King Hermit’s Neighborhood

Indian summer Cover photo

Bob Jackson was a leading light of the Coventry 

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Bob Jackson

The Umbrella at Little Park Street, Coventry

Neol Davies years before Selecter

Umbrella Mag

I've created a new site for Coventry Arts Umbrella Club on Ning. Much of my archives on on this site if you look in the index but Ning allows pdf files to be uploaded which means the Magazine pages and newsletters can be grouped together and downloaded more easily and also allows more space to separate some of the articles.I'm hoping some of the former Umbrella Club members with join the blog (they get their own blogging page on it). This is the URL The site is still in progress though.. http://coventryartsumbrella.ning.com/profile/TrevTeasdel

Pete Chambers, as ever, has been busy putting Coventry music in general and Two Tone in particular on the map in Coventry. Back in 2003 when I took my kids back to Coventry and showed them around the place I grew up, there was plenty going on to establish a Coventry heritage trail but nothing to show for all the music that has come out of the city. Since then Pete has established a Two Tone Trail with a series of plaques on buildings that still remain and much more.On top of that there are his books and the More than Two Tones exhibition. Here are a few photos from Pete's Facebook site to give a taste to those who haven't seen this development.

More than Two Tones Exhibition 2009

Specials Liverpool - Pete Chambers pic_n

Lanch (Cov University) Student Union Two Tone plaque

The Specials Live 2009 - with Pete Chambers

Neol Davies -PeteChambers - Holyhead Rd Youth Centre plaque

Holyhead Youth Centre - Two Tone Plaque

Hand in Heart Two Tone Plaque

Gosford Books Plaque! Horace and Gaps have been in actually

The above is not one of the 'Official' plaques but quite funny.

Pete Chambers and Roadent Two Tone Plaque Mr Georges

Pete Chambers with Roadent (Cov lad who roadied with Sex Pistols and Clash and introduced the Specials to Bernie Rhodes at Mr George's Niteclub in Cov). The is more on Roadent (Scon) on this site here )

Pete Waterman and Brad of Specials - Two Tone Trail

Above - Pete Waterman outside Coventry Virgin Records store where he ran the Soul Hole (Import records) store in the 70's and where Brad of the Specials worked. In the Photo Pete Waterman, John Bradbury and Pete Chambers

Kristy Gallacher Warwick Arts Centre - Photo Jackie Donovan

Kristy at More Than Two Tones - photo Chris Johnson

Nuneaton Tribune Review of Kristy Gallacher

First, we're happy to announce that the team has identified and fixed the issue with the YouTube conduit; you can now find and add videos from YouTube to your library and posts. As always, thanks for your patience!

The other news we have today is about a new addition to the Six Apart family: TypePad Micro, a new free level of TypePad that is streamlined for microblogging. We see a new form of blogging emerging that lives between the quick status updates of Twitter and Facebook and the long-form posts of "classic" blogging; TypePad Micro is designed to meet that need. You can read more about TypePad Micro in Chris Alden's post on the Everything TypePad blog.

TypePad Micro

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A lot of the new capabilities we've added to TypePad this year were actually inspired by some of the best things about Vox: favoriting, member profiles, a dashboard to follow other bloggers, and easy ways to post content from other social media sites. But the things that make Vox different from TypePad are still there: Vox has always been -- and still is -- the best place for "friends and family" blogging, where you're in control over who sees what. TypePad, on the other hand, is built for the blogger who wants, no, craves, attention.

Do you have a passion or interest you want to share with people beyond your Vox neighborhood? If so, we'd love it if you tried out TypePad Micro. Maybe you've always wanted to start that obsessive blog that's just about waffle restaurants. Or want a place to share videos of your favorite band (Jonas Brothers, anyone? Anyone? ...). TypePad Micro's great for those topic-specific blogs. Take it for a spin and let us know what you think.

On the Vox front, our designers are working on some cool new themes (coming soon!). We'd also love to hear your thoughts about where we should take Vox in the coming year. What are the key things you'd like to see for Vox? If you've had a chance to use TypePad this year, what are the features there that we should bring over to Vox? And, if you're thinking big thoughts, how could we connect the Vox and TypePad communities in order to bring together bloggers and their shared passions? Your feedback is really important to us, so please leave a comment here, or shoot me a message.

And again, thanks for your patience as we found and fixed the YouTube bug!

~ daisy