Revisiting Pink Spider ~ Spider on a Cloud

Exactly 25 years ago – on 13 May 1998 – the single by ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟 called 'Pink Spider' (usually written in katakana as ピンク スパイダー) was released. It was ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒's ninth single during his solo career and the second one under the name ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟. ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒 himself was not anymore among...

Music Archive, Part XXX ~ Sammy Babitzin: Daa-da, daa-da (Columbia, 1972)

Music Archive is a series, where I write about albums or singles that have been released years ago, too long time ago to be enclosed in the “Reviews” category. Music Archive is thus forming its own subcategory under “Reviews”, even though these write-ups are not reviews, maybe not always even presentations.  They are just stories...

The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing – 2018 UK Tour, Part II

This is my last The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing gig photo story. After releasing this I have shared all my best photos that I have taken on them. This collection is from the last three gigs that I attended on the band's 2018 UK tour that took place in March. The...

The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing – 2018 UK Tour, Part I

This is my second last The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing concert photo story. This covers three gigs of the band's 2018 UK tour. The second part will be online on 25 March. After publishing these two selections of photos I have shown all the best (and some less good as well)...

Epic Soundtracks Memorial Concert in Berlin, February 1998

I have recently published a photo story in two parts about the tribute concert for Epic Soundtracks in London. That was held on 10 January 1998. A tribute concert for him was held also in Berlin a month later, on 14 February. But the real date was in fact the fifteenth, as the bands started...

Epic Soundtracks Memorial Concert, Part Two

I am a bit late because of other commitments, but here is the second part of the Epic Soundtracks Memorial Concert at The Garage in London on 10 January 1998. Here are some shots of the Jacobites and Swell Maps. I promised to publish the second part of the London tribute show for Epic Soundtracks...

The Songs From the Film TELL ME ～hideと見た景色～

This post is only about a four-track CD that came as a bonus with the limited edition Blu-ray movie release. The movie is called TELL ME ～hideと見た景色～ (directed by Renpei Tsukamoto) and it was released both as a DVD and Blu-ray format on 7 December 2022. I bought it only to get the bonus CD. Yes,...

The Пауки: Шторм Идёт! (The Pauki Records, 2021)

I really am sorry that I am so late with my review. The newest album by The Пауки (The Pauki) was released already over a year ago, in December 2021. I got my cd in the summer and the vinyl version was released last autumn and I got it as soon as it was out....

Epic Soundtracks Memorial Concert, Part One

The London tribute concert for Epic Soundtracks took place on 10 January 1998 at The Garage. I share the best of my photos from that night in two parts. In this first part I will tell about the event and show pictures of those who participated. In the latter part – that I try to...