It’s February, so I’m a little bit late to add to all of the reviews of last year posts, but when did timeliness ever matter here? I could go through what happened in the year but that would probably bore you dear reader, never mind me – and I lived through it. Instead I’m going …
Category Archives: Music
Friday Lyrics No 1
It’s been a little while but here’s a lyric; What a brave, brave girl Never lied before Such a plain deceit Everyone would eventually know
A little light distraction
If you have a little spare time you could do worse than watch (and listen to) this amazing episode of “Live from Daryl’s House”. http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/currentep.html?ep_id=72 The Daryl in question was once half of Hall and Oates and here he is playing a few tunes with Rumer. If you haven’t got much time just skip forward …
Musical Cornucopia
2013 is turning into a cracking year for new music from some of my favourite artists. I feel like I am being spoiled. I’ve already taken delivery of Standards by Lloyd Cole and Alaska by The Silver Seas. Both are in heavy rotation and get better by the listen. As if that wasn’t enough I …
The Music Randomiser
Inspired by the top people at Word Magazine and their semi-regular ‘Randomizer’ feature I decided to share what is playing on my music player with anyone who stumbles across this page. It’s quite simple really. Set the music player of your choice to random (in my case that’s iTunes) and list the first 5 tracks …
Did I mention XTC?
I don’t know when it happened but one day in my early 40’s I woke up and discovered that I love XTC. Along with Prefab Sprout they are probably the finest pop artists of the last thirty years. As evidence allow me to present the fantastic Mayor of Simpleton; You should also listen to Wasp …
No, Surrender
Taking a leaf out of the ever smashing Scaryduck’s book please find below a top tune for you to love. It’s from Justin Currie’s first solo album “What is Love For?” and comes in two parts because it is double good; No, Surrender – Part 1 No, Surrender – Part 2 For some unknown reason …
I Believe I Can Change My World
In 1995 I bought an album called “Tall Blonde Helicopter” by Francis Dunnery. Last night he played most of it in my living room. Accompanied by stories about the events and people that inspired the songs he was singing Francis managed to engage and entrance an audience largely made up of people unfamiliar with his …
A little bit Rock and Roll
One of the things that has been keeping me away from writing on this blog is a little bit of rock and roll. I’m pleased to announce that on Thursday the 18th of November, 2009 we will be hosting a Francis Dunnery house concert. I’ve been a fan of his for (more than) a few …
Way to Normal
People, good news. Ben Folds has a new record coming out called “Way to Normal”. It’s out in September, remarkably close to my birthday. Hearing this news has made my day. For more information check out the details in an interview in the (previously unknown to me) magazine called Paste.