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Paul weller seattle7/6/2023 In the Jam: (from left) Bruce Foxton, Rick Buckler and Paul WellerI in 1977. “I’ve got to buy my boy some birthday presents. “We can get this done in 45 minutes, can’t we?” he says. He strides between music, family and work as quickly as possible. Weller has a reputation for being grumpy, but he’s not, he’s impatient. He’s got some energy, Weller.īut then, he always had: his peculiar, jittery nerviness fills the room whenever you meet him. Not forgetting his other five children, whose ages range from 27 to nine. Also: he’s got married to his girlfriend, Hannah, and they had the twins, John Paul and Bowie. He’s co-designed two seasons of a new men’s clothing line, Real Stars Are Rare (he’s wearing a lovely navy double-breasted suit from the collection, with a silk hanky in the pocket and brown Bottega Veneta shoes). He’s been touring all the time, as usual. He’s brought out two albums, Wake Up The Nation (2010) and Sonik Kicks (2012), plus a compilation LP, More Modern Classics, last year. Time goes faster when you’re busy, of course, and Weller has been particularly prolific in the past five years. “Look at the filthy look that kid’s giving me.” The picture is more than 30 years old. “They’re not happy about it, are they?” he says. Weller is bowling through them, all slicked-back hair and tweedy overcoat. Still with music on his mind: “Have you heard the new Blur album? It’s their best yet” “I prefer Noel’s stuff now to what he was doing with Oasis at the end” “ ‘Happy’ is one of the greatest records I’ve ever heard.” On a table, there’s an old copy of The Face, with a now-famous picture of him surrounded by young, Parka-ed Mods. For a start, Weller doesn’t appear to have aged: he’s been in his silver-fox era for a few years now, and, really, he still seems exactly like Paul Weller – smartly dressed, consciously coiffed, edgy, dandy, sharp. “Can you believe it?” he says, and I can’t, quite. I thought I’d interviewed Weller only a few months back, but it turns out that the last time we spoke was five years ago. “I do think about this stuff, but it’s best not to. “The twins are three now, so in 10 years’ time, when they’re 13, I’ll be 66, 67… Oof. Record Store Day was launched in the US seven years ago, coming to the UK a year later.I n a photographer’s studio in Harlesden, north west London, Paul Weller is doing some maths. With the masses, neck bent into their smartphones, let all of us music lovers GPS our way into a reality that is the record store. Speaking about his appointment, he commented: “In this age where industry has threaded the music sound with virtual sight and story I am honoured to be called upon to be Record Store Day Ambassador of 2014. The names of the seven artists and musicians will be revealed this Monday (March 24).Ĭhuck D has been named as the official ambassador of Record Store Day 2014. Other big name artists contributing to this year’s event include Damon Albarn, The Beach Boys, Chvrches, Edwyn Collins, Disclosure, Fleetwood Mac, Haim, Joy Division, Kings Of Leon, Metronomy, OutKast, Slipknot and The Rolling Stones, while Temples and Jagwar Ma have teamed up for a split seven-inch.Ī number of mystery artists have contributed to the Secret 7″ project in which seven tracks are pressed onto vinyl 100 times before artists are invited to design one-of-a-kind sleeves for the records.
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