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!

The Northern Monkey – 22-10-10: Superset Live!

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Carps

I kind of subscribe to the theory that today’s stand-up comedians lack a certain something because, in the main, they’ve never had to face down a surly crowd in a working men’s club. Les Dawson… Tommy Cooper… Frankie Howerd… Ken … Continue reading →

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Leeds: Sound City 1996. Fame.

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Carps

1996. After a couple of years of diligent gigging around Leeds, we’d acquired a little bit of a local reputation as a live band. Top Leeds promoter and the lynchpin of the Leeds live music scene at the time John … Continue reading →

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Duck and Drake, Leeds: Superset Live 2-10-10

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Carps

Sticky floor. Dudes with beards. Dope smokers. Real ales. Some super-hot Bulgarian chick in a cap. Cherry Bakewells. Some Viking looking longhair moshing like a madman. Pork scratchings. A smashed glass. Some chick from Huddersfield being adamant on the subject … Continue reading →

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Birkenshaw Liberal Club: Superset Live. And Disastrous.

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Carps

All football clubs have hoodoos. The great Liverpool side of the 80s, for example, were hexed every time they played Leicester, of all things. Likewise Leeds have hoodoos with pretty much every team in the goddamn league. It’s hard not … Continue reading →

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Birkenshaw Liberal Club – Bradford – 09/25/10

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Carps
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OK Go are the most important band of the last 10 years

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Carps

Firstly, if you’re not familiar with the band, check them out. During the making of the White Album, the Beatles played every song to death. There are mouldering tapes of ‘Revolution’ marked ‘Take 168′. 168 takes! Imagine! Even a deceptively … Continue reading →

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