Articles posted by Steve Stroud

Steve Stroud

Cure Your Itch At Scratch

One of the first things I was taught when I moved to Blackpool back ...

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Pounds for Pook Appeal

It’s one of those clichéd questions we all ask each other, ‘If your house ...

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Featured Artist: DJ Marshall (Part One)

I consider myself very lucky in my capacity as a music writer for altblackpool ...

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Music & Gigs

Dinosaurs are Sh*t Dragons – Final Performance

It’s a rainy night and, in a cold practice room above the Pump and ...

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Literature & Spoken Word

Preview: Perspectives, featuring Mark Grist, at B&F College

“To those at home who are sitting watching YouTube, don’t start clicking, I ...

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Music & Gigs

Red XIII – Perceptions

There’s a moment during the song, ‘Illuminate’ where Sean Donovan growls, ‘I am the ...

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Blackpool vs Preston Album

Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Blackpool vs Preston, a free-for-all slugfest between some of ...

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A Burned-Out Thursday Walkabout

From the murk of a messy night, one memory prevails from when The Blue ...

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Apocalypse: How?

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