Morning! The book I've been 'helping' Mark Dawson write about the Kidderminster Market Tavern is now available to pre-order! https://markettavern.bandcamp.com/
It's 200 full-colour pages packed-full of photos, mirth and memorabilia and featuring bands, big and small: Slowdive, Sebadoh, Radiohead, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Chumbawamba, Cardiacs, The Selecter, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Wedding Present, Extreme Noise Terror, Autechre, The God Machine, Midway Still, Senseless Things, Carter USM, The Primitives, Adorable and hundreds more. The stories are told by the people who were there. bringing this iconic, chaotic, and thoroughly unhygienic venue back to life.
As you might expect, there are quite a lot of pages about the band Cake (UK) too. If you wanted a book featuring photos of me looking like a hairy cherub, this is probably the one for you.
You have until strictly October the 16th to place your order. There will be no bargain basement unsold copies, no cheap Amazon sales, no latecomers, this is your only chance if you want a printed copy. (Badgeman runs a very tight ship). The book will ship by mid November, just in time for the perfect Kidderminster Christmas present. After that, it'll be viewable as an e-book (not as good).
Also available is a very limited edition Market Tavern memorabilia bundle. You have to bundle this with a book and it'll arrive in the same package. These sales will really help the book as the more money it generates, the more things we can pay for such as library registration and even more pages of me banging on about how good Fretblanket are. Plus! If you're quick and we have your size, there are some Market Tavern t-shirts left too.
Don't delay! Order today!