New
pics!
November 26, 2001
Some
great new pics have been sent in from the U.S. tour, including
Glenn's fundraising gig at the Ocean
County Library in New Jersey, the Rochester
show (two pages!), and the Greenville
gig.
The
Solana Beach gig is Wednesday, and I found a great radio
station in that area for requests! Just click on their email
addy below or call them up and ask them to play a Glenn
song.
ilisten@sets102.com
Tel: (858) 450-1021
You
can also visit their web site, although they don't stream:
KXST
SETS 102.1 FM I am still looking for LA area
stations - can't find any that look promising. Suggestions?
If
you happened to catch Glenn today on KBAC please email
me.
Texas,
California, and in between
-and-
NEW Radio station request list!
-plus-
Santa Fe radio interview
November 22, 2001
Glenn
is still touring the U.S. by RV! This week he is in Texas,
and then he'll wind his way to California, stopping to gig
in Santa Fe NM and Tempe AZ. In California
he'll play at Solana Beach, San Juan Capistrano,
LA, and San Francisco. For details, see the
Quixotic
site.
Michelle
has sent in an EXCELLENT list of
radio station request lines. These stations are known
to play the occasional Glenn or Squeeze song, and many have
also interviewed our hero. Right now would be the best of
all possible times for us to call stations in the cities
listed above and request a song from the new album! That
should help ensure that his shows are well populated, especially
if we mention the upcoming gig(s) local to the station.
Unfortunately the stations list doesn't have stations yet
for most of those cities, so please let
me know if you have one to add!
This
tour had been pretty quiet as far as radio appearances.
I suspect it's because Glenn spends all of his spare time
driving the RV and voguing for the documentary film crew
that is following his every move. Yes, they are making a
documentary about Glenn! But I suspect it will be a long
time before there is any news about if/where it will be
aired. He does have one radio interview coming up on KBAC
98.1 in Santa Fe, NM on the 26th, sometime around 5:00ish.
Unfortunately, it's not netcast, so I hope someone will
be able to tape it!
There
have been some good reviews of Glenn's gigs online. Jason
(famous for sending in the uncut
Boston Globe interview) has apparently been moonlighting
at PopMatters.com.
He did a really good review of the Cambridge gig, which
also has some nice photos. The Atlanta gig (very odd one!)
is reviewed at Access
Atlanta.
CDBaby
is an independent online music store that is featuring Glenn
on their front page over the next three days. It looks like
kind of a neat little Indie store to browse in!
Radio
Wales interview
November 19, 2001
Glenn's
Radio Wales interview is finally here! This is a really
excellent one - more of an event than an interview, because
it was recorded with a live audience and it lasts nearly
two hours. Glenn answers tons of interesting questions,
giving nonstandard responses, and he sings at least 13 songs!
Too much to talk about here - check it out on the download
page. Unfortunately, for most people the download will
be something of an event in itself, since it's so long,
but I have split it into sections to make things easier.
We
are having a good old time on the new Glenn
list. People are writing in with introductions, and
there is a poll for favorite track from The Incomplete Glenn
Tilbrook. Come join
us!
Happy
Thanksgiving, Americans!
New
Glenn List!
-and-
The Extracurricular GT
November 15, 2001
Michelle
and I have started a new email list for discussion of all
things Glenn! It's called the Glenn List, and you can sign
up by clicking
here. If you have any problems doing so, please direct
your questions and concerns to Michelle.
She is the head honcho list owner, whereas my role is more
that of a trusty sidekick.
Kenn
and Chris from Canada have completed a heartbreaking work
of staggering genius they like to call "The
Extracurricular Glenn Tilbrook". It's a list of
projects Glenn has contributed to outside of Squeeze and
his solo work. It's quite possibly incomplete, so feel free
to send in additions!
I
am awaiting photos of Glenn (self-described as "caring,
sharing, and lovely" in this recent
article) to put up here on this very website. Don't
be shy; step right up and send
your pics to me.
Alan
Thompson's Glenn interview was fantastic, fantastic, fantastic!
It will be here soon, I promise. In the meantime, try downloading
that Parallel
World mp3 again.
Project
mp3 Download
(special assignment)
-and-
Radio Wales
November 10, 2001
The
Rolling Stone site has a free
mp3 of 'Parallel World' available for download! It's
the full song, same as on the album. The best part is, the
site keeps track of the number of downloads, and moves the
song up or down their
chart accordingly. Your mission, should you choose to
accept it, is to download it as many times as you can! You
can also rate the song with stars, and/or write a review
at the download
page.
The
other cool thing about this is that you can tell your friends
about it, and they have a 100% above board way to sample
Glenn's music. The more friends download it the better for
Glenn! If they like that one, there is a free mp3 of 'This
is Where You Ain't (Live)' at the W.A.R.? site for dessert.
