverpool is magical. It’s partly the contrast with the shopping area, which is often hectic, but it’s also the sheer, irrefutable glory of the Three Graces and the handsome red dock architecture combined with sea breezes and a big sky. Liverpool has had major ups and downs, swinging from the “managed decline” imposed on it by Geoffrey Howe after the Toxteth riots to the pomp and pageantry of 2007-8 when the city was the UK’s last ever European Capital of Culture (hosting, among other things, the glamorous MTV Europe awards) and celebrated its 800th birthday. The Walker, Open Eye Gallery and Museum of Liverpool are always hosting exciting shows; the Tate, being refurbished till 2027, and the International Slavery and Maritime museums, closed till 2027, are sorely missed by Albert Dock visitors. The Liverpool ONE al-fresco mall-type development is not to everyone’s taste, but the big-name chains attract good numbers of shoppers. Boasting stellar Victorian heritage architecture and the UK’s two finest modern-era cathedrals, a still buzzing pub scene, improving gastronomy and a small but strong arts scene, Liverpool is a one-off. Its people are storytellers and, more importantly, stars in their own private novels. Via (Life in Liverpool)

Me and Robbie as young pups youtu.be/kUwYPzE68mQ?si=88qa…

Jai found this today. We (Me, Jai and Colin) started our first band together in 1996, around 30 years ago. We were called Pennyface back then. We later became The Hidden Persuders (with Thor Brown), then we were Templeton Peck, then The Skin Imps were born.

In surreal news, that my muso friends from the ’90s would quite reasonably refuse to believe, I’ve just passed my PhD viva. Huge thanks to Dr Karl O. Jones for his help as a PhD supervisor, and to Sarah Jeory, Harvey and all my family and friends for putting up with four years of me whingeing about it. A few corrections to go, then it’s bloody done. Off for a posh tea and a pint X

MARY STILL LOVES DICK. The Skin Imps return to put the willies up you once again. It's a Halloween special. It's a séance. It's the best night of your lives. Costumes and knickers optional. seetickets.com/event/the-ski…

Supermen Dönüyor (Turkish Superman) 1979 / Turkey / Kunt Tulgar 💪💥sound on💥💪

Spaghetti hoops

Happy to share that I've accepted a full-time, permanent role as Senior Technician in the audio department at LJMU. The PhD scholarship is ending, so the timing couldn't be better! Excited to start supporting students and staff with all their very important knob twiddling.

NGD (incoming) @StricklandBrode Eastman Romeo NYC

Sorry to hear of the passing of Tony Slattery @SlatteryLive. We met him once when he hired @theskinimps to be his band for a show at the Royal Court. We jammed and improvised together, and can report that he was every bit as lovely and hilarious offstage as he was onstage. X

Think you’ve seen it all? James Brown selling miso soup will prove you wrong…