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David listens to Glenn's new release...

2009-01-31T23:01:00.000+00:00

...and dances.

MySpace.com Blogs - Pandemonium Ensues - first listen review - Packet Of Three.com

Glenn discusses sushi and shambolicness with Japanese newspaper

2009-01-09T19:20:00.005+00:00

Well, you can find out what his favored sushi is in the Daily Yomiuri. Of course, I would not spoil it for you, although I agree with him wholeheartedly.

And he made me go to the dictionary with this quote:

"The only thing that's consistent about my shows is that I don't work with a set list, the set sort of drifts around in a way. And I like doing that, it seems to work. There's a certain sort of shambolicness about my approach. It doesn't mean that I don't care about it, it just means that I like not knowing what I'm doing, 'cause it keeps me on my toes," he explained.

Oh, and Glenn is in Japan, by the way.

Take Them (They're Yours)

2009-01-04T00:12:00.004+00:00

I got this link from several people (Squeezefan and even Chuck) and these Squeeze covers are really good.

Go check them out soon, they might not be there much longer!

Chris' Christmas Vid

2008-12-17T15:02:00.005+00:00

Are you American (like me) and haven't heard Chris' new single, that Rob blogged about?

Well, there's always YouTube to the rescue:

And if you need to learn a line dance to it (I don't think it's same as the one in the video), check this out:

All we need is here

2008-12-07T03:15:00.003+00:00

Chris Difford has a new band! Well, it's a one-off job, but it is a new single and it's for a good cause: Chris Difford and the Decorations: Let's Not Fight This Christmas

Here are some stories on the song:

News Blaze: In Search of The True Christmas Hit

The Press Association: Sergeant in bid for Xmas number one

BBC: Children sing with Strictly star

If you are in the UK, or have access to the UK iTunes store, you can purchase the song here: link

If you are anywhere else (or at least in the US), you can view the music video at The Sun: Sergeant lands Xmas single

Someone has posted the lyrics here.

Glenn needs your help for his next video

2008-12-07T01:50:00.002+00:00

On his Myspace blog, Glenn posts that you might be able to participate in the video for his next single :

To celebrate the launch of the website we are asking all of you if you would like the opportunity to be involved in the video for the new single 'Still'. If you are then please send to info@quixoticrecords.com any photos you have of couples, holding hands, hugging or kissing. This does not have to be you and your partner, it can be with your child, your friend, your mum, anyone! We cannot guarantee that we will be able to use all of them but we will endeavour to use as many as possible.

Also, check out the new high tech look of his Web site. Very cool.

Lets not fight this Christmas

2008-11-28T16:33:00.002+00:00

Chris has a new project and it's for a great cause.

I have, along with Kevin Malpass been working on a Christmas single in conjunction with the BBC’s One Show. Next week between 7 and 7.30 pm Monday to Friday you will see the story of our song. Please join us on our journey as we try to make this single a hit. It will be a download only track and the details of this will follow shortly. I always dreamt of being on Top Of the Pops at Christmas, I'm sure it wont happen, but we can have fun trying. And, make some money for Children in Need. Pass this on to as many people as you can so that when the download comes we can all suck it down from the internet and make this Christmas a bit of fun. If we do get on the tele around turkey time, you can all come round to my house for a mince pie!

There's also a facebook page for those of us who are young and hip and on facebook. (Or it least in denial about our age.)

Chris himself has a facebook page as well, by the way.

I'll be back with more details when they're available. (Or anyone can leave them in the comments.)

Squeeze on A&E Private Sessions

2008-10-05T17:51:00.002+01:00

Private Sessions: Squeeze - Behind the Scenes

Private Sessions: Squeeze - Tempted

Private Sessions: Squeeze - Behind Tempted

Private Sessions: Squeeze - Pulling Mussels from a Shell

Private Sessions: Squeeze - Ken Dashow Question for Squeeze

Private Sessions: Squeeze - Squeeze's New Album

New radio interview (and no we're not dead!)

2008-08-29T16:17:00.004+01:00

Where did the past four months go? Wow. Well, our boys are back on tour and they certainly are doing interviews. Like this one from the indie online music magazine Kweevak.com.

Squeeze at The Albany (May 4)

2008-05-01T14:12:00.015+01:00

Yours truly has been sat in the corner of squeezereader towers sniffling and sneezing all week.

"Achoo!"

Frank, my faithful newshound has been bringing me cups of Lemsip and a fresh box of tissues on the hour.
The rain is beating down hard onto the windows and the world looks grey and uninviting until...

"Woof!"

Frank's tail sticks up and he bounds across the room with the graceful poise of a bull in a china shop. Chairs and desks part company while pot plants crash down and with a big bump! all the Chocolate bars from the vending machine scatter across the floor.

With one big bound for a dog and one giant step for squeezefans everywhere, Frank lands on my lap and waves an email at me.

Wowzers! Squeeze are going to be making an appearance at Chris Difford's benefit concert!

Hugging Frank I take a swig of my Lemsip and smile. Those grey rain-filled clouds don't look so bad after all!

