Back in 1982 Peter Gabriel was one of the initiators of the Womad Festival, an event that brought together music, visual art and dance from artists all over the world….
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Do You Know, Do You Care?
Do you know that Phil Collins song, ‘Do You Know, Do You Care?’ It’s one of those Collins tracks that really stands out. It’s a dark and aggressive song about…
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Newcastle City Hall, 1977
In January 1977, from the 1st untill the 23rd, Genesis played an extensive tour in the UK promoting their new album ‘Wind & Wuthering’. Genesis played mostly theaters like the…
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Paperlate!
“No news is good news…” These days I’d wish there’d be some actual news on Genesis but after ‘The Last Domino?’ that’s just wishful thinking. That’s probably why I like…
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A Banksian Writer’s Blog
Dino Jones is an American author from Childersburg, Alabama. Not only is Dino gifted with words, he also happens to be a big Genesis fan. Even more so, a Tony…
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Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
On March 15th 2010 Genesis was inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It had been a long time coming and it brought the classic Genesis line-up together…
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Once upon a poster
In the 1990’s I had posters of ‘Frauds’, ‘Dance Into The Light’ and ‘Calling All Stations’ hanging on my wall. I never tend to forget what I did with my…
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Gary O’Toole
There’s a new topic on the ‘Tell me a story’ page about Gary O’Toole, former drummer of the Seve Hackett band. Gary’s worked with Steve for many years and he’s…
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Genesis @ The Paradiso 1972
In 1972, even before the release of their fourth album ‘Foxtrot’, Genesis toured the UK extensively. In between UK gigs they visited the mainland of Europe, heading out to Italy,…
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All Collins Great and Small
I recently stumbled upon a website with a database for old Dutch newspapers. All things great and small that I would have liked to own physicially are stored digitally on…
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New finds
In the past few weeks genesis-scrapbook’s been updated with some great new additions. Amongst those are lots of cuttings from Peter Gabriel. Check out the PG sections on this website…
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input/output
It’s been 10 years since I’ve seen Peter Gabriel perform live. In 2013 I had a VIP ticket for his Back To Front concert at Ziggo Dome Amsterdam. I attended…
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Careful Carrack
Last Friday on the 19th of May I saw Paul Carrack play live in my old hometown Nijmegen. Mr. Carrack seemed a bit out of spirits, very little enthousiastic and…
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I’m a fan, therefore I am
Making a scrapbook means to relax. It can really take your mind off things. You get to concentrate, to focus deeply, and slowly you wander off into another world. It…
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