So this is probabaly a rather leftfield choice and a difficult album to kick proceedings off with as parts of it sound rather odd 70 years after it’s release, but odd in a rather brilliant […]
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The Turing Test (Soundtrack to an Imaginary Film)
Another movie in my head that now has it’s own soundtrack. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/545iiYndSssryyuFi8wgiA?si=munbGhkpQSacvACZN0aiWw
POTW 1 (Playlist of the Week)
Playlist of the Week, it’s a playlist, weekly. There’s not much more to say about it than that.
Things I Didn’t Know (an occasional series on a large topic)
I was asked to provide music for a work thing next week relating to Black History Month. Essentially a 3 hour (ish) playlist that can be put on shuffle while people mill about not knowing […]
KOKOKO! – Fongola (and BlueDot 2019)
I received a yellow vinyl version of Fongola by KoKoKo! a couple of weeks ago via my Rough Trade subscription and I didn’t get to play it more than once before I headed to Hong […]
Top 50 Albums of 1976
Here we are, back in 1976, a year in which I celebrated my 9th Birthday and also the year that Apple Computer Company was formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the CN tower in […]
Spinning 45’s
I have been playing some 45’s this evening, it’s more effort than chucking an album on but I rather enjoyed it anyway, it’s like a mixtape of sorts I suppose. Some of the 45’s were […]
David Bowie Shelf collapse shocker!
One of the shelves holding my records collapsed, it was not a very strong shelf and it was holding rather a lot of albums, so it was not entirely unexpected, it was just a matter […]
Bjork – The Gate
I received an e-mail a few days ago telling me that the new Bjork single, The Gate, had been released a couple of days early with a download code, i went to apple music instead […]
What’s in the Bag? (101)
Yesterday I replaced my missing copy of ‘Outlandos D’Amour’ by The Police. The album was released in November of 1978 but I already had the single that preceded it, namely ‘Can’t Stand Losing You’, which […]
What’s in the Bag? (100)
Attempting to discuss a genre of music that you are, for the most part, unfamiliar with, is difficult. In my case the genre is Rap or Hip-Hop and derivatives thereof. I just don’t know enough […]
Mix Tape: Volume 2: Sides 1 & 2
Well, here’s a whole mix tape fully formed, based around the end of the 70’s and the beginning of the 80’s. Volume 2: Side 1 Poptones – Public Image Ltd. Atmosphere – Joy Division A […]
Now That’s What I Call Music Minus 17
This is an addition to the other load of these I’ve done. The premise was: ‘Now! that’s what I call Music’ is not really my thing, however, I started making up my own, going backwards […]
MIX TAPE: VOLUME 1 – SIDE 2 – TRACK 15
Side 2, Track 15: Total Run Time: 60:00 minutes The Stranglers: Strange Little Girl: 3 Minutes 34 Seconds: 1981 Well, I do love The Stranglers, and it was either this or ‘Golden Brown’ to finish […]
A Real Mix Tape, on real tape!!
I made a trip up into the attic this afternoon as I decided, for no good reason, that I wanted to make an old fashion mix tape, on an actual cassette. I know, that makes […]
