Well, it’s that time of year again… when the bigwigs of the music industry encourage us to all vote with our wallets for the record that will form part of Christmas Compilation albums for years to come. I will get around to writing my top 10 Christmas #1′s soon, but first a look at what [...]
Back in September I turned 28. 28 is one of those refelective ages, where you sum up where you are now, where you’ve come from, and indeed, wonder where you’re going. I’ve spent a lot of time recently thinking about this. I don’t get hung up on ages, unlike my brother, I suppose I will [...]
I like Jakob Neilsen. He says an awful lot without paying much attention to reality. In line with his annual Top 10 Design Mistakes he has decided to publish the Top 10 Weblog Design Mistakes. An interesting read – but the second point he makes about no author photos probably doesn’t take into account the [...]
One of my favourite comedians of all time is Jasper Carrott, so when he was bringing an updated version of his “christmas cracker” to the N.E.C., I had to go along. Rock With Laughter is a variety show of music, dance and comedy, compered by Carrott himself. Carrott opened with his usual “Oggie Oggie Oggie” [...]
Went to see Amy Wadge live at the Marr’s Bar in Worcester last night. We haven’t seen her live since she played the Birmingham Jam House last year. She played a lot of tracks from her new album (out in January), including the single “Usa? We’ll Wait and See”. Strange title, but not a bad [...]