Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas
A while back, I decided I was going to write about the Iain M. Banks sci-fi-novels (mainly as a respite from having to read and write about …
Understated Classics #22: Walking With Thee by Clinic
“Walking With Thee” is the second album by Liverpool band Clinic. It was released in 2002, which seems like an age ago now. Even longer ago …
A Work Of Art At The End Of My Road?
I have had a lot of ideas for posts swirling around in my head in recent days. This is because I have actually done quite a lot of cool …
Album Digest, February 2013
Most Februaries are quite quiet when it comes to albums (though this was not the case back in 2011) and although only the Foals album is a …
On Pynchon
The existence, or impending existence, of a new novel by Thomas Pynchon was announced today. I have all his previous books (seven written …
A Jigsaw
The other weekend, beset by insomnia, I decided to follow my own advice and get up to do something instead of wallowing unable to sleep. I …
Album Digest, January 2013
Only one of this month three albums was actually released this month. Nelly Furtado’s Mi plan was actually released over three years …
Album Digest, December 2012
Three albums (one very Christmassey one!) and an EP this month.
Album Digest, November 2012
Pretty much a sliding scale between songs and electronic wibble on this month’s albums and a particularly damp, chilly feeling to …
A Mountain Story
A cat reaches the top of a mountain after a long climb through the snow. He is cold from the bottom of his fur to the tips of his claws. He …
Understated Classics #21: Woob 2 by Woob
The second Woob album (AKA “Woob 4495”) is probably the greatest ambient album ever made and is certainly the best one you have never heard …
Ambitions
Sometimes, when I am feeling a bit down, I like to write down some of my ambitions. As you can see from this list they are mostly pretty …