2008's twenty two dreams...two twins to dream...A Weller year.

Kick out 2008!

Dream 1... The Bournemouth week end with Jean-Christophe (Top Gentleman under a rude boy) and the fantastic Claire Wigzy's crew... They have been all warm and magical. Much more than a Welcome, the first of the 22 dreams...Dream 2 The Bournemouth's gig with Weller on fire who burnt down the Opera House from the roof to the soil... Dream 3 22 dreams is out and we discover again than the man can propose to his fans a completely renewal of his music... What a shock, really, it's amazing. Usual feelings, Disturbed first by this new thing and in the end absolutely delighted... Dream 4...The incredible John Hellier's knowledge and the way we developped a great friendship. He learnt me so many things about the Mods...And we have so nice discussions almost every day. Dream 5... My boy is graduate now and he reached the top as best student of his school, we call him the Major, and he's a top young man like his brother, my favourite clown and a great boy... Very special thoughts for all the love fighters (Hey Tony B.) who had, has, and will have to fight to stay a Dad or a Mum... What's goin' on with our generation? Dream 6 That incredible love summer, we were so well in that garden of early delights, xtc and rest. The perfect model of happiness... Dream 7 My Friends Jean Christophe and Niels are making plan with me to be in Brussels and Amsterdam... That's the splinterites' world... Dream 8 Post & packages sent all over the world, from US Jeff and Lizzy to UK friends to Denmark... Splinterites community... Dream 9 Discover new soulmen in the Sam Cooke tradition, Eli Paperboy Reed, Eric Lindell, James Hunter, etc... Dream 10: My nieces Sarah and Fantine, here comes tomorrow... With the girls, "future's so bright that I got to wear shades"... Dream 11: John Hellier, John R., Andy(s), Carlos, Ian S, Jeff K, Jeff Slate, Niels, Ian J, Alan Blinky , Simon Cooper, Simon Franklin, Claire, Lizzy, Flavio, Marco, Dave "dogtown", Heavysoul Dave, Mick Nutgone, , Val Weedon, Matt, Manu, Casca , Juan. M, Martin V, Mike C. Brighton's wizard, Lou, Mark C Sir Billy Bubbles, Jasna, Patricia, etc? Dream 12: Allan Jones, another Wigzy's gift for the meeting, sent us the Bournemouth's photos. Amazing, this date has been blessed, professional photos, Claire and Mr Wigzy to welcome us, a never ending fairy tale...Dream 13 : The leaves of september... And an incredible new, gonna be a father again with Vanoo... Amazing... In years to come I will still call... Dream 14: Another incredible new...I will call Them... It's TWINS. ;) Nice as Twice... A boy (In years to come I will still...) and a girl (Sweet Pea, my sweet pea...)... Two twins to dream. Dream 15: They're gonna have a real cool education and I'll be totally open minded. They really will can chose! Ricken or S 335? Steve or Ronnie? Jam or Weller solo? Fred Perry or Ben Sherman? SX2000 or PX125? Desert Boots or Beatle boots? Kinks or Who? Will always give them the choice. Dream 16: Living with Vanoo. To live with a Mod and Music addict like me is a bit hard sometimes. Dream 17: Obama president of the united states... Couldn't believe my eyes, woke up at 5 AM to see it and cried many minutes... From MLK to Obama... Bad week for racists... Dream 18: Our expedition to Brussels and coming back home with Niels, friend from Denmark, how could it be possible without the Splinters... Meeting Simon Cooper..of course, JC was in! Dream 19: The packages I have sometimes; John's, JC's, Simon F's, Simon C's, Lizzy's, etc. It made my day everytime it happened.

Dream 20: Roy Haynes, Legendary Jazz Drummer, 83 years old live and strong with the amazing Jaleel Shaw on Alto Saxophone (Tourcoing Jazz Festival).
Dream 21: To have 22 dreams to tell next year.
Dream 22: I have to keep it... to save my soul. ;)

The Kinks / Picture book.

Season Greetings: Weller in Roma, 2006. Artwork by Manu.

Huge Thanx to GneGno, the original taper.
Many thanx to Manu! Once again.
Be careful, track listing maybe different of the Manu's cover...

