Tipton…we shall overcome

Tipton is my home town, I’m proud to come from there and live there, I’m proud it’s multicultural and the community will get through this new difficulty. The media is stoking up the usual shit. The bomb has shocked the community, fortunately no one was hurt. but the media are now spinning it out of all comprehension. I live 5 mins walk from the mosque and no one in my street heard the explosion. I have been contacted by a friend in Surrey who has asked if I’m ok because it’s on their news about the ‘riots last night’ ? !!! What fucking riots?!!! The town suffered from rubbish media portrayal years ago with the ‘Tipton Taliban’ slur on the town…so just fuck off with your bollox! You have a responsibility to report the truth, you have once again been lacking in this! The police corned half the town off last night…it was a complete joke…but none of it is funny…its just wrong…both the planting of the device, and the reaction / reporting of it from the media, and the reaction of the police…all it was was to Alarm and stoke the fires of hate. It’s piss poor on all accounts!

Tipton for ever!

 

HOT OFF THE PRESS…NEWS FLASH…

HOT OFF THE PRESS…NEWSFLASH… Sat 13th July… Gary O’Dea supporting Martin Stephenson @ Solihull Arts Complex, Library Sq, Touchwood, Homer Rd, Solihull, B91 3RG  http://www.solihullartscomplex.co.uk/Arts/Martin-Stephenson–Solo-Tour/3820 Tickets £10 – doors 7:30pm (Gary on stage @ 8pm). Martin Stephenson & Gary O’Dea…the Laverne & Shirley of Rock n Roll 😉 don’t miss. Martin – fresh from his triumphant storming of the Glastonbury Festival and O’Dea fresh from the market 🙂 lol…

For additional live information on Gary please visit https://www.gojo-music.co.uk/live-dates/

RIP Clydeside’s Jimmy Reid – A Real Working Class Hero

RIP to Jimmy Reid the Clydeside Trade Union activists who died this week. He was an inspiring orator (something very much lacking in the last couple of decades via politics) – this speech delivered on his inauguration as rector of Glasgow University in 1972 was compared to the Gettysburg address… it has lost little of its relevance!    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/still-irresistible-a-workingclass-heros-finest-speech-2051285.html

Bandcamp Bargains

Get Gary’s cds for bargain prices via Bandcamp http://garyodea-gojomusic.bandcamp.com/

Love Hounds & Fortune Cookies cd/album available to download for £5 http://garyodea-gojomusic.bandcamp.com/album/love-hounds-n-fortune-cookies

Sittin’ On Your Fence cd/ep (features Steve Gibbons, PJ Wright and Gary Lammin) available to download for £2 http://garyodea-gojomusic.bandcamp.com/album/sittin-on-your-fence-ep-cd

Twenty Years of Love & Pain cd/ep (produced by Martin Stephenson) available to download for £2 http://garyodea-gojomusic.bandcamp.com/album/twenty-years-of-love-and-pain-they-hurt-the-same-ep-cd

Looking Forward By Thinking Back cd/album  downloads and cd copies available from £8 http://garyodea-gojomusic.bandcamp.com/album/looking-forward-by-thinking-back

Thanks for your support