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Lessons learned and stories to tell

engineroominsights wrote 1 month ago: Seeing the U2 show last week reminded me of how they became as huge as they are. They had a bunch of … more →

Tags: About The Engine Room, Interpersonal Skills, U2

Even better than the real thing

engineroominsights wrote 1 month ago: I was just catching up on a few of the reviews and comments from the audience regarding last night … more →

Tags: Book Tony Michaelides, 360, 360 degree tour, mark radcliffe, Paul McGuinness, Tampa, U2

Houston, you're the problem1 comment

engineroominsights wrote 2 months ago: In all my years in the music business I don’t think I’ve cared less about any person tha … more →

Tags: About The Engine Room, clive davis, Sun Newspaper, Whitney Houston

Moving,shaking and anticipating

engineroominsights wrote 3 months ago: And so to new beginnings. Happily settled in to my new place I feel alive. Unpacking was easy, I gav … more →

Tags: Journey Through The Past, view from the room, record companies, tony michaelides, island records, Factory Records, Tony Wilson, 24 hour party people

Hometown Homemade

engineroominsights wrote 5 months ago: Stealthily creeping back in to the world of blog there a whole bunch of things I need to say, write … more →

Tags: About The Engine Room, Book Tony Michaelides, BAAMO, Homemade Music Symposium

Houses of the Holy1 comment

engineroominsights wrote 8 months ago: Another excerpt from the book if for no other reason than someone asked me. Writing all this stuff u … more →

Tags: Journey Through The Past, Bonzo, free trade hall, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, led zeppelin, Robert Plant

Stories for boys......U2 early beginnings

engineroominsights wrote 8 months ago: Again I apologize for the gaps and infrequent blogging, it will improve but have an excuse as I … more →

Tags: Journey Through The Past, record companies, Neil Storey, NME, rob partridge, U2

Radio revisted, perhaps?2 comments

engineroominsights wrote 10 months ago: I’ve been thinking it might be time to give radio another shot…….I did my first sh … more →

Tags: Journey Through The Past, Radio Ga-Ga, Last Radio Programme, tony michaelides, Tony the Greek, wmnf

Drink, be merry ..and buy some records.

engineroominsights wrote 11 months ago: Where I worked as a salesman in the 70’s, Transatlantic Records they used to have an incentive … more →

Tags: Journey Through The Past, record companies, Record stores, transatlantic records

A cruel Yule.

engineroominsights wrote 11 months ago: And so endeth another year, put a yuletide blog on the fire and cast your mind back. It’s a ti … more →

Tags: Journey Through The Past, Mistakes, Christmas Sales, Fox Soccer Channel

A nice leisurely drive...

engineroominsights wrote 11 months ago: The weekend came upon us for the Bickershaw Pop Festival, the glorious British month of May… … more →

Tags: Journey Through The Past, Bickershaw pop festival

Peel or no Peel

engineroominsights wrote 11 months ago: So there was Barry an avid John Peel fan recruited from his teenage years languishing at boarding sc … more →

Tags: Journey Through The Past, John Peel, top gear, Barry at Record Collectior, Jeffs Records, Annnette Funicello, Disney mouseketeer, Sounds music papaer

Getting in to Top Gear2 comments

engineroominsights wrote 11 months ago: Barry was remote and feeling isolated at public school…..not only was he picking up a formal e … more →

Tags: Journey Through The Past, led zeppelin, radio one, record collector, free trade hall, John Peel Top Gear, Virgin record shop

Bickershaw v California

engineroominsights wrote 11 months ago: Bickershaw!…. it doesn’t have that ring to it like Woodstock or Altamont, or Glastonbury … more →

Tags: Journey Through The Past, Bickershaw pop festival, Jeremy Beadle, wigan, woodstock, Altamont

Hallelujah, I'm your man

engineroominsights wrote 11 months ago: I started to write the last couple of blogs about Leonard Cohen and I thought, why stop there, he … more →

Tags: tony michaelides, Piccadilly Radio, Leonard Cohen

Songs of and songs from

engineroominsights wrote 11 months ago: Leonard Cohen is a marvel. As I embraced music, and all it was about to thrust upon me his debut alb … more →

Tags: Journey Through The Past, view from the room, tony michaelides, Add new tag, Ziggy Stardust, Leonard Cohen, SONGS FROM A ROOM, Songs of Leonard Cohen

Memories are made of this.

engineroominsights wrote 11 months ago: I wonder if music will evoke the same memories for those growing up today as it did for me and my ge … more →

Tags: Journey Through The Past, view from the room, tony michaelides, record collecting, Leonard Cohen, record collector shop

I saw no Warsaw, they saw Warsaw.1 comment

engineroominsights wrote 11 months ago: OK it’s time to own up, writing about bygone days makes me pick up books written from that per … more →

Tags: Journey Through The Past, tony michaelides, Joy Division, Tony Wilson, Rob Gretton, Warsaw, 24 hour party people

Unknown Pleasures.....not on this night!1 comment

engineroominsights wrote 11 months ago: The Stiff Chiswick Challenge that April night in Manchester had left everyone wanting….Tony Wi … more →

Tags: record companies, Joy Division, so it goes, Stiff Records, ian curtis, dave robinson, The Electric Circus


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