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3
Part 4

CD 1 1. Roll Along Summer 2. All On A Misty Morning 3. To The Start Of Forever 4. Wishing On A Star 5. Man Of Great Promise 6. Wild Wood 7. Up In Suzes' Room 8. Savages 9. Above The Clouds 10. I Wanna Make It Alright 11. Out Of The Sinking

CD2 01. Porcelain Gods 02. I Walk On Gilded Splinters 03. From The Floorboards Up 04. In The Crowd 05. You Do Something To Me 06. Broken Stones 07. Long Hot Summer 08. Come On, Let's GoThe Changingman 09. The Changingman 10. Town Called Malice

Artist of the year? Mojo...

Merry Xmas.

Actually, tonight is just for fun, so:
Don't forget to be very happy!

Yesterday is just a memory,
Tomorrow's never what it's supposed to be...(Dylan Don't fall apart on me tonight, Infidels LP)

Or.. tomorrow never knows...



So ENJOY the ride! :) And keep your passion for The dreams of children! (thx to JC for optimism)

Mick Nutgone taylor recommends...Malone.

Mick has been really impressed by this soulful artist. Check the web to have your own opinion!

Malone, in her own words:

This email has the links to my website and my my space site, and most importantly the link to the backstage section on my site....this place is were it's gonna be all at, You can download live recording i've done with my lovely band for FREE. and it's also a forum to chat about gigs and whatever else to do with Malone, and i'm doing a blog there. It's only just begun, so if you get there now, you can say you were there from the start...nice!
So pop your arses over there and register and get the songs on you ipod. The link is below!



The link

My debut album 'Talking to myself' is coming out very soon, and i need to spread the word, so here are the other sites where you can hear the music and look at gig pics and read the blogs.

The website

Myspace


So if you like the music, pass this email on to others you think may like it to, and get them to register.....here's the link again...

The Forum

Thanks to you all, and have a lovely day. And enjoy the music. Much love and thanks

Malone
xxxxx

Heavy Soul Promo Interview (From Casca!)

Special Dedication to Jasmine and Freddie sunflowers.

Paul Weller's interview with John Harris M4A

Thanx a lot to Cascatino the great!

Splinters Prime minister's Birthday?

Q. What did you think of David Cameron's choice of 'Eton Rifles' as one of his favorite songs?

Weller: It's a flipping joke, isn't it? What part of the lyric didn't he get? I started losing faith in organised politics shortly after I was involved in Red Wedge for the Labour Party. All the politicians I met were full of s***. I still love Billy Bragg though. It's a pity he's not prime minister.

Billy's 51 today. Happy Birthday.

16 dls and no thanx, the usual way! :)

The Who covered Again, French Magazine "Volume"

For once in a while, a french magazine is pretty ok, enjoy!

Download the compilation

Soul Sista' serie. Birthday's gift for Marco.

Stephanie's official web site

I know it's an official web site way to present her but I think it fits ok. It's not a raunchy soul like Miss Lavette can sing, it's smooth and fluid Soul (too much sometimes?) but she grooves for sure and it worth a listen! :) A mix between Trip-Hop and Soul?

Stephanie has grown to be a respected artist among fans and critics alike, through work with producer Geoff Barrow of Portishead, Soulive, DJ Spinna as well as contributing her vocals to projects for Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Tricky, and Roy Hargrove.'Tell It Like It Is' sees the Bronx-native work with local musicians to produce an album that wraps up classic soul, seventies funk-rock and old-school hip hop influences into one vibrant outpouring. "There is more of a social message on this album. There were so many things that I saw as a New Yorker," says Stephanie. "9/11 was just one of them.The frustration of so many people coming together to stop a war, trying to get a straight answer out of the government - hence the title 'Tell It Like It Is'".

Press: "Stephanie McKay has found her true musical self"Echoes Magazine, UK

"Soulful melodies, funky riffs and sonically charged hip-hop samples are just some of the delightful ingredients in this album"Pride magazine, UK

"Stephanie McKay is certainly one worth knowing about, especially for anyone that appreciates good music"New Nation magazine, UK

"Stephanie McKay is a soulstress who has earned her stripes"Mixmag, UK

Her Myspace

The Respond box available again! From Ian S!

Due to many demands, Ian S. took time to reupload the whole pack for you. The Box is unavailable since a very very long time and you can't buy it... So here it is, according to our "no legal material available" here... Also thanx to Flavio who did it first and who does something for us almost every day. Cheers, the cap!

