While Donald Trump continues to try building his pointless wall, later this year it will thirty years since the Berlin Wall came down. Thirty years – where did it all go? It was an exciting time. One girl from our office went straight out and booked a flight to Berlin so she could see the […]
Entries from February 18th, 2019
Walls old and new
February 18th, 2019 · Comments Off on Walls old and new · Life, Politics
Tags: Nostalgia
1982 – Situation
February 18th, 2019 · Comments Off on 1982 – Situation · Music
It has to be said that 1982 was a pretty poor year for music. Yes it had highlights like The Number of the Beast, Town Called Malice and The Message but they stand out even more for being rare diamonds in a pile of poo. Most years you can look at a list of debut […]
Tags: 1962Onwards
Redefining local
February 18th, 2019 · Comments Off on Redefining local · Life
I was just looking at the website of the Crawley and Horley Observer, the only remaining local newspaper in Crawley. It gives a lot of hints as to why local papers have been in such a decline.
Tags: Local Papers
All Killer – Original Pirate Material (2002)
February 17th, 2019 · Comments Off on All Killer – Original Pirate Material (2002) · Music
Well this is a bit recent for me. When it came out I was nearly 40 and so I should be too old for it, but I picked it up at the market in Lower Marsh one lunchtime and when I put it on the stereo that evening I could not do anything until it […]
1981 – Spellbound
February 17th, 2019 · Comments Off on 1981 – Spellbound · Music
Although I enjoyed the 80’s at the time, I don’t enjoy looking back on them as much as the 70’s. Maybe I should make more of an effort. As far as music was concerned, there was a lot of good stuff, even if a lot of it was quite superficial and 1981 was no exception. […]
Tags: 1962Onwards·Spotify
1980 – Turn It On Again
February 16th, 2019 · Comments Off on 1980 – Turn It On Again · Music
The 70’s are out of the way now, we’ll never see their like again. The 80’s started with a bang, only the first year of the decade and there were already all the elements that would define the musical decade. And 1980 had the one thing that 1979 was missing – a new Genesis album, […]
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1979 – Street Life
February 16th, 2019 · Comments Off on 1979 – Street Life · Music
I’ll try to make this short, but be warned: 1979 is my year. For me it is the best year for music ever, for many reasons but principally because the best album (in my opinion) was released in this year, and that is almost reason enough. This was a transitional time. The 70’s were ready […]
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1978 – Down at the Doctors
February 15th, 2019 · Comments Off on 1978 – Down at the Doctors · Life
1978 really was peak disco year wasn’t it? Obviously there were the Bee Gees singles Night Fever and Stayin’ Alive, but also the other singles from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and the soundtrack album itself which was released towards the end of 1977 but still selling well and spawning singles in 1978. And then […]
Tags: 1962Onwards
Flowers for Valentines Day
February 15th, 2019 · Comments Off on Flowers for Valentines Day · Life
Personally I have always felt a bit ripped off knowing how the price of flowers seems to shoot up on Valentines day, in the same way that restaurants charge a lot more for meals on that day. In the last year I have learned a bit about the florist business at third-hand and feel a […]
1977 – I Feel Love
February 13th, 2019 · Comments Off on 1977 – I Feel Love · Music
A couple of things first: Yes I am shoving out a lot of these posts lately. It is because I realised that I am bloody old so a playlist of one song per year is going to take ages if I only do one a week or something like that. We are getting closer to […]
Tags: 1962Onwards