Chris Difford's Benefit Concert takes place at The Albany Arts Venue, Deptford on Sunday May 4. Doors open 7:30pm and the show starts at 8pm.

Tickets cost £12:50 and are available from the Albany Box Office on 020-8692-4466, or check out their website at: www.thealbany.co.uk

Many thanks to Sandra (from The Albany) for the email :0)

She also tickles our aural tastebuds with this little teaser...

"... there’s a rumour that one of the special guests will be a certain dark haired pianist from the old days…"

I wonder who that could be? Will he be there from the start, or will he arrive later...?

Chris' new look website!

2008-03-18T17:24:00.004+00:00

Whilst taking Frank, my faithful newshound, out for a walk around squeezereader towers, something extraordinary happened.

There we were strolling around the opulent surroundings of our orchard when Frank's nose started twitching.
"Hmmm", I thought, "Frank can smell something Squeezy in the air"

We carried on walking, when suddenly Frank jumped up and caught an object in his mouth.
On further inspection I was delighted to see that he had indeed caught something interesting.

On unfurling the exciting find, I was delighted to see the brand spanking new design of Chris Difford's website- very nice :0)

Go there now!

Take a bite of this new Chris video

2008-02-09T18:55:00.001+00:00

How very cool. Stiff Records posted Chris' video for Fit as a Fiddle on YouTube. Check it out!

Listen to Chris' new tracks on Stiff Radio

2008-01-27T19:20:00.000+00:00

"I'm on the old brown rice and the herbal tea..."

It's the end of the weekend here at Squeeze Towers and we've eaten the last crumbs from the biscuit barrel and the drinks machine is adding cold water to all our cups of coffee...

... BAH!

It's Sunday evening and what we need are some new tunes to put a smile on our collective faces.
And so, you wish is my command as Frank the newshound bounds up to me with his tail wagging and a fresh link hanging out of his smiling mouth.

Time to grab your mouse and drop into the Stiff Records website and click on the Stiff Radio tab on the bottom right hand side of your screen to hear four, YES FOUR!, new tracks from Chris Difford:

Battersea Boys
Come On Down
Fat As A Fiddle
Never Coming Back

And I must say that the songs are quite simply amazing (I've now listened to them at least five times) and I can't wait to hear his new album, the brilliantly named 'The Last Temptation Of Chris'... but don't take my word for it- GO AND LISTEN :0)

Whilst trawling the web, I came across this artwork for the promo cd-

I really hope that this is the final cover for the released cd as it's a stroke of genius!

FESTIVE GREETINGS TO ALL OF OUR READERS!

2007-12-24T12:16:00.000+00:00

Watch Squeeze's Christmas Day Video :0)

Glenn and Chris work on new albums

2007-12-14T16:51:00.001+00:00

On Glenn's Myspace, he announces a new Fluffers tour and album in the works. He also mentions Chris' new album scheduled for April, "The Last Temptation of Chris" (good title).

Squeeze on talkSPORT radio - rescheduled

2007-11-23T12:41:00.001+00:00

So there I was...

Sat at squeeze reader towers with my little radio listening to talkSPORT and waiting for the airwaves to be lit up with the delights of Messrs Difford & Tilbrook.

As I did my morning rounds of tidying the desks, watering the pop plants and topping up the water cooler with gin, I heard the presenter say "Squeeze" and ran to my radio.

Unfortunately my moment of happiness was short-lived as Jon Gaunt announced that he won't be playing the interview today as he wanted to carry on taking calls.

With a sigh, I walked over to the water cooler, filled up my mug and went back to my desk.

However every cloud has a silver lining, and some good did come out of this...
... while I browsed the talkSPORT website, I saw a "Listen Live" link which will enable overseas fans to hear the interview when it gets played out next week :0)

For now, I'll have a listen back to the show to make sure none of the session tracks were played when I nipped out for a Twix bar.

Squeeze on UK Radio- Nov 23

2007-11-22T09:42:00.000+00:00

It's a wet, wet, wet day here at squeeze reader towers...

Frank, my faithful newshound is lying in his basket and dreaming of unearthing the world's biggest bone, while yours truly is playing solitaire on her computer.

All of a sudden Frank's ears pop up and he bounds over to my inbox.
Within seconds he has presented me with the soggy remnants of an email (and a pen which I've been searching for since last Tuesday!)

The lovely Jeanine from the Glenn_list alerts us to two, YES TWO!, Squeeze appearances on UK Radio tomorrow...

Squeeze are doing a session on the Mark Lamarr show at midnight on BBC
Radio 2 this Friday 23 November.
Glenn and Chris are doing an acoustic performance and interview which
will also transmit this Friday 23rd on Jon Gaunt's show on talkSPORT.
His show airs from 10am - 1 pm.

Luckily there is a listen again option on the Mark Lamarr show...page
link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/lamarr/

Jeanine, you rock!

Gone bloggin'

2007-11-14T11:21:00.000+00:00

After taking a nice cool shower from yesterday's hot Squeeze news, I stumbled across An Illustrated Guide To Squeeze from the Sweeping The Nation blog.

