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Back from the brink: Shelleyan Orphan
Bournemouth's contribution to popular culture is, to be fair, slight: That bloke who used to go to all England's matches dressed up all patriotic like until the story leaked about dubious activities with children; Jim Davidson sitting as chair of the local football club. And Shelleyan Orphan.
The latter have just reunited: We Have Everything We Need is due on October 13th on One Little Indian. The album features a collaboration with the Hungarian National Radio Orchestra, which is quite refreshing.
You might want to hold off buying it, though, as there's a box set promised this winter in which the new record is collated alongside all the 1980s-90s stuff and a bunch of rarities.
There's a tour planned, too.
Need your memory jogged? See if this doesn't bring the last half-hour of the Janice Long Show rushing back:
5 comments:
As a former Bournemouth resident, I can attest to the lack of local celebrities. The last one I can recall is former Blue Peter presenter Stuart Miles, who studied Media at Bournemouth University. So he may not actually have come from Bournemouth either.
Ooh, there was a great tramp called Ronnie though, who'd stand in the doorway of John Lewis and perform his famous act, which involved strumming a manky guitar and shouting. Alternately. I always hoped he'd go on to bigger things.
Alex James, he is from Bournemouth.
Steve Lamacq was born in Bournemouth
@james
Liverpool had a bloke who pretty much had Ronnie's act, although he didn't own a guitar and so used a cardboard cut out of one...
@peterd
Boscombe, surely?
@ian
... and yet he to travel to West Essex to find fame...
@Simon - I suspect Ronnie's act also formed the basis of Liam Lynch's career, thinking about it... The cardboard guitar is a masterstroke though. Got MIA where she is today.
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