Chris Coleman
@chrisseventeen.bsky.social
Husband | Grandfather | Retired | Music | Dog Walker | Books | CCFC
Co-owner Seventeen Records
#MDANT | #PUSB
Co-owner Seventeen Records
#MDANT | #PUSB
For my late father, modern music ended in 1962 with Acker Bilk’s “Stranger On The Shore”.
Never downloaded any music in his life.
Yet looking at his iPad I found this - and only this.
Reminded me of Apple’s controversial 2014 decision to send the new U2 album to ALL customers.
Never downloaded any music in his life.
Yet looking at his iPad I found this - and only this.
Reminded me of Apple’s controversial 2014 decision to send the new U2 album to ALL customers.
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
For my late father, modern music ended in 1962 with Acker Bilk’s “Stranger On The Shore”.
Never downloaded any music in his life.
Yet looking at his iPad I found this - and only this.
Reminded me of Apple’s controversial 2014 decision to send the new U2 album to ALL customers.
Never downloaded any music in his life.
Yet looking at his iPad I found this - and only this.
Reminded me of Apple’s controversial 2014 decision to send the new U2 album to ALL customers.
Thanks Graham. We allowed ourselves to be talked out of what we thought would probably have been a more “appropriate” (commercial) cover though….
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Thanks Graham. We allowed ourselves to be talked out of what we thought would probably have been a more “appropriate” (commercial) cover though….
Nope, early planning stages apparently. Only heard about it from the journalist a couple of weeks ago. I also sent him the sleeve notes from our Cogs Of Tyme album which touch on those early days.
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Nope, early planning stages apparently. Only heard about it from the journalist a couple of weeks ago. I also sent him the sleeve notes from our Cogs Of Tyme album which touch on those early days.
Daniel Kitson tonight at The Rep in Birmingham for a reading of his “Maybe A Ghost Story”.
Sublime yet hilarious.
Sublime yet hilarious.
October 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Daniel Kitson tonight at The Rep in Birmingham for a reading of his “Maybe A Ghost Story”.
Sublime yet hilarious.
Sublime yet hilarious.
Never met Bob - tho’ I think he was playing drums the one time I saw Steve Gibbons way back when - but I’m sure Stephen’s reading of the man is spot on. Without him - and SD’s careful curation of cassettes of the songs Bob recorded - we wouldn’t have had “Obviously 5 Believers” by The Hawks.
October 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Never met Bob - tho’ I think he was playing drums the one time I saw Steve Gibbons way back when - but I’m sure Stephen’s reading of the man is spot on. Without him - and SD’s careful curation of cassettes of the songs Bob recorded - we wouldn’t have had “Obviously 5 Believers” by The Hawks.
I’m a big fan of #UglyThings magazine but IMHO nobody did that kind of thing better than (the late) Billy Miller and Miriam Linna at #Kicks magazine.
Hanging onto the hope that the long-awaited issue #8 hits the streets before too much longer.
Hanging onto the hope that the long-awaited issue #8 hits the streets before too much longer.
October 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I’m a big fan of #UglyThings magazine but IMHO nobody did that kind of thing better than (the late) Billy Miller and Miriam Linna at #Kicks magazine.
Hanging onto the hope that the long-awaited issue #8 hits the streets before too much longer.
Hanging onto the hope that the long-awaited issue #8 hits the streets before too much longer.
The jeopardy of sitting beneath a horse chestnut tree, watching conkers fall within feet of you, knowing it could be you next….
October 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The jeopardy of sitting beneath a horse chestnut tree, watching conkers fall within feet of you, knowing it could be you next….
Clearly a (fellow) fan of Alex Chilton and Chris Bell’s band setting today’s #Connections quiz!!
October 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Clearly a (fellow) fan of Alex Chilton and Chris Bell’s band setting today’s #Connections quiz!!
Well said Mr B.
Here’s Pat’s version of The Replacements’ “Here Comes A Regular”, recorded New Year’s Eve in 2020.
youtu.be/PFBa-B2O2RY
And a photo I took December 18th 1982 at Northampton’s Black Lion.
Here’s Pat’s version of The Replacements’ “Here Comes A Regular”, recorded New Year’s Eve in 2020.
youtu.be/PFBa-B2O2RY
And a photo I took December 18th 1982 at Northampton’s Black Lion.
October 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Well said Mr B.
Here’s Pat’s version of The Replacements’ “Here Comes A Regular”, recorded New Year’s Eve in 2020.
youtu.be/PFBa-B2O2RY
And a photo I took December 18th 1982 at Northampton’s Black Lion.
Here’s Pat’s version of The Replacements’ “Here Comes A Regular”, recorded New Year’s Eve in 2020.
youtu.be/PFBa-B2O2RY
And a photo I took December 18th 1982 at Northampton’s Black Lion.
Eight swans a-swimming.
An hour ago.
