Pet Sounds Weekly Playlist – Island Records

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010. Published in Music & Bands by Tristan Savage

The traveller returns and dishes us out an early week playlist, and hopefully another on Thursday. A 30 track selection from one of the most influential labels ever established. From original ska hits to high-end folk to new wave/post-punk via a reggae golden age with a couple of contemporary acts chucked in to balance it all out. It’s arguable whether Island still exist in the same great way that they did up to the late nineties but there’s no arguing with some of the amazing songs left behind. Enjoy.

Listen to this weeks Island Records playlist on Spotify and also check out all the past Pet Sounds Playlist HERE

01. Little Flo – Derek & Clive (Peter Cook & Dudley Moore)
02. Ska Wars – Rico Rodriguez
03. This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us – Sparks
04. Virginia Plain – Roxy Music
05. Babies – Pulp
06. Poor Boy – Nick Drake
07. Keep On Running – The Spencer Davis Group
08. The Harder They Come – Jimmy Cliff
09. Where Do The Children Play – Cat Stevens
10. May You Never – John Martyn
11. Late November – Sandy Denny
12. Pomp & Pride – Toots & The Maytals
13. The Stealer – Free
14. As You Lean Into The Light – Paul Weller
15. Windows – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
16. The Calvary Cross – Richard & Linda Thompson
17. Mother Goose – Jethro Tull
18. Hang Down Your Head – Tom Waits
19. Police & Thieves – Junior Murvin
20. Marcus Garvey – Burning Spear
21. King Tubby Meets The Rocker Uptown – Augustus Pablo
22. Glad – Traffic
23. Rainbow Chaser – Nirvana
24. Needles In The Camel’s Eye – Brian Eno
25. Rock Lobster – The B-52s
26. Warm Leatherette – Grace Jones
27. C’mon Billy – PJ Harvey
28. Hell Is Round The Corner – Tricky
29. Cokane In My Brain – Dillinger
30. Stir It Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers

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The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012. Published in Features, Food & Drink, Strong Island by Paul Gonella

As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.

We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.

To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.

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The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Monday, May 7th, 2012. Published in Bikes & Cycling, Features by Charlie Thompson

Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.