Oasis - Get On The Rollercoaster Book

I was asked to contribute some words to “Get On The Rollercoaster” – a book about Oasis’ haphazard New Zealand tour in March 1998.

Being involved on the promotions side of things, doing artwork for live shows - posters, press ads etc - the Oasis shows promoted by Lees & West and then Michael Coppel Presents in Australia & New Zealand (through local agent and our client The Sequel) came to us.

The tour was meant to have been in late 1996 but was indefinitely postponed. We had already worked on a lot of promo material for the tour when the plug was pulled (I still have copies of the giant double A0 posters somewhere in storage).

I had seen Oasis at their giant UK Knebworth show in 1996 (and wrote a RipItUp review about it) so I was looking forward to seeing them again. Fast forward to early 1998 and new shows had been booked so I got back to work on the new art.

The artwork for the shows was created in Australia and wasn’t that great (they didn’t even use the correct typeface for the Oasis logo on the 1996 posters!). I tried to subtly make it more “Oasis”-like but the key art had all been approved by management and they don’t appreciate people messing with it, even if it looks better lol (see slide 6).

The shows were mostly a disaster and the Gallagher brothers were fighting a lot. Hence this book documents that particular chapter in the Oasis story.

In the book I write about my experience doing the art and randomly meeting Noel Gallagher on the street the day of the Auckland concert. There are many other great contributions from fans and music people in the book along with photos and articles. Being the pre-social media and camera phone era, it was harder to get a lot of the info together.

I’m glad I got to see Oasis at their peak at Knebworth because the Auckland show was not great!

Well done to the author of the book Karamdeep (Kaz) Sahota who put in a lot of time and effort researching and collecting stories from those who were there.

Ronnie Stone / Violet Sky / Diamond Field - Live at Sleepwalk NYC - 3/32/24

Saturday, March 23rd, 2024, Diamond Field plays Brooklyn’s Sleepwalk with Ronnie Stone and Violet Sky.

This will be a fun night of new wave, synthpop and original 80s-vibes.

Advance tickets on sale now

Late Slip ‘Love Me True’

‘Love Me True’ is the new single from Late Slip, released on Valentine’s Day 2024.

Produced by 2024 Grammy nominee Lewis Psesacov (Best Coast, Nikki Lane, FIDLAR) and featuring Garrett Ray on drums (Vampire Weekend, Sia and Olivia Rodrigo) 'Love Me True' is an upbeat ode to ex-lovers everywhere!

London Plane at TV Eye

London Plane play Brooklyn’s TV Eye on Wednesday, February 21st 2024.

Also on the bill are Push!, Toy Cities and 12090 A.D.

Entry is 21+ with ID.
Advance Tickets are $10 and $12 on the door.
Doors open 7pm

London Plane is
David Mosey: Guitar / Lead Vocals
Kristofer Widholm: Guitar
Oweinama Biu: Synths
Bryan Garbe: Drums
Andrew B. White: Bass
Havovi Cooper: Vocals

Late Slip ‘New York City’

Late Slip has released a new single ‘New York City’.

This is a cute wee ode to NYC about being away from the city and all the great memories, hoping to someday return (which she did this year).
Produced by Lewis Psesacov (Best Coast, Nikki Lane, FIDLAR) and featuring Garrett Ray on drums (who's played with Vampire Weekend, Sia and Olivia Rodrigo) 'New York City' is a sultry retro number that Late Slip will be playing live in the new year with a bunch of other new songs from the forthcoming album.

Check out the lyric video here: