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New York street art and signs – SoHo and the Bowery in forty photos
Posted on Thursday, Jun 20, 2019 | No CommentsI was back in New York earlier this year, and took this series of forty photographs showing some of the street art and scenes around Soho and the Bowery. -
![On the last day of our US tour, the band’s driver – the ever-accommodating Steve Michener – took us up to Griffith Park, where we were able to enjoy commanding […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/griffith-observatory-la-01-115x115.jpg "In photos: The Griffith Observatory and Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California")
In photos: The Griffith Observatory and Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California
Posted on Monday, Jun 17, 2019 | No CommentsOn the last day of our US tour, the band’s driver – the ever-accommodating Steve Michener – took us up to Griffith Park, where we were able to enjoy commanding […] -
![Here’s a set of photos of road signs, street lights, wires and traffic signs from the east and west coasts of America. I grabbed the pictures as I toured with […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/america-signs-lights-wires-01-115x115.jpg "On tour in America: road signs, street lights, snow, wires and traffic signs in 100 photos")
On tour in America: road signs, street lights, snow, wires and traffic signs in 100 photos
Posted on Thursday, May 30, 2019 | No CommentsHere’s a set of photos of road signs, street lights, wires and traffic signs from the east and west coasts of America. I grabbed the pictures as I toured with […] -
![In March this year, The Monochrome Set embarked on a breakneck USA tour, packing in nine gigs in ten days on both the East and West coasts of America. Merchmeister […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/17mono-set-west-coast-23-115x115.jpg "Tour diary – The Monochrome Set on the west coast of the USA")
Tour diary – The Monochrome Set on the west coast of the USA
Posted on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | 1 CommentIn March this year, The Monochrome Set embarked on a breakneck USA tour, packing in nine gigs in ten days on both the East and West coasts of America. Merchmeister […] -
![Last September, The Monochrome Set played the main stage at the BAM Festival in Barcelona and had a brilliant time of it. We were playing in front of thousands of […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/monochrome-set-bam-barcelona-01-115x115.jpg "In photos: The Monochrome Set at the BAM festival, Barcelona, Sept 2018")
In photos: The Monochrome Set at the BAM festival, Barcelona, Sept 2018
Posted on Sunday, Apr 7, 2019 | No CommentsLast September, The Monochrome Set played the main stage at the BAM Festival in Barcelona and had a brilliant time of it. We were playing in front of thousands of […] -
![Earlier this month, I was with The Monochrome Set on a whistle-stop tour of the US, taking in no less than nine gigs and three radio sessions on both the […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/usa-tour-1-1-115x115.jpg "Dispatches from the Monochrome Set’s USA tour, March 2019")
Dispatches from the Monochrome Set’s USA tour, March 2019
Posted on Wednesday, Mar 27, 2019 | No CommentsEarlier this month, I was with The Monochrome Set on a whistle-stop tour of the US, taking in no less than nine gigs and three radio sessions on both the […] -
In photos: Central Park in the snow on St David’s Day, New York, March 2019
Posted on Wednesday, Mar 13, 2019 | 3 CommentsHere’s a selection of snowy scenes taken in New York’s Central Park on the 1st March 2019, St David’s Day. -
![Here’s a selection of London scenes photographed over a decade ago. Above, you can see the much-missed Astoria Theatre which was cruelly flattened to make way for CrossRail. Read more […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/london-photos-november-2008-01-115x115.jpg "Lost London: photos of The Astoria, 12 Bar Club, Denmark St and street scenes, Nov 2008")
Lost London: photos of The Astoria, 12 Bar Club, Denmark St and street scenes, Nov 2008
Posted on Tuesday, Feb 26, 2019 | No CommentsHere’s a selection of London scenes photographed over a decade ago. Above, you can see the much-missed Astoria Theatre which was cruelly flattened to make way for CrossRail. Read more […] -
A damp and grey day in Sheffield – with high-level flasher, main roads and The Monochrome Set, Feb 2019