Alan
Thompson's Saturday Social with Glenn is airing at 7:30
pm (U.K. time) tonight on Radio
Wales. That's 2:30 pm Eastern and 11:30 am Pacific in
the U.S.
Incomplete
WFUV interview
November 9, 2001
Glenn's
interview with Darren DeVivo on WFUV was excellent! The
only thing incomplete about it is that it's missing a rather
large chunk at the beginning. I may get the whole thing
later (especially if you send
me a tape), but for right now you can still listen to
a good half hour of Glenn chat. The download is kind of
large because of the length. I cut out 'Interviewing Randy'
to make it slightly smaller, but Glenn does sing 'One Dark
Moment' and a very nice 'Tempted' that I couldn't bear to
snip. Direct download (4.7 MB).
Enjoy!
Glenn's
November 15th Schenectady gig has been cancelled and replaced
with one in Boston. For details, visit Quixotic.
Radio
interview Thursday
November 5, 2001
Glenn
has an interview on WFUV radio (90.7 FM) in NYC this Thursday
at noon. It will be netcast through WFUV's
site. To find the time in your time zone, check out
the world
clock (NY is on Eastern Standard Time).
Rarebit
Demo pics
-and-
Alan Thompson interview
November 3, 2001
Angela
attended Glenn's recent Rarebit cooking demo in Grand Central
Station. She reports:
Yes,
Glenn did actually cook! Well, he did some of it. He got
to crack the eggs and to pour in several other things (hot
mustard, Worcestershire sauce - which he berated Americans
for mispronouncing, beer, cheese). I have some nice photos
of him waving toast around and lying on the counter in front
of the mixing bowl. Then he played while Nicky Perry from
Tea & Sympathy did the rest of the cooking.
Glenn
also advised that we add an egg to our rarebit if following
the recipe in the lyrics to 'Sunday Breakfast Treat'. Angela
sent me her gorgeous
photos for the site.
Alan
Thompson, who did a great interview
on Radio Wales last November is at it again! He teased two
hours of chat and song from Glenn in front of a live studio
audience this week. The show will air on the evening of November
10th and will be netcast from the Radio
Wales site.
I
don't think the questions Alan asked could have been much
more probing than those posed by fans afterwards. The Underwear
Question has stumped some of the finest minds on three continents,
but Glenn freed up the think tank for other concerns (global
warming, perhaps?) by giving a definitive answer on Wednesday:
Boxers it is!
If
you live in or near Toms River, NJ, be sure to catch Glenn's
show at the Ocean County Library on November 10th at 2pm.
It's a fundraiser for the library, and tickets are $10. For
more info, call (732) 349-6200.
Glenn's
US tour starts on Tuesday (November 6th) in Arlington,
VA. New dates have been added twice since I last updated,
including some in New York state, Texas, Santa
Fe, Tempe, and California. Check out the
schedule at the Quixotic
site!
World
Cafe
-and-
Busking in NY
October 27, 2001
As
promised, Glenn busked in the NY subway last week to raise
money for the Sept. 11th fund. Here's proof:
(Photo by Dan Rivkin,
expert busking witness)
Dan
took more pics, and may be sending some in once they're developed.
Does anyone have pics of the rarebit demonstration? I have
had several requests from people wishing to see Glenn "in
his pinny" (apron).
For
those of you who missed the World
Cafe interview on NPR, Pat has graciously sent it in.
It's a great one with interesting questions, and he does four
songs, all of which I left in. It was taped last time Glenn
was in the U.S., and he's coming back to America for the month
of November. Tour dates are still being added, so keep a sharp
eye on Quixotic,
especially if you live in NY state or California. There are
still no dates in the Pacific Northwest - a travesty of justice!
The
'Imagine' single is running a little late and won't actually
be released at the end of October as originally planned. The
delay has nothing to do with Glenn - he sent in his part already,
but W.A.R.?
are waiting for some of the other artists' tracks before they
can mix it. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about but
are intrigued, scroll down several updates to October 3rd.)
You
can read a very good article describing Glenn's subterranean
NY performances at the ProSound
News site. Or read an account of the rarebit demonstration
at The
New York Observer Online (scroll down past "Old Lion
Roars Again" to find "Tempted By Rarebit").
There is also an excellent gig review from Australia at the
Sydney
Morning Herald site. I admire the way the writer starts
off by listing all the reasons Glenn won't make it as a hand
model!
This
week Glenn will be playing: in
Oxford on Sunday the 28th, Chester on Tuesday, Sheffield on
Thursday, Leicester on Friday, and Widnes on Saturday. Details
at the Quixotic
site or the Official
GT Site.
Dr
Pepper commercial
-and-
Sweet Smell of Excess (again)
October 20, 2001
The
Dr Pepper commercial Glenn and Chris did in the mid-eighties
as Difford & Tilbrook has finally surfaced! Scott Rodas
sent in a fantastic mp3
of it. (1 MB direct download) As unappetising as Dr Pepper
may be, the commercial is really fun! I have been listening
to it every morning as part of my mental health regime.