River Avon, Warwick.
An hour ago.
River Avon, Warwick.
October 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Eight swans a-swimming.
An hour ago.
River Avon, Warwick.
An hour ago.
River Avon, Warwick.
I had to move Wilf outside whilst I cleaned the kitchen floor, for which sacrifice it would seem the heavens have blessed him with a sainthood.
#StWilfTheDisplaced
#StWilfTheDisplaced
September 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I had to move Wilf outside whilst I cleaned the kitchen floor, for which sacrifice it would seem the heavens have blessed him with a sainthood.
#StWilfTheDisplaced
#StWilfTheDisplaced
Who knows where the time goes?
Sharing some fond memories of Dave Kusworth last night with @johnnyp_p, both of us privileged to have been able to count him as a friend.
(Photo by Brendan Jackson)
Sharing some fond memories of Dave Kusworth last night with @johnnyp_p, both of us privileged to have been able to count him as a friend.
(Photo by Brendan Jackson)
September 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Who knows where the time goes?
Sharing some fond memories of Dave Kusworth last night with @johnnyp_p, both of us privileged to have been able to count him as a friend.
(Photo by Brendan Jackson)
Sharing some fond memories of Dave Kusworth last night with @johnnyp_p, both of us privileged to have been able to count him as a friend.
(Photo by Brendan Jackson)
Lovely pair of new doors on St Nicholas Church, across the road from us, in Warwick.
September 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Lovely pair of new doors on St Nicholas Church, across the road from us, in Warwick.
Posting to share a clip of the late John Bauldie speaking from the flat in Romford where he produced “The Telegraph” Dylan magazine.
1991, given the proliferation of REM “Out Of Time” related clips on the same videotape, & that they’re talking about the first release in the Dylan “Bootleg Series”.
1991, given the proliferation of REM “Out Of Time” related clips on the same videotape, & that they’re talking about the first release in the Dylan “Bootleg Series”.
September 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Posting to share a clip of the late John Bauldie speaking from the flat in Romford where he produced “The Telegraph” Dylan magazine.
1991, given the proliferation of REM “Out Of Time” related clips on the same videotape, & that they’re talking about the first release in the Dylan “Bootleg Series”.
1991, given the proliferation of REM “Out Of Time” related clips on the same videotape, & that they’re talking about the first release in the Dylan “Bootleg Series”.
I had a really neat Twitter chat back in 2017 with Suede’s Bernard Butler about Epic’s “Rise Above” album, “Fallen Down” in particular.
His “seal of approval” meant a lot.
His “seal of approval” meant a lot.
September 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I had a really neat Twitter chat back in 2017 with Suede’s Bernard Butler about Epic’s “Rise Above” album, “Fallen Down” in particular.
His “seal of approval” meant a lot.
His “seal of approval” meant a lot.
Wilf and his new friend.
August 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Wilf and his new friend.
Busy day coming up so nice and early with the final post in the “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” 40th anniversary series.
Thanks to everyone who’s read any or all of them.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
Happy Birthday!
#DaveKusworth #NikkiSudden #EpicSoundtracks #MarcLemon
#BobLamb
Thanks to everyone who’s read any or all of them.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
Happy Birthday!
#DaveKusworth #NikkiSudden #EpicSoundtracks #MarcLemon
#BobLamb
August 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Busy day coming up so nice and early with the final post in the “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” 40th anniversary series.
Thanks to everyone who’s read any or all of them.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
Happy Birthday!
#DaveKusworth #NikkiSudden #EpicSoundtracks #MarcLemon
#BobLamb
Thanks to everyone who’s read any or all of them.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
Happy Birthday!
#DaveKusworth #NikkiSudden #EpicSoundtracks #MarcLemon
#BobLamb
We are nearly done.
One final Substack post tomorrow on the actual 40th Anniversary of “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” but here’s the penultimate contribution.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
Try to listen to the album tomorrow and make sure to remember Nikki, Dave & Epic as you do so.
One final Substack post tomorrow on the actual 40th Anniversary of “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” but here’s the penultimate contribution.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
Try to listen to the album tomorrow and make sure to remember Nikki, Dave & Epic as you do so.
August 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
We are nearly done.
One final Substack post tomorrow on the actual 40th Anniversary of “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” but here’s the penultimate contribution.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
Try to listen to the album tomorrow and make sure to remember Nikki, Dave & Epic as you do so.
One final Substack post tomorrow on the actual 40th Anniversary of “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” but here’s the penultimate contribution.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
Try to listen to the album tomorrow and make sure to remember Nikki, Dave & Epic as you do so.
Hopefully hitting that early evening social media sweet spot in alerting you to the 8th instalment of the “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” 40th anniversary Substack celebration.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
In which @glassmodern1’s David E Barker’s pivotal role in RVB is addressed.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
In which @glassmodern1’s David E Barker’s pivotal role in RVB is addressed.