Posted on Friday, Feb 15, 2019 | No CommentsLast weekend, I paid my second visit to Sheffield in recent times and once again failed spectacularly to see anything of what I know is a most excellent city. -
![A market town in County Durham, Stockton-on-Tees is famous for its associations with the friction match and the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which operated the world’s first steam-hauled passenger train in […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/stockton-street-photos-01-115x115.jpg "Stockton-on-Tees photos: street market scenes, rain, walking barrels and bargain hunters, Dec 2018")
Stockton-on-Tees photos: street market scenes, rain, walking barrels and bargain hunters, Dec 2018
Posted on Monday, Dec 3, 2018 | No CommentsA market town in County Durham, Stockton-on-Tees is famous for its associations with the friction match and the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which operated the world’s first steam-hauled passenger train in […] -
![The capital of northeastern Spain’s Aragon region, Zaragoza overlooks the Ebro River and is famous for its Islamic and Gothic architecture. However, my attention was more taken by the vivid colours, […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/zaragoza-photos-12-115x115.jpg "Zaragoza photos: Colours, life, street art, signs, architecture and The Monochrome Set")
Zaragoza photos: Colours, life, street art, signs, architecture and The Monochrome Set
Posted on Wednesday, Oct 24, 2018 | No CommentsThe capital of northeastern Spain’s Aragon region, Zaragoza overlooks the Ebro River and is famous for its Islamic and Gothic architecture. However, my attention was more taken by the vivid colours, […] -
![Here’s a selection of photographs taken around Hamburg earlier this year. Once again, I was back in the city with my band, The Monochrome Set, although this time it was […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hamburg-signs-stickers-street-art-markets-01-115x115.jpg "Hamburg photos: signs, stickers, street art, street markets and The Monochrome Set")
Hamburg photos: signs, stickers, street art, street markets and The Monochrome Set
Posted on Wednesday, Aug 22, 2018 | No CommentsHere’s a selection of photographs taken around Hamburg earlier this year. Once again, I was back in the city with my band, The Monochrome Set, although this time it was […] -
![Located in the tiny village of Petit-Fays, near Bièvre, in the south of the province of Namur in Belgium, the P’tit Faystival is one of the most unlikely places to stumble […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ptit-festival-belgium-2018-01-115x115.jpg "P’tit Faystival – where a tiny village in Belgium goes crazy for music, July 2018")
P’tit Faystival – where a tiny village in Belgium goes crazy for music, July 2018
Posted on Tuesday, Jul 24, 2018 | No CommentsLocated in the tiny village of Petit-Fays, near Bièvre, in the south of the province of Namur in Belgium, the P’tit Faystival is one of the most unlikely places to stumble […] -
![La Ferme Electrique is a fabulously friendly small musical festival in Tournan-en-Brie, some 25 minutes from Paris via train, that runs over two nights in July. Small scale, alternative, fiercely […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/la-ferme-electrique-festival-01-115x115.jpg "The fabulous La Ferme Electrique festival, Tournan en Brie, France, with The Monochrome Set, Fri 6th July 2018")
The fabulous La Ferme Electrique festival, Tournan en Brie, France, with The Monochrome Set, Fri 6th July 2018
Posted on Tuesday, Jul 10, 2018 | No CommentsLa Ferme Electrique is a fabulously friendly small musical festival in Tournan-en-Brie, some 25 minutes from Paris via train, that runs over two nights in July. Small scale, alternative, fiercely […] -
![Located on the River Rhine, Mainz was founded as a military post by the Romans in the late 1st century BC and is famous as the home of the movable-type printing […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mainz-germany-photos-01-115x115.jpg "Mainz in photos: architecture, tasty train meals, street scenes and The Monochrome Set, May 2018")
Mainz in photos: architecture, tasty train meals, street scenes and The Monochrome Set, May 2018
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 | 1 CommentLocated on the River Rhine, Mainz was founded as a military post by the Romans in the late 1st century BC and is famous as the home of the movable-type printing […]