Category Archives: Music

I’m a musician. But not in any meaningful sense. I play guitar to an OK-I-guess kind of standard and sing with my rockingly obscure band, Superset. Luckily, in music, lack of attainment is no barrier to having ill-informed opinions and feeling free to spray them all across the intrawebz… so read on, MacDuff!

It was 15 years ago today…

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Carps

Well,  not quite to the day, but I finally got around to dusting off some old music from back in the day. It was the mid-90s and in that long-forgotten era I still had hair, my BMI was within normally … Continue reading →

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Stone Roses Reunion

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Carps

It was 20 years ago today that… well. I was probably stood at a bus stop picking my nose, as I often did in the early nineties in all honesty. In the mental picture of myself that I hold from … Continue reading →

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The Kings Head, Bradford: Superset Live!

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Carps

For some reason that remains unexplored, the centre of gravity for the band’s recent activity is definitely moving towards Bradford. Maybe Bradfordians, for all their faults (mainly that they aren’t from Leeds) have better taste in music. Who knows? Anyway, … Continue reading →

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The Duck and Drake Leeds: Superset Live!

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Carps

The Duck and Drake is, as I have opined before, the epitome of what a live venue should be. Shorn of frills and built around the music. Most “venues” – especially at the pub end of the spectrum – are … Continue reading →

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Being a Party Band: Weddings, Birthdays, Funerals and Bar Mitzvahs

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Carps

It’s funny how time changes your perspective on things. At one time I used to flounce about wearing a blouse and crying to The Smiths of an evening. And then came the Stone Roses, who kickstarted a dream I clung … Continue reading →

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7 Perfect Recordings

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Carps

It’s actually surprisingly easy to turn a good song into a bad record. Take, if you will, the ubiquitous Hallelujah. As a song it is more or less the perfect marriage of lyric and melody. In the hands of someone … Continue reading →

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