I'm looking forward to reading this once I've watered the pot plants at squeezereader towers, took out our faithful newshound, Frank for his run around the park and eaten that banana which was carelessly left by the cleaner...

... ooh, tempted by the fruit of another ;0)

NEW! SQUEEZE! LIVE! ALBUM!

2007-11-13T12:43:00.001+00:00

Yesssss!

There are certain things that get you excited when looking through your inbox...

Now I'm not talking about young ladies offering to show you their 'creative' pictures, nor once in a lifetime offers that involve you giving your bank details to overseas businessmen.... nor am I talking about shirtless screengrabs of the swoonsome Dr Perry Cox from Scrubs...

... Actually the last one does make me beam like a Cheshire cat (and if anyone wants to send me shirless pictures of said doctor then you'll be making one Squeezefan very happy indeed)

Er, where was I?

Oh yes! Talking about excitement in my inbox!

So there I was, browsing through the Glenn_list when I see this from David (tour de force behind the groovy Packet Of Three website):

The new Squeeze album is out on 26 November 2007, entitled Five Live, it's a live recording from the US tour.

The tracklisting is:

1. Take Me I'm Yours
2. Slightly Drunk
3. Love Circles
4. Hourglass
5. I Think I'm Go Go
6. Third Rail
7. Electric Trains
8. Annie Get Your Gun
9. Some Fantastic Place
10. Melody Motel
11. Picadilly
12. Slaughtered, Gutted and Heartbroken
13. Goodbye Girl
14. Slap and Tickle
15. Walk Away
16. Cool For Cats
17. Tempted
18. If I Didn't Love You
19. Pulling Mussels

There should be five or so free download tracks as well. More details
when I have them.

Well I squeaked in delight and punched the air like an extra from an eighties rock video.

Needless to say, I am beaming like the Cheshire cat who got all of the cream :0)

Oop! Nearly missed this one!

2007-11-10T07:45:00.000+00:00

Sorry for the delay in posts, readers! Things have been busy at work, and as that pays slightly more than blogging about Squeeze (at least for the moment), I had to pay attention.

Anyway, Jonathan Ross promises "music from Squeeze" on his radio show in a few hours. It's on BBC Radio 2 from 1000 to 1300 hours (or 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.). I'm thinking that may mean live in the studio? But I could be wrong.

ROCK ON!

2007-10-12T10:42:00.001+01:00

Squeezereaders might just recognise the guy on the right ;0)

Yes, Everest Rocks! And our interepid Mr Tilbrook is there raising funds for The Nepal Cancer Relief Society (aided and abetted by none other than Nick Harper- far left)

"This October will be our most momentous climb and concert benefiting The Nepal Cancer Relief Society (NCRS). Cancer survivors and co founders of the Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHSF) Mike Peters and James Chippendale will lead 40 musicians, cancer survivors and mountaineers to Base Camp to perform an acoustic concert to help the Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital build the infrastructure of its clinic, NCRS, by providing them with much needed equipment and funding. In a country where the Avg. annual income is $300 a year our donation and support is going a long way to save lives NOW."

Please check out the site at lovehopestrength.com, and you can even donate some of your hard earned cash to the cause!

Kenton retreats

2007-10-09T02:19:00.000+01:00

Phil sits at the feet of Chris Difford

2007-09-30T00:22:00.000+01:00

Link

High up on the Khyber

2007-09-30T00:02:00.000+01:00

So, on my monitor at work are a few bits of paper, taped to the side. A bit of Pushkin I read and liked, a couple of extensions I'm always dialing, my to-do list, and my New Year's resolutions. One of my resolutions was to post to Squeezereader more, but things have gotten into the way. Now, I'm shoving the obstructions to the side and am going to try and keep up the resolutions again.

So, here's a story about Glenn getting high.

Undercover: Glenn Tilbrook Gets High

A rock star getting high is hardly big news, but Squeeze's Glenn Tilbrook is doing it for real.

Tilbrook, and a number of other musicians, will climb Mt Everest next month and perform the highest concert in history.

Tilbrook's fellow "rock" stars are Mike Peters of The Alarm, Slim Jim Phantom of Stray Cats, Cy Curnin and Jamie West-Oram from The Fixx and Nick Harper.

Together, they plan to do the gig at some stage next month. Tilbrook will leave for Katmandu on October 10 and return to the UK on October 30.

The show is to benefit cancer and leukemia sufferers all over the world.

Sounds like a hell of a show. Someone tape it and put it on youtube please.

Anyone want to take a guess?

2007-09-29T23:52:00.000+01:00

We could probably solve this with just a quick search, but I want to see if we can get it without looking it up. Chris and Glenn and Gilson with Elvis Costello onstage somewhere playing Pretty Flamingo.

What do you think? Floppy hair Glenn, with slicked back Chris, Gilson onstage.... Frank era?

Hey, Elv thanked Chris, Glenn and Nick Lowe. Where's the Gilson love?