In Praise of Pilates
In searching for something to write about today, I wondered whether I had ever written about Pilates on this blog before. I modified the …
Fun With Chat-GPT
I asked:
Don't Break The Chain
2025 might be a tough year, but I am going to try and blog every day. It means that now and then I might be writing a post like this one, …
2024 Albums of the Year #1: Bolis Pupul, Letter To Yu
Bolis Pupul (the stage name of Boris Zeebroek) is an artist on Soulwax’s Deewee label. “Letter to Yu” is his debut album, …
2024 Albums of the Year #2: Waxahatchee, Tigers Blood
“Tiger’s Blood” is a glorious bundle of songs that writhe with brains and heart, with love and friendship, and many other …
2024 Albums of the Year #3: Acopia, Acopia
Acopia are a band from Melbourne Australia with that time honoured line up of one girl and two guys. This eponymous album is their second …
2024 Albums of the Year #4: Adrianne Lenker, Bright Future
One album that’s lurking in the periphery of my understated classics series is “Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You” …
2024 Albums of the Year #5: Il Quadro di Troisi, La Commedia
It’s interesting that an album sung entirely in Italian ended up being one of my favourites of the year, but perhaps not surprising …
2024 Albums of the Year #6: Total Blue, Total Blue
What do you think of when you think of the colour blue? The sea? Perhaps the sky? Maybe it makes you think of blue stones like sapphires, or …
2024 Albums of the Year #7: MGMT, Loss Of Life
I don’t know very much about MGMT these days. I haven’t read any interviews about their albums. The video to the single …
2024 Albums of the Year #8: Pet Shop Boys Nonetheless
Nonetheless is the fifteenth album by the Pet Shop Boys. As seems to be a common theme with this top 10 so far, it’s an album that …
2024 Albums of the Year #9: Cassandra Jenkins, My Light, My Destroyer
The first time I listened to this album, I was still off work sick with Covid, but well enough to go out for a walk on what was too hot a …