July 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Hopefully hitting that early evening social media sweet spot in alerting you to the 8th instalment of the “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” 40th anniversary Substack celebration.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
In which @glassmodern1’s David E Barker’s pivotal role in RVB is addressed.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
In which @glassmodern1’s David E Barker’s pivotal role in RVB is addressed.
Er-hem, version 2.
Managed to get the 7th “Robespierre’s” post up just before midnight.
Honestly, if there’s one you could give a miss, this might be the one.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
(It’ll now likely get more views than it deserves & more than previous (better) posts!)
#ReversePsychology
Managed to get the 7th “Robespierre’s” post up just before midnight.
Honestly, if there’s one you could give a miss, this might be the one.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
(It’ll now likely get more views than it deserves & more than previous (better) posts!)
#ReversePsychology
July 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Er-hem, version 2.
Managed to get the 7th “Robespierre’s” post up just before midnight.
Honestly, if there’s one you could give a miss, this might be the one.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
(It’ll now likely get more views than it deserves & more than previous (better) posts!)
#ReversePsychology
Managed to get the 7th “Robespierre’s” post up just before midnight.
Honestly, if there’s one you could give a miss, this might be the one.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
(It’ll now likely get more views than it deserves & more than previous (better) posts!)
#ReversePsychology
Managed to get the 7th “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” Substack post up just before midnight.
Honestly, if there’s one you could give a miss, this might be the one.
(It’ll now likely get more views than it deserves - more than previous (better) posts!)
#ReversePsychology
Honestly, if there’s one you could give a miss, this might be the one.
(It’ll now likely get more views than it deserves - more than previous (better) posts!)
#ReversePsychology
July 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Managed to get the 7th “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” Substack post up just before midnight.
Honestly, if there’s one you could give a miss, this might be the one.
(It’ll now likely get more views than it deserves - more than previous (better) posts!)
#ReversePsychology
Honestly, if there’s one you could give a miss, this might be the one.
(It’ll now likely get more views than it deserves - more than previous (better) posts!)
#ReversePsychology
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
With Dave, Nikki and Epic Soundtracks no longer with us, Marc Lemon is the “last man standing” of the musicians responsible for the album.
He answered some questions for us in 2018 for the RSD 2019 re-release.
#Robespierres #Velvet #Basement
He has some thoughts.
With Dave, Nikki and Epic Soundtracks no longer with us, Marc Lemon is the “last man standing” of the musicians responsible for the album.
He answered some questions for us in 2018 for the RSD 2019 re-release.
#Robespierres #Velvet #Basement
He has some thoughts.
July 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
With Dave, Nikki and Epic Soundtracks no longer with us, Marc Lemon is the “last man standing” of the musicians responsible for the album.
He answered some questions for us in 2018 for the RSD 2019 re-release.
#Robespierres #Velvet #Basement
He has some thoughts.
With Dave, Nikki and Epic Soundtracks no longer with us, Marc Lemon is the “last man standing” of the musicians responsible for the album.
He answered some questions for us in 2018 for the RSD 2019 re-release.
#Robespierres #Velvet #Basement
He has some thoughts.
Hope you’re still hanging on in there.
The 5th instalment of our “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” celebration.
“We should be on the cover of the NME” - Nikki Sudden - to the NME!
1985 National Music Press reaction.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
#Jacobites #DaveKusworth
The 5th instalment of our “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” celebration.
“We should be on the cover of the NME” - Nikki Sudden - to the NME!
1985 National Music Press reaction.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
#Jacobites #DaveKusworth
July 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Hope you’re still hanging on in there.
The 5th instalment of our “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” celebration.
“We should be on the cover of the NME” - Nikki Sudden - to the NME!
1985 National Music Press reaction.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
#Jacobites #DaveKusworth
The 5th instalment of our “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” celebration.
“We should be on the cover of the NME” - Nikki Sudden - to the NME!
1985 National Music Press reaction.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
#Jacobites #DaveKusworth
How The West Midlands Came To Minnesota.
The latest instalment of our tribute to 40 years of “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” by The Jacobites which we celebrate on 2nd August.
God-willing, 6 more to come.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
#NikkiSudden #DaveKusworth
#TheReplacements
The latest instalment of our tribute to 40 years of “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” by The Jacobites which we celebrate on 2nd August.
God-willing, 6 more to come.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
#NikkiSudden #DaveKusworth
#TheReplacements
July 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
How The West Midlands Came To Minnesota.
The latest instalment of our tribute to 40 years of “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” by The Jacobites which we celebrate on 2nd August.
God-willing, 6 more to come.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
#NikkiSudden #DaveKusworth
#TheReplacements
The latest instalment of our tribute to 40 years of “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” by The Jacobites which we celebrate on 2nd August.
God-willing, 6 more to come.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
#NikkiSudden #DaveKusworth
#TheReplacements