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Revisiting: Carter USM’s 30 Something

Carter USM’s seminal album, 30 Something, turns 30 years old today. Our editor, Bobby Townsend, revisits it.

Interview: Jim Bob on his novels, live shows and new music

We chat to Jim Bob about his new novels, live shows and potential new album.

Jim Bob talks Shepherd’s Bush and Australia

We caught up with musician and author Jim Bob to find out about his upcoming London show, his return to Australia and his next book.

Review: Jim Bob at The Haunt, Brighton

As we yelled “It feels so good”, we felt the true warmth of belonging, huddled together with like-minded, empathetic people.

Interview: Jim Bob hits the road

Writer and musician Jim Bob is embarking on a long-awaited solo tour at the end of the year. We ask him what we can expect.

Interview: Jim Bob and Frank Derrick return

Following last year’s critically-acclaimed novel, “The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick, Age 81″ writer/musician J.B. Morrison, better known as Jim Bob, returns this June with “Frank Derrick’s Holiday of a Lifetime”. We have… Read More

Thank you and Goodnight, Carter USM

This weekend, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine will, over a quarter of a Century since forming, cease to be unstoppable. Bobby Townsend pays his respects: Eastbourne, in East Sussex, isn’t exactly at the… Read More

Album Review: Jim Bob is back!

Four and a half-years after releasing previous album Goffam, Jim Bob is back. These haven’t been Stone Roses-esque wasted years though as, impressively, the former Carter USM frontman has been busy writing a couple of… Read More

Music video: Jim Bob, Dream Come True

I find it absolutely bewildering that people still bother watching The X Factor. In the early days, riding in the slipstream of Pop Idol, it was a moderately entertaining talent contest. People would… Read More

End of Year Review: Our showbiz mates

As part of our grand End Of 2012 Review, we asked some of our showbiz buddies to tell us what has been floating their boats over the past 12 months. This is what… Read More

Jim Bob interview

I have a few heroes: the legendary Tom Waits, genius wordsmith/artist Jeffery Lewis, footballing god Bobby Zamora, charity good-egg Sophie Epstone, supercool Jarvis Cocker… the list goes on. One man who would sit… Read More

Jim Bob and Isy Suttie at The Lamb Inn

Eastbourne, in the South of England, is not known for much other than being the place where blue-rinsed octogenarians tan their leathered skin on pebbled beaches. It has never been ‘on the circuit’,… Read More