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TMC's cultural highlights of the decade...

2009-12-26T15:52:12Z

At this time of year, the popular press delight in presenting their top tens, reviews of the year and other such countdowns that serve to illustrate just how right they were all along in predicting cultural trends and populist movements acros...

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What I've been up to recently...

2009-11-30T23:20:09Z

...in the form of a video blog for a change, and yes, I do say the word "penis" in ths first video.... such is life in front of the camera! Here's part one: and here's part two- what a treat!! Here I am at Manchester's In The City music convent...

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This Morning Call - an interview

2009-10-31T11:03:23Z

Author: Rick and Tom from ListentoManchester.co.uk Published on: Monday, 26 Oct 2009 This Morning Call, the brain child of Ben Heyworth has been described as "Portishead on anti-depressants" and "LCD Soundsystem with a hangover". He has als...

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New photo shoot - The Secular Man and others...

2009-09-15T09:05:45Z

I've reached 50,000 plays! To celebrate, I'm releasing a whole bunch of new photos, taken recently to promote the forthcoming single release "Tides" and album release "All Quiet at 4AM". Black Cherry photography (aka Lisa and Matthew), some of ...

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But is it Art....?

2009-08-18T19:38:53Z

I wanted to blog about this earlier but one or two things – like finishing the album! – got in the way. Better late than never, though. Here’s the story…This Morning Call visits the Louvre! I was delighted to find myself in the fair city ...

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Exclusive album preview....

2009-08-14T16:46:55Z

Yes folks - check out some new tracks from me today at the MySpace site (VOX wont let me upload music for some reason, a technical glitch....??) www.myspace.com/thismorningcall I'm anticipating a Jan 2010 release! - the promotional wheels have ...

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Ben goes digital!

2009-07-30T17:18:29Z

Last weekend, I finally entered the digital age by buying an ipod. I must admit, had it not been over £500 (shock! horror!) I might have even taken the plunge and bought an iphone. But the salesman had to pick me up off the floor when he told...

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The Glastonbury 2009 review - part three!

2009-07-16T17:07:22Z

Part Three Sunday. The morning is hard work. People are falling about the place, tired and hungover from the excesses of Saturday night. Who can blame them? It was a big night, but there’s still a whole day of entertainments to enjoy and enjoy ...

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The Glastonbury 2009 Review Pt. 2

2009-07-09T21:46:36Z

Here's part two.... Saturday. I caught about three minutes of VV Brown as I trundled past the Pyramid. But I had a more interesting appointment with one of the world’s greatest entertainers, the mighty Rolf Harris. Thousands turned out to see h...

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The Glastonbury Festival 2009 Review - Part One!

2009-07-04T08:07:17Z

This is a review of this year's Glastonbury Festival, in Pilton, UK - in three parts, fully illustrated (ha ha!) I’ve just about recovered from this year’s festival. You need about a week to fully recharge and get this thing out of your syst...

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