Famous in Ipswich
Well the Word Website has made it to the dizzy heights of Page 3 of today's Ipswich Evening Star which devotes the entire page to the recent website thread http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/suffolk-soul-probably-not-all-nigh... about just how uncool Ipswich's nightlife is.
It lists the 'events' that were featured on the thread (Charity Jigsaw Event and all), has a big picture of Michael Stipe (after all, R.E.M. played at Portman Road football ground back in 2005) and then rounds up some people at the bottom of the page, posing the question "is town's nightlife a yawn ?" (they're all under 30 and all say yes).
And it makes the Editorial Opinion on the next page as well - "Ipswich might not have the musical reputation of London or some of the large northern cities, but it is a bit rich to find the town tagged as dull by a national guide..." - you're a National Guide now !
I would provide a link but it's not made it to the Evening Star website - had to make way for "Chip pan disaster averted"
- More from Simon Hoyle.
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Oops
Time to draw the curtains and bury my head under a cushion again.
The posters on the Word board are inflential tastemakers . . .
look, we've sneaked Gilbert onto the Glastonbury bill. Next up: a knighthood for Bernard Cribbins.
This is not Gilbert's first Glastonbury...
...the last time I went, 1995 or thereabouts, I'm sure he was there.
Excuse me!
I'd like to step in at this moment to defend my home town and say all those things are untrue.
I'd like to... but I can't
The National Guide...
...was probably the "what's on" website referred to in Mrs Valparaiso's Boy's original post, but you know what these subs are like. Three band gig at The Steamboat in Ippo on thursday night, incidentally. Mini Word-subscriber get together anyone? Bring your digital cameras.
Mojo
I see in a Mojo ad that the lead singer from Supertramp and Marillion are performing in Ipswich soon. Perhaps there has been an effort to attract them so some Word types will be impressed and now give the town the thumbs up. I am not one of those types though, I should add, as those bands do nothing for me.