Annelouisekershaw365
I’m Anne Louise Kershaw a freelance writer; Music Editor of Blankpages and Manchester's Finest & I write for Guardian Northerner and Clash Magazine amongst others . I'm Senior Editorial & Designer for Carel Press.
This is my blog where I write about music, theatre, fashion, arts & culture, gender & equality. Every time I blog I post a picture because i'm obsessed with my camera.
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Recent Posts
- Exclusive interview with Skin from Skunk Anansie
- Twitter: Procrastination, productivity and pain
- The drawbacks of Twitter bitching
- The Accrington Pals, Royal Exchange Manchester. Bitter, brutal and beautiful!
- Rats’ Tales at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre
- The Country Wife at the Royal Exchange
- I interview Shell Zenner – The godmother of new music
- Bringing classical music out of the concert hall and into the art world!
- I discuss ‘Madchester’ with Dave Haslam
- Blank Media Collective Projector Series
Tag Archives: Build A Rocket Boys!
102 – NME Slate Elbow’s Open Arms…
102/263 …Quite literally in every sense of the phrase. In this week’s singles reviewed, Gavin Haynes, a rather grotty and miserable writer for the NME reviews, amongst other songs, Elbow’s Open Arms. Now, anyone who knows me or this blog … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Reviews
Tagged Build A Rocket Boys!, Elbow, Gavin Haynes, Guy Garvey, Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart, New Internationalist, NME, Open Arms, The Smiths
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84 – Edginess, cool and glamour go up in smoke
84/281 There was a mildly thought provoking article in this Sunday’s Observer by Euan Ferguson about fashion’s attraction to smoking. In Darling, you’re smoking, Euan looks at the glamour, the reality and the attraction of smoking in the world of … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Film & Theatre, Health & fitness, Music
Tagged Build A Rocket Boys!, Coke, Cool, Elbow, Euan Ferguson, Fag, Grease, kate Moss, Mother's Day, Sandra Dee, Smoking, Snog, The Observer
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83 – The importance of being earnest… or was that idle?
83/282 Weekends are when most of us get to relax and have fun. If, like me and my other good half, you work long/late/random hours through the week, the weekend is it – the one time to let off steam, … Continue reading
Posted in Leisure
Tagged Build A Rocket Boys!, Clocking Off, cocktails, domestic, Elbow, GCSE, Weekend
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79 – It’s time Jim but not as we know it
79/286 Following the general floaty euphoric state the Elbow gig left us in this weekend, we had a bit of a shock last night to discover the clocks had gone forward. It is nothing new for me and my other … Continue reading
Posted in Health & fitness
Tagged Brough, Build A Rocket Boys!, Castleton, Elbow, Hope, Mountain Bike, Riding, The New Review, The Observer, Time
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75 – Human League – Never let me go (actually do right now)
75/290 The following comment was left underneath one of the many classic Human League videos on YouTube: “I am stuck in the 80s. I still have an 80s haircut, wear 80s clothes and of course listen to great 80s music … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Reviews
Tagged 5 Star, 80s, 90s, Asleep in the Back, BMX, Build A Rocket Boys!, Button Moon, Cast of Thousands, Chelsea Girl, Don't You Want Me Baby, Elbow, Fraggle Rock, Grifter, Leaders of the Free World, Lebanon, Love Action, River Island, Seldom Seen Kid, Society Now, The Guardian, The Human League, the Independent, The Scotsman, The Scottish Herald, The Telegraph, The Yorkshire Post
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68 – Beth Ditto, Riot Grrrl or sell out? Ah get lost!
68/297 These were the questions asked by Tim Jonze in today’s Guardian interview with The Gossip’s front woman Beth Ditto. The interviewer, blatantly uncomfortable with Beth’s intimate and comfortable style (the interview took place on a bed under low lighting, … Continue reading
66 – The joys of the contraceptive injection
66/299 Three days ago I was writing about the joys of vintage. Ah, those were the days when my head was full of inventive outfit ideas and unusually tacky 80s fabrics. Two days ago I was at a fantastic vintage … Continue reading
Posted in Health & fitness
Tagged Birth Control, Build A Rocket Boys!, Collapse into Now, Contraception, Elbow, Feminism, Hormones, R.E.M
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63 – The joy of vintage
63/302 I love clothes, make-up and wearing totally ridiculous over the top things. It’s a fun and creative way to express a mood, contribute towards an atmosphere or create a character for the day/evening. I really believe that almost anyone … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion
Tagged Bees, Build A Rocket Boys!, Charity Shops, Elbow, Fashion, Gallaghers, Joy, Vintage, Vintage Village
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61 – Build A Rocket Boys! – a Review
61/304 The idea of writing an album capable of following Seldom Seen Kid would certainly fill me with fear and dread. Elbow however, sound as though they’ve had a couple of weeks off and then simply walked back into the … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Reviews
Tagged 70s, 80s, Abba, Atari, Build A Rocket Boys!, Computer, Elbow, Find My Way Home, Guy Garvey, Jon and Vangelis, Kes, R2D2, Robot, Seldom Seen Kid, Synths, The Doves
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