Friends of Pet Sounds #14 – Peta Waddington

Thursday, October 6th, 2011. Published in Music & Bands, Pet Sounds Playlist by Tristan Savage

This week, my big sis delivers an eclectic mix which helps to demonstrate how I got a good start to music when I was in short trousers.

“When your baby brother snaps his musical fingers you jump! Especially if you have an end to keep up. I profess to have taught him everything he knows (about music) but of course this isn’t true. He stopped listening to me in about 1987. There are ties that bind though and The Beach Boys is one of them. I don’t think our tastes have ever drifted that far apart but he might have drawn the line at Dolly! I love a lanky, be-quiffed rockabilly (JD) and I love a hand clap (JH). The video to New Rose is one of the best of all time – I am particularly fond of the cigarette dangling daintily from the lips of Rat Scabies throughout. My guilty pleasure is Hall & Oates and as for Bobby Darin…he’s one of my 6 year old son’s favourites. And I wish I WAS Sugar Pie DeSanto. I still pedal my wares to an audience of small children on my website Hip Auntie and online at Radio Nowhere dot Org. Now I just need to get spotified. Thank you Charlie. X”

Grab the Pet Sounds playlist HERE and check the past playlists HERE.

Hip Auntie’s Pet Sounds – www.hipauntie.com

01 I Cannot Find A True Love – Cliff Richard & The Shadows
02 New Rose – The Damned
03 Help Me, Rhonda – The Beach Boys
04 Trams Of Old London – Robyn Hitchcock
05 Soulful Dress – Sugar Pie DeSanto
06 Blues Run The Game – Neville Skelly
07 Don’t Let Go – Jerry Lee Lewis
08 I Ain’t Never – Webb Pierce
09 North Side Gal – JD McPherson
10 Heart – Nick Lowe
11 Number 9 Train – Tarheel Slim
12 Cherokee Boogie – Johnny Horton
13 Marry Me – Dolly Parton
14 Camellia – Hall & Oates
15 The Ballad Of Cat Ballou – Bobby Darin

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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.