Life's about experiences. These are mine.
So with less than a month to go there is a real sense of excitement in the Thompson household as we prepare to go back to Orlando. Notwithstanding that this is the sixth time that we will have been to Florida as a family we still all really enjoy it and it is a true …
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 …
I’ve decided that Birmingham gets a bad rap. This last weekend Helen and I spent the weekend there, ostensibly to visit our younger son who is studying at university there but also as a chance to spend a weekend away. And Birmingham is really not as bad as people make out. In fact it is …
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 …
Bill going thru Parliament to rename August Bank Holiday “Margaret Thatcher Day”. When you stop throwing up-sign this http://t.co/pereTXZRrU — Stephen Mangan (@StephenMangan) January 13, 2014 So while signing this very worthwhile e-petition, highlighted to me by Stephen Mangan (to be clear it wasn’t specifically sent to me by Mangan, I’m not that special to …