Paul Weller created Respond Records during the last phase of The Jam. In his mind the idea of a "new motown" promoting young artists and bands for a contemporary soul label. The project had a big step forward during the early days of The Style Council, with chart singles by Tracie, interesting records by The Questions, the late Vaughan Toulouse etc. It was almost an authomatic rule for every Weller/TSC fan, like me, to buy all the Respond stuff together with the Style Council stuff, also because Weller and Talbot were personally involved in the writing/production and playing, Weller wrote 'officially' many songs for Tracie and sometimes played guitar as "Jake Fluckery".. But he lost interest a couple of years later and the "new motown" closed.

In the late 90s the Japanese label "Trattoria" (funny choice for a name, means "cheap restaurant" in italian) reissued on CD -for the first and only time- almost all the Respond production, including some bonus never-heard-before tracks added at the end of the original albums. Those CDs are out of print and Trattoria is no more too. I started hunting for those CDs only recently and been lucky to find some cheap copies on ebay (it's not so easy, sometimes they rise at ridiculous high prices there, beware). The good people at splinters helped me to complete the collection, sending me the missing CDrs.

Personally I can't stand anymore a great part on this sound, so 80s and plastic, but there are some real gems inside... like Tracie's "I love you when you sleep" written by Elvis Costello, "Nothing happens here but you". "Spring summer autumn" and "Far from the hurting kind" to name 3 of many written by Paul Weller, or Questions' "Tear soup", "Tuesday sunshine" and "Someone's got yo lose" (with Steve White), the early Big Sound Authority and A-Craze.

So here 'tis, the full Respond/Trattoria "box" for all the Splinters/Cornershop readers. If you want to know more about it check MySpaceRespondRecords

The Links: One
Two

It's out! Wapping Wharf 31!

The Last Word in all things Small Faces and related

"Green Circles" Nick Jones at a Small Faces recording session.
10 ft high Small Faces Billboards, Manor Park, London E12.
A trip down Ronnie Lane.
The making of Ogden's nut gone flake.
Steve Marriott Tooled up.
Barry Hewitt Interview.
The Small faces convention.
A real tribute, Val Weedon Talks to the Small Fakers.
Mick Taylor presents the real full story of Red Balloon.
Track by track: Ronnie Lane's slim chance by Ronnie Lane's slim chance.

Order it at Wapping Wharf.

Note.

There's no legal material, absolutely nothing available in stores on the blog, everything comes from Radio sessions, etc and Paul Weller himself is aware of it.

The Widget on the right with his songs is available on the official site, photos are free of copyright because it's been taken on different public websites. Sleeves are designed by Manu for free. Any John Hellier's material is published with Kind permission of John himself too. The one and only time I've published a gig without permission (the Bettye Lavette's one), I've removed it immediately.

Not for sale Splinters tradition. ;)

All the best.

Yann

2008's twenty two dreams...two twins to dream...A Weller year.

Kick out 2008!

