An occasional blog about Nottingham Forest, Music, and Life.
Nottingham Forest, Music, and Life
(but not necessarily in that order).
An Eclectic Circus
Volume 3. The Midlothian book of the Ned.
1979, 1980. Another Music in a Different Kitchen.
Dharma Punks
The summer of 1977. The summer of love. The summer of Anarchy. The Summer of karma.
Volume 2 of the Book of Ned.
Between Marx and Marzipan
October 1976.
Young Ned is obsessed.
Obsessed with vinyl and RocknRoll and Patti Smith and Eddie and the Hot Rods and the Ramones and David Bowie and Tamla Motown.
Obsessed with Nottingham Forest and Terry Curran and Tony Woodcock and winning the Cup and gaining promotion.
If ever anyone could help him with his obsessions.
It was Mary.
All the Young Dudes
1971-1974. A short prequel, written summer 2023.
When Trevor Francis and Chris Bart-Williams passed, I read some great articles from fans remembering the heroes they’d grown up with. Then I thought, maybe we should write those articles while our heroes are still around to see them.
This is my contribution. A song of when I loved the prettiest star.
Blog Posts
Journeys
Maybe I’m Amazed by John Harris is a beautiful & fascinating book about life, love, and music1. Here’s why I think you should read it. It describes the magic of music and reminds you of why you love Kraftwerk, Mott the Hoople, the Clash, and the Beatles. And Harris is very knowledgeable and perceptive when…
Thank you for the days
Steve Cooper remember with words by Ray Davies (Davray/Carlin, 1968). Thank you for the daysThose endless days, those sacred days you gave me I’m thinking of the daysI won’t forget a single day, believe me I bless the lightI bless the light that lights on you, believe me And though you’re goneYou’re with me every…
The Seventh Bin
(Den Sjunde Soptunnan) Voiceover: A voice reads from the Book of Reclamation: “And I saw when they opened one of the bins, and I saw and behold a blue bin lid; and in that blue bin was paper, newspaper, magazines, shredded paper, milk cartons, juice cartons, to be sorted and washed and rolled and remade…
Highlights of Glastonbury
One of the things I love about Glastonbury, one of the many, many things I love about Glastonbury, is discovering new bands. You may hear about a new band beforehand and set out to check them out, you may get a recommendation from someone on site, or you may just happen upon a stage where…
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The Forest Pages
Various Nottingham Forest fanzine articles, blogs, etc.
Nottingham Forest History
The Players
The Ned Wood Archive 