This month I saw my oncologist and got a plan for the remainder of my treatment. What that means is that we now know when my last lot of chemotherapy starts so we can work out when it should end, add a week to get over the effects, and a couple of weeks to allow […]
Entries from June 16th, 2019
2013 – Mystery Man
June 13th, 2019 · Comments Off on 2013 – Mystery Man · Music
At some point in the 2000’s I just stopped buying CDs. This is a big deal for me, having over-spent on music for as long as I can remember. The thing is, all my existing CDs are only played through the computer, having been ripped ages ago. New music I just stream. I pay the […]
Tags: 1962Onwards·YouTube
The long game
June 11th, 2019 · Comments Off on The long game · Life
Way back in 1974 my mother set up a life policy for me with a friendly society. The premiums were a shilling a week, and a man from the society would come round to collect them. Not every week because, after all, it was only a shilling. I think he came round a couple of […]
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2012 – Spitfire
June 8th, 2019 · Comments Off on 2012 – Spitfire · Music
This was the year I turned 50, when I might have been expected to retreat into listening to back catalogue and leave new music to the youngsters. I would have been happy to do that, but instead there was some excellent new music coming out that was right up my street, although a lot of […]
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2011 – Let England Shake
June 7th, 2019 · Comments Off on 2011 – Let England Shake · Music
While the singles charts continued to be full of songs by “x featuring y”, where x=someone I haven’t heard of and y=someone I have vaguely heard of, there were some interesting albums this year. It was especially good for albums by the sons of other musicians, with albums by Ian Dury’s son Baxter, Neil Finn’s […]
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