Issue 3 / August 2010

Editorial
So, its over. A month of fun-filled-football-fodder comes to a close, 31 teams come home with pangs of
disappointment - some with pangs more pangy than others - and one set of players arrive home aboard a raft of
superlatives and with a pretty handsome pension packet to look forward to; creating history is always kind on the
bank balance. But what of our band of lions, our ‘Golden Generation’ - that moniker makes my blood boil, a Fleet
Street hack’s moment of epiphany - upon reflection, what did we take from all that? Pretty sodding awful wasn’t it...
granted. But, the most infuriating aspect of it was listening to the Chelsea and Arsenal fans who’d made the trek
to the other end of the earth to watch their national warriors
whinge and whine, in their curdling drawl, ‘They get paid
120 graaaaaand a week and they’re raaaabbish. We should
Illustration: Michael Cottage
all get aaar maaaaney back...’ I don’t know about you, but
I find it hard to have much sympathy with a bloke who can
afford to take a month off work and jet to the other side of
the planet to watch a football tournament. Especially, when
its his soddin football club playing a part in bloating English
Football with dirty money and foreign stars thats leaves the
national team in the state its in. Deep breath, I’m starting to
sound like a really give much of a monkey’s here...roll on 7th
August and Tranmere v Oldham. Romantic, abject suffering,
thats what football is all about.
Which of you lucky lot where at Glasto? You swines.
Glastonbury is officially the worst weekend of the year...when
you haven’t got a ticket. Glorious sunshine, probably the best
line-up for years, an impromptu performance from Johnny
and Thom...it was depressingly good. When I go next year
Bono will have recovered, it’ll piss down and I’ll get trench
foot. For everybody’s sake, you want to wish Bido Lito! fails
miserably in our quest for press passes.
We went to see The Coral last night at The Philharmonic.
What an evening. Its fantastic to see them back, clearly enjoying what they’re doing and with a gorgeous new
record to boot. There will be a review in next month’s magazine of the show and I hope you enjoy the feature in
this month’s issue. Nick Power was a gent when we met up with him and extremely supportive of Bido Lito!. When
we chatted about Liverpool’s independent media he said “Its as if Tin ‘ed still rules the airwaves, we’re stuck in a
Brookie time warp man” and enthused about the need for an alternative voice. Well Nick, we’re here man and its
great to have The Coral aboard the fun bus.
Date for your diary listeners...over the weekend of 1st/2nd/3rd October we will be hosting ‘Inside Pages’ at
Static Gallery, the official launch event of your favorite pink monthly. As well as being a feast of Merseyside music,
featuring the cream of the bands from the early editions of these very pages, the event will include an exhibition
of photography and illustrations from the magazine. There will also be an array of stalls and retailers, featuring a
record shop stocking exclusively local acts - with all proceeds going to CALM - and loads more goings on. Full details
will be in next months mag. Keep peeled. Peace out.
Craig G Pennington
Editor
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Words
Craig G Pennington, Christopher Torpey,
David Lynch, Bethany Garrett, Richard
Lewis, Dan Wilson, Can Brannan, Floris
Stoter, John Still, Andy Hill, Alan O’Hare,
Nic Toupee, Leo Nikolaidis, Glass Pasty,
Nik Glover, Lee Boyle, Katy Long, Pete
Robinson, Sebastian Gahan, Sam Garlick,
Jack Breslin, Hugh O’Connell
Photographs
Jennifer Pellegrini, John Johnson, Tom
Roelefs, Simon Thelwell, Keith Ainsworth,
Paul Paton, Ben Thapa, Rosie Selman,
Luke Avery
Illustrations
John Biddle, Michael Cottage, Luke Avery
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