Speaking
of fun, Glenn seems to have plenty of it over the years. Yesterday
he was talking some more about books and sex on the Radio
2 documentary 'The Sweet Smell of Excess'. The documentary
is ongoing, so more quotes from him might be forthcoming.
It airs Thursday nights, and there are three more weeks of
it to go. Glenn's comments were in two different parts, so
here are part
one and part
two.
Helen
sent me this great link to a review of Glenn's recent Northampton
show from the Daily
Hampshire Gazette. It's in-depth, very well written, and
the writer seems quite impressed with Glenn.
Glenn
in NYC this week!
October 15, 2001
Glenn
will be busking at Grand Central Station this Thursday (Oct.
18th) at the following times and locations:
8am
- 9am Main Hall
12:15pm - 1:15pm Food Court
5pm - 6pm Main Hall
On
Friday he'll be doing a Welsh Rarebit cooking demonstration
from 12:30 to 1:30pm
in Grand Central Station at Vanderbilt Hall (first hall off
the 42nd Street entrance). He'll be in the kitchen with the
owner of the NYC restaurant, Tea and Sympathy.
NYC
is in the midst of a huge, two-week celebration of British
culture that was originally to be called "UK in NY".
It had been in the planning stages for the past three years,
and was almost canceled after the attacks, but they decided
to go on with it, renaming it UK
with NY and refocusing slightly to emphasize solidarity
between NY and the UK.
Field
Staff: Oops! If you are in the field staff and
you hung posters last time, you DO still need to contact
Deb if you want to do it again. (I mistakenly said not
to in my last update.) Just give her your mailing address
and let her know which gig you will be advertising. deb@war.com
Thanks!
Glenn
to tour U.S.!
-and-
Grassroots album promotion
October 9, 2001
New
dates for Glenn gigs have been announced at Quixotic.
The December U.K. ones have been reinstated, and he has some
up for the U.S. now too! More will be added later.
Right
now would be an EXCELLENT time to sign up for the field
staff, since we have a couple of weeks before he gets
here. If you signed up last time but never received any materials,
it may be that you are not in the database for some (accidental)
reason. You can correct this by emailing Deb: deb@war.com.
Give her your full name, mailing address and email address,
and be sure to mention it's for Tilbrook field staff! If you
received materials last time you don't need to sign up again.
For
those not interested in postering and/or living outside of
N. America, there is still a lot you can do to help promote
Glenn's album! Read all about it at my new tell-all page of
how YOU can send Glenn's album
soaring to the top of the charts.
To
help motivate you further, here is a video
of a Top of The Pops 2 appearance from 1981. It's Squeeze
doing 'Is That Love' (direct download, 3.9 MB). If you can't
watch that, you will have to try to console yourself with
this Rock
City interview.
Radio
2 Interview snippet
-and-
"Five guitar" review
October 4, 2001
Glenn
briefly described his pre-Squeeze jobs for us today on Radio
2. It was during the first installment of a six-part documentary
series about the rock lifestyle, 'The Sweet Smell of Excess'.
Apparently Glenn didn't bother waiting for rock stardom before
indulging in excesses like reading all day, not to mention
watching the women customers undressing in the Indian store
where he worked. "It used to be quite good," he
says, and I believe him. Since it's only a minute long, you
can download directly
(164k). It was Gill who provided us with this sound file,
and it must be said that she got Glenn up in record time.
Thanks, Gill!
I
ran across a review
of The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook today in a magazine called
Up The Junction. (!) This reviewer had a very interesting
take on Squeeze's career, lauding Frank as their last great
album before Glenn went solo! It's not that I don't like Frank,
you understand, it's just that I've always thought it was
largely overlooked, and now according to this review, it was
Glenn's last creative peak. However, it's an interesting read,
and he gives Glenn a well-deserved five guitar rating.
U.K.
Tour
-and-
'Imagine' Project
October 3, 2001
British
fans will be very pleased to hear that Glenn's long-rumoured
autumn tour has now been announced at the Quixotic
site, and lots of dates are up. He had also hoped to return
to the States in November, but I don't know if that's still
on. There is a gap in his tour schedule for most of November,
so fingers crossed!
Glenn
is participating in a fundraising project for orphans of the
September 11th tragedy. He will lend his voice to an international
group of musicians who are recording a cover of John Lennon's
song, 'Imagine'. The CD single, slated for release at the
end of October, will be available at the W.A.R.?
website and in stores. W.A.R.? is the North American distributor
of Glenn's album, and the 'Imagine' single is their project.
You can read more about it at the following websites:
The
Boulder Daily News
Yahoo
News
Hybrid
Magazine
