Five lessons from a year of blogging
I have now been writing decent length articles on this site for about a year. I have learned a lot in this time, mostly about writing but …
Album Digest, July 2011
Quite a mixed bag this month.
The News
“I read the news today, oh boy” (The Beatles, A Day In The Life.)
Understated Classics #11: Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld
A Beta Test Of Everything
Reading a few articles about the recent launch of Google+, a few things hit home. Google tends to launch a product that works and not always …
Why I Love The Jungle Book
Just as with the understated classics I want to set out my stall early on that good movies are good enough. Both Betty Blue and today’s …
Maps And Charts
When I was growing up a framed print of a map hung on the wall in the hallway. It was one of my favourite things, littered with strange …
Album Digest, June 2011
I have had the sort of month that is not conducive to listening to much new music. Therefore this month’s post is only going to consider two …
Understated Classics #10: Tubular Bells II by Mike Oldfield
It was the artwork that got me interested in Tubular Bells II. Rendering Trevor Key’s wonderful icon of the twisted tubular bell in …
Favourite Numbers
What’s your favourite number?
J. G. Ballard, Concrete Island
Album Digest, May 2011
Four albums this month: Kate Bush Director’s Cut Africa Hitech 93 Million Miles Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues TV On The Radio Nine Types of …