Sean Hannam
@seanhannam.bsky.social
Freelance journo:music,retail,tech.Digs retro specs,'60s spy stuff, James Bond, old TV,The Smiths,Dylan,country/Americana,'60s pop,’90s indie. Loathes summer.
Tonight! In Chesham! Only £4! It’s me and John Niven! 💥 📚 buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus…
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Tonight! In Chesham! Only £4! It’s me and John Niven! 💥 📚 buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus…
Recent reads - I enjoyed them all.
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Recent reads - I enjoyed them all.
Tomorrow’s fun - should be an interesting and informative day in Soho with Futuresource Consulting. #AudioCollab2025 #freelancelife
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Tomorrow’s fun - should be an interesting and informative day in Soho with Futuresource Consulting. #AudioCollab2025 #freelancelife
Just been to Chesham Library ahead of my Thursday night chat with @nivenj1.bsky.social - it’s looking good: tickets still available here: buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Just been to Chesham Library ahead of my Thursday night chat with @nivenj1.bsky.social - it’s looking good: tickets still available here: buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
Well, that was fun - a hot, sweaty and life-affirming gig by The Dreaming Spires at The Water Rats to celebrate the launch of their great new album, Normal Town - out today on Clubhouse Records - which they played in its entirety. 💥 🎸 #dreamingspires #normaltown
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Well, that was fun - a hot, sweaty and life-affirming gig by The Dreaming Spires at The Water Rats to celebrate the launch of their great new album, Normal Town - out today on Clubhouse Records - which they played in its entirety. 💥 🎸 #dreamingspires #normaltown
Pleased to announce that I’ve written the sleeve notes for the forthcoming new Edgar Jones album, Document - released on @av8records.bsky.social in December : more news on this soon. Pre-sale goes live Friday morning at 9am: www.av8records.co.uk
Release date 5.12.25
Release date 5.12.25
November 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Pleased to announce that I’ve written the sleeve notes for the forthcoming new Edgar Jones album, Document - released on @av8records.bsky.social in December : more news on this soon. Pre-sale goes live Friday morning at 9am: www.av8records.co.uk
Release date 5.12.25
Release date 5.12.25
Two of my literary interests combined in one book - Bond and crime fiction. A thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining murder-mystery-meets-cloak-and-dagger-caper by @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social : Quantum of Menace, which is the first in a new series: the Q Mysteries. A ‘Q-dunnit’, if you will.🤨
October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Two of my literary interests combined in one book - Bond and crime fiction. A thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining murder-mystery-meets-cloak-and-dagger-caper by @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social : Quantum of Menace, which is the first in a new series: the Q Mysteries. A ‘Q-dunnit’, if you will.🤨
I’m drinking beer, eating pizza and listening to the Springsteen Nebraska ‘82 extended five-disc edition. Yes - my family are away…
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’m drinking beer, eating pizza and listening to the Springsteen Nebraska ‘82 extended five-disc edition. Yes - my family are away…
What a wonderful night - a special and intimate gjg at St Pancras Old Church with Matt Deighton and Kathryn Williams: magical. Kathryn’s beautiful new album, Mystery Park, is fantastic: one of my favourite records of 2025. #mattdeighton #kathrynwilliams #mysterypark
October 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
What a wonderful night - a special and intimate gjg at St Pancras Old Church with Matt Deighton and Kathryn Williams: magical. Kathryn’s beautiful new album, Mystery Park, is fantastic: one of my favourite records of 2025. #mattdeighton #kathrynwilliams #mysterypark
Delighted to announce I’ll be chatting to @nivenj1.bsky.social about his latest novel, The Fathers, and his career, at Chesham Library on Nov 13.
Tickets here: buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
Tickets here: buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Delighted to announce I’ll be chatting to @nivenj1.bsky.social about his latest novel, The Fathers, and his career, at Chesham Library on Nov 13.
Tickets here: buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
Tickets here: buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
Making the most of it while I’m in here…
October 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Making the most of it while I’m in here…
‘Do you have any allergies?’
‘Penicillin and cats.’ 🤨
‘Penicillin and cats.’ 🤨
October 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
‘Do you have any allergies?’
‘Penicillin and cats.’ 🤨
‘Penicillin and cats.’ 🤨
One of my favourite albums of the year is Rainy Sunday Afternoon by The Divine Comedy, so it was great to see some of it performed live at The Barbican on a fine Sunday evening, complete with a drinks trolley wheeled on stage mid-set, so Neil Hannon and his band could enjoy beverages. Pure class.
