Whatever is next for the now almost legendary Herbert Springbank, whether a venture into politics, a late night radio show or a few column inches in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, we have on record his wry observations of modern life.
Herbert Springbank has been described as the Billy Bragg of the North East. There's a certain Wavis O'Shave cult figure essence about the mysterious Herbert and he has a lot to say about the state of modern Britain with a poignancy that is especially relevant to life of Tyneside but speaks to all of us. Whatever is next for the now almost legendary Herbert Springbank, whether a venture into politics, a late night radio show or a few column inches in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, we have on record his wry observations of modern life.
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Jörg Dittmar aka Lord Litter sadly slipped from this life this last week.
A fellow musician, radio presenter and cultural activist from Berlin. Cited as Germany's John Peel by many who were aware of his incredible legacy of promoting experimental, avant-garde and a treasure trove of underground music. A legend on the underground circuit and a wonderful enthusiast who lived, breathed and operated on the periphery of music, art and culture since the late 1970's / early 80's. He did so much to promote our music, we recorded several exclusive sessions for him. He was a great friend and ambassador for those of us that make music but operate on the other side of the fence of what has become known as the music business. http://www.lordlitter.de/html/lord_litter_radioshow.html This email was sent out by his son... "𝐻𝑖, 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛 𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑗𝑜𝑘𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑂𝑃𝐷 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑗𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡. 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 ! 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑗𝑜𝑘𝑒! 𝑀𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒! 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝐿𝐿" |
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