Life's about experiences. These are mine.
These days I am fairly picky about what gigs I go to. I am no longer interested in someone that simply plays their latest record making it note perfect. What’s the point in that? I could just sit in the comfort of my own lounge and listen without the pain of having to endure a …
Continue reading “Boo Hewerdine, South Street Reading, 2014”
Having missed out on Monty Python tickets completely there was no way that I was going to suffer a similar disappointment securing tickets to see Neil Finn. Turns out that not only did I get tickets I got front row and centre! Last night we took up our places at the feet of the great …
I didn’t think that I would be downloading quite so much this month given that I was on holiday for half the month but I still seem to have managed a reasonable amount! This months additions are: Prides – Covers Prides – The Seeds You Sow EP Alex Turner – Submarine John Wetton – Raised in Captivity 9Bach- Tincian (SoS) …
After last month’s bumper crop a quieter time this month. This months additions are: Asia – Gravitas John Mayer – Paradise Valley Roller Trio – Tracer (SoS) LSO – Sibelius Symphony No.2 (SoS) I have long been a fan of John Mayer and went to see him live when he was in London long before he …
There is a joke, attributed to John Lennon, that when asked if Ringo Starr was the best drummer in the world he replied that he wasn’t even the best drummer in the Beatles. Something similar could be applied to Mike Rutherford, the guitarist from Genesis. That accolade would probably go to first Steve Hackett and …
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So a real bumper crop this month, although somewhat skewed by De La Soul releasing their back catalogue for free for 24 hours. So this months additions are: King King – Take My Hand Samantha Crain – Kid Face (SoS) LSO – Bruckner – Symphony No 9 (SoS) De La Soul – AOI: Bionix De La Soul …
So I attended another gig at the superb Arlington Arts Centre on Thursday. It is a small venue, maybe only 300-400 people but they seem to manage to get some really good acts there. This time it was the excellent blues band King King who had first come to my attention at Weyfest last year – I recommend …
A couple of years ago a mate of mine started to buy a new CD a week and tweeted it’s title and a (very) small review. Despite the rest of the world having moved over to downloads Dirk has continued his weekly CD buying habit ever since. I find it fascinating that there is quite so …
So I have been looking at buying a album on Amazon. I have pretty much stopped buying CDs unless they are offering something that I cannot get from the download alone, such as it being signed. As you can see from the image right in this particular case it would be cheaper to buy the …