October 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
One of my favourite albums of the year is Rainy Sunday Afternoon by The Divine Comedy, so it was great to see some of it performed live at The Barbican on a fine Sunday evening, complete with a drinks trolley wheeled on stage mid-set, so Neil Hannon and his band could enjoy beverages. Pure class.
Big thanks to Mark Billingham and Michael Weston King for a great Sunday afternoon of crime fiction and country music at the Betsey Trotwood - the fourth in our Everyday I Write The Book series of author and music mash-ups.More events planned for 2026.Thanks to everyone who came:it was a lot of fun.
October 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Big thanks to Mark Billingham and Michael Weston King for a great Sunday afternoon of crime fiction and country music at the Betsey Trotwood - the fourth in our Everyday I Write The Book series of author and music mash-ups.More events planned for 2026.Thanks to everyone who came:it was a lot of fun.
I got the Gallaghers’ autographs backstage at TJ’s and my mate nabbed the set list…
October 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I got the Gallaghers’ autographs backstage at TJ’s and my mate nabbed the set list…
Ahh - brilliant. I lived in Treforest while studying - ‘92 to ‘95. I saw Oasis at TJ’s in Newport, James - supported by Radiohead - at Newport Centre. Saw Suede in Newport too, and Oasis at Cardiff Astoria and the university…
October 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Ahh - brilliant. I lived in Treforest while studying - ‘92 to ‘95. I saw Oasis at TJ’s in Newport, James - supported by Radiohead - at Newport Centre. Saw Suede in Newport too, and Oasis at Cardiff Astoria and the university…
He had a maroon one on…
October 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
He had a maroon one on…
Access All Areas for Gene: Feb 19 1995, Blackwood Miners’ Institute and October 4, 2025 at Hammersmith Apollo. Thirty years between gigs ! I was ‘fighting fit’ when I was 21… 😉 #gene
October 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Access All Areas for Gene: Feb 19 1995, Blackwood Miners’ Institute and October 4, 2025 at Hammersmith Apollo. Thirty years between gigs ! I was ‘fighting fit’ when I was 21… 😉 #gene
Such a brilliant and emotional night watching Gene at Hammersmith Apollo. It was an epic evening and a fantastic two-hour set. Lovely to have ‘em back and fighting fit and able! 💥
October 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Such a brilliant and emotional night watching Gene at Hammersmith Apollo. It was an epic evening and a fantastic two-hour set. Lovely to have ‘em back and fighting fit and able! 💥
Big thanks to Demon Music for sending me these three new @nickheyward.com ‘90s vinyl reissues - I genuinely loved these albums when they first came out: I have them on CD. Looking forward to listening to them, seeing Nick on Monday at the Union Chapel and interviewing him again soon! #nickheyward
October 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Big thanks to Demon Music for sending me these three new @nickheyward.com ‘90s vinyl reissues - I genuinely loved these albums when they first came out: I have them on CD. Looking forward to listening to them, seeing Nick on Monday at the Union Chapel and interviewing him again soon! #nickheyward
Big thanks to Demon Music and English Heritage for the invite to the unveiling of Marc Bolan’s Blue Plaque at his former home, in Maida Vale, yesterday.Special guests included Rick Wakeman, Bobby Gillespie, Rat Scabies and Captain Sensible, who all spoke about Marc. It was a lovely event. #marcbolan
October 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Big thanks to Demon Music and English Heritage for the invite to the unveiling of Marc Bolan’s Blue Plaque at his former home, in Maida Vale, yesterday.Special guests included Rick Wakeman, Bobby Gillespie, Rat Scabies and Captain Sensible, who all spoke about Marc. It was a lovely event. #marcbolan
Peak jangly indie icons status achieved…
September 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Peak jangly indie icons status achieved…
Sunhouse on a Sunday night… Originally released in ‘98 on Independiente Records, Crazy On The Weekend was a Top 10 Album Of The Year in Mojo and Top 15 in Uncut. It’s a cult classic - a dark and honest, indie-folk-rock masterpiece: the troubled genius that was Gavin Clark. #nowplaying #sunhouse
September 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Sunhouse on a Sunday night… Originally released in ‘98 on Independiente Records, Crazy On The Weekend was a Top 10 Album Of The Year in Mojo and Top 15 in Uncut. It’s a cult classic - a dark and honest, indie-folk-rock masterpiece: the troubled genius that was Gavin Clark. #nowplaying #sunhouse
Having a Mod morning round mine… #nowplaying
September 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Having a Mod morning round mine… #nowplaying
Enjoying a Sunday morning soul session with the wonderful PP Arnold. #NowPlaying️
September 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Enjoying a Sunday morning soul session with the wonderful PP Arnold. #NowPlaying️