The Optimist Gallery: Andrea
Back in 2001, my cousin and I were big fans of The Stereophonics and I mean BIG. We knew the words to ‘A…
The Optimist Gallery: Sue from Germany
Hi, I’d never consciously heard of Turin Brakes – neither the name nor the music before I went to see Travis live in…
The Optimist Gallery: Scott
Hi there, I did a blog post recently (here) in which I listed songs that reminded me of certain points/place in time. By…
The Optimist Gallery: Devon
Hello: I have been a Turin Brakes fan since the fall of 2001, when I discovered their album by accident on a tour…
The Optimist Gallery: Today is the day
While indeed we look back on The Optimist LP during March, today IS the day. Today, 10 years ago, The Optimist Lp was…
The Optimist Gallery: Andrew Fisher
MY OPTIMIST By Andrew Fisher (Merman on the old Turin Brakes forum) In writing about the 10th anniversary of The Optimist LP’s release,…
The Optimist Gallery: Trey
I don’t think this is a usual way of getting into a band, suffice to say that if it were not for Turin…
The Optimist Gallery: John from Manchester
Firstly, let me say happy birthday. Didn’t realise it was 10 years already…how time flies and all that! Made me feel old…! I…
THE OPTIMIST LP | 10 years | The Gallery Starts
Cubscouts are screaming, needing icescreaming and all the pleasures of June I’m in a parked car, flowers seem friendly and people in hall…
Reminder: Calling all Optimists!
Ether Site is still looking for more contributions to the brand new Optimist Gallery. I’ve already got some great contributions but more is…