Sold nearly 400 now folks, but what I'm really looking for right now to keep momentum going is GIGS. From the smallest most intimate room to the biggest tent you can put in a festival field. I'm good at the talking. Open to all offers.

Day 6 - Cue Beethoven's 'Pastoral'.
The sun is out. My fever has finally broken, and I have done significant damage to a family-sized bar of Cadbury's whole nut. Thank you for your lovely messages Twitter friends.
Not today Satan. Not today! x

Day 5 - and whatever variant of Covid I am wrestling is positively Satanic. Kidneys, spine, stomach, teeth, even my eyeballs hurt. Coughing is a cattle prod to the brain, while sleep, if it comes at all, is a Jake & Dino Chapman hellscape. Apart from that... living' the dream. x

Mirror Moves returns this Saturday with a LIVERPOOL SPECIAL! Inspired by The Wild Swans and local hero Paul Simpson's superb book, expect a Liverpool dance floor of Wild Swans, Bunnymen, Teardrops, Frankie, Deaf School and more. Tickets: fatso.ma/ZuCc -see you there!

Exciting news 🗞️ Rough Trade will play a part in this year's Liverpool Sound City hosting part of their conference delivery.

Warehouse Project's Sacha Lord plus bands Red Rum Club and Lottery Winners will feature.

Paul Simpson is among the other guest speakers.

Fresh for '24! A new variant of our Paul Simpson Revolutionary Spirit t-shirt. Red Spirits 👊
Printed and ready to go.

Courtney Love in Liverpool. Excerpt from Revolutionary Spirit -a Post-Punk Exorcism (Jawbone Press)

Incredible Holi celebrations in Trinity College Dublin right now. x

Revolutionary Spirit is a book about the glories and wonders of the margins, the magical peripheral, the future unscripted.

By Jeff Young
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Winded, in the best possible way by this. Just beautiful Jeff. x

Ah, I feel sad. Another little part of the teenager I was just died. RIP Steve Harley.

You've arrived in Oslo's coolest independent book shop Paul Simpson and I didn't even have to put in a special order to get you here.

While sewing a button on just now, the voice of my Liverpool tailor, the late Peter Harland came into my head. Requesting he convert a two button suit jacket, into a three, he refused me with 'I'm sorry Sir, that will compromise the integrity of the garment'. Beautiful. x

Bought papad. Nothing says delicious & crunchy like a scary bunny, and a sedated child.

Recorded twenty four years ago, The Dream Diaries is the weirdest project I ever manifested. Freud would have a field day. x paulsimpsonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/dream-di…

June 1996. 'Invisible' my 18-minute long debut as Skyray. Recorded in Ian McCulloch's garage, and produced by Will Sergeant , I played everything. Recording the bass live without a drop-in was a blister forming mind killer. youtube.com/watch?v=1zgKJL…

29-minute long ambient piece I made to underscore a reading of my play - De Quincey in Everton (2015). x skyray.bandcamp.com/album/music-fr…

New The Counterforce up
Paul Simpson Chemtrails (Band)
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'Live Music and Me' is a Star Test style friendly barrage of questions about the gigs in my life. From The Small Faces to Kikagaku Moyo. Lovely host, I had fun with this one. Worth it for the Bill Drummond/Robert Plant story alone. x

HIYA. One of the best music books I've read so far this year is by Paul Simpson. He has some story. I spoke to him for the podcast - audio on the podcast feed soon, but for now, here's our conversation in video form youtube.com/watch?v=uYQJds…