Dream 1... The Bournemouth week end with Jean-Christophe (Top Gentleman under a rude boy) and the fantastic Claire Wigzy's crew... They have been all warm and magical. Much more than a Welcome, the first of the 22 dreams...Dream 2 The Bournemouth's gig with Weller on fire who burnt down the Opera House from the roof to the soil... Dream 3 22 dreams is out and we discover again than the man can propose to his fans a completely renewal of his music... What a shock, really, it's amazing. Usual feelings, Disturbed first by this new thing and in the end absolutely delighted... Dream 4...The incredible John Hellier's knowledge and the way we developped a great friendship. He learnt me so many things about the Mods...And we have so nice discussions almost every day. Dream 5... My boy is graduate now and he reached the top as best student of his school, we call him the Major, and he's a top young man like his brother, my favourite clown... Very special thougts for all the love fighter (Hey Tony B.) who had, has, and will have to fight to stay a Dad or a Mum... What's goin' on with our generation? Dream 6 That incredible love summer, we were so good in that garden of early delights, xtc and rest. The perfect model of happiness... Dream 7 My Friends Jean Christophe and Niels are making plan with me to be in Brussels and Amsterdam... That's the splinterites' world... Dream 8 Post & packages sent all over the world, from US Jeff and Lizzy to UK friends to Denmark... Splinterites community... Dream 9 Discover new soulmen in the Sam Cooke tradition, Eli Paperboy Reed, Eric Lindell, James Hunter, etc... Dream 10: My nieces Sarah and Fantine, here comes tomorrow... With the girls, "future's so bright that I got to wear shades... Dream 11: John Hellier, John R., Andy(s), Carlos, Ian S, Jeff K, Jeff Slate, Niels, Ian J, Alan Blinky , Simon Cooper, Simon Franklin, Claire, Lizzy, Flavio, Marco, Dave "dogtown", Heavysoul Dave, Mick Nutgone, , Val Weedon, Matt, Manu, Casca , Juan. M, Martin V, Mike C. Brighton's wizard, Lou, Mark C Sir Billy Bubbles, Jasna, Patricia, etc? Dream 12: Allan Jones, another Wigzy's gift for the meeting, sent us the Bournemouth's photos. Amazing, this date has been blessed, professional photos, Claire and Mr Wigzy to welcome us, a never ending fairy tale...Dream 13 : The leaves of september... And an incredible new, gonna be a father again with Vanoo... Amazing... In years to come I will still call... Dream 14: Another incredible new...I will call Them... It's TWINS. ;) Nice as Twice... A boy (In years to come I will still...) and a girl (Sweet Pea, my sweet pea...)... Two twins to dream. Dream 15: They're gonna have a real cool education and I'll be totally open minded. They really will can chose! Ricken or S 335? Steve or Ronnie? Jam or Weller solo? Fred Perry or Ben Sherman? SX2000 or PX125? Desert Boots or Beatle boots? Kinks or Who? Will always give them the choice. Dream 16: Living with Vanoo. To live with a Mod and Music addict like me is a bit hard sometimes. Dream 17: Obama president of the united states... Couldn't believe my eyes, woke up at 5 AM to see it and cried many minutes... From MLK to Obama... Bad week for racists... Dream 18: Our expedition to Brussels and coming back home with Niels, friend from Denmark, how could it be possible without the Splinters... Meeting Simon Cooper... Dream 19: The packages I have sometimes; John's, JC's, Simon F's, Simon C's, Lizzy's, etc. It made my day everytime it happened. Dream 20: Roy Hayne, Legendary Jazz Drummer, 83 years old live and strong with the amazing Jaleel Shaw on Alto Saxophone (Tourcoing Jazz Festival). Dream 21: To have 22 dreams to tell next year. Dream 22: I have to keep it... to save my soul. ;)

The Absolute session! Spanish boys did it.

Huge Thanx to Juan M. and Manu, spanish bombs! Juan cleaned up the sound and Manu redesigned the cover. Brutha' Dave is alright with it, don't worry! :)

The link

A message from the Small Faces' Flame Keeper.

Big thanks to everybody that has bought the calendar. The general
opinion from feedback is that it is the best ever. I agree!
Just a few left (100 limited edition only). For financial reasons (and
without wishing to offend) there are no comps and no reservations.
First come, first get. £15 also includes free gift worth a further
£15. www.wappingwharf.com or jjhellier@aol.com for further details.

Free Sample to DL

1998, La Cigale, The show.

La Cigale, 1998, Part One.

La Cigale, 1998, Part Two
Up In Suze's Room CD2, Song 1

It was ten years ago today, La Cigale, Paris 1998.

Paul in Paris, 1998. La Cigale.
Very Heavy Soul Times... Matt Deighton, Steve White, Ernie McKone on Bass.
Awesome Night. Paul Signed the Photo In Brussels in 2001. Steve and Matt signed the first Solo LP in Paris, after the gig.


I'm Uploading the gig (audience B-)

Gonna be Xmas time soon, tell your friends and lovers you love them!

Very special dedication to Jean-Christophe (The magic lighter man). He'll understand.

And to all my ... friends and family. And of course to my wife who lives with a Modaddict for so many years, to me boys and to the twins who're on their way! The blog will slow down but the world wins two mods!

All the best to everyone, just wanted to be positive! Hope I'm not precious or simpleton!
Actually, I'm not a fan at all of Xmas... So hard for the separated dads (and mums) when they have to deal with a "no kids" evening on 24 th... Hi you all, keep the faith.

Birmingham. LG Arena.

Huge THANX to Manu! :)

Links reminder (Thanx a lot to René)

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