I have been looking forward to reaching 1972 for two reasons: it is when there staarted to be so much good (to me) music that choosing one track starts to get harder, and one of those track is possibly the greatest song ever. A strong assertion thre, but listen properly to Papa Was A Rollin’ […]
Entries from February 5th, 2019
1972 – Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone
February 5th, 2019 · Comments Off on 1972 – Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone · Music
Tags: 1962Onwards·Spotify
All Killer, No Filler
February 3rd, 2019 · Comments Off on All Killer, No Filler · Music
I think the phrase “All killer: no filler” is a familiar one. As applied to music it is an LP which only has tracks that are what are currently referred to as ‘bangers’. Obviously it is a very subjective matter. One person’s killer track is another person’s waste of space.
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1971 – A Horse With No Name
February 3rd, 2019 · Comments Off on 1971 – A Horse With No Name · Music
At last we reach a year when I know I was actively listening to some music that I am still happy to listen to today. Of course I was still limited mostly to what Radio 1 was playing, but I was engaging with it a lot more. It is a missed opportunity that it was […]
Tags: 1962Onwards
Hitting Primark
February 2nd, 2019 · Comments Off on Hitting Primark · Life
Went on a small trolley-dash in Primark today. While the clothes in M&S or Next might be nicer or of better quality, if you need lots of clothes in a hurry you can’t beat Primark. Having lost about 4 stone in weight, 6 inches of waistline and a couple of inches of collar size over […]
Tags: Shopping
WordPress help needed
February 1st, 2019 · 3 Comments · Technology
I have been getting a lot of spam comments lately. Most gets caught in the filters, but a lot ends up in the to-be-approved queue and takes time to clear out. I have noticed that nearly all of it is on the same page – and it is a ‘page’ in WordPress terminology rather than […]
January health update
February 1st, 2019 · 2 Comments · Life
I know I said that I don’t intend to bang on about my experiences with cancer, but will indulge in the odd update for those who are interested. The story so far (TL;DR version): after increasing difficulty swallowing I got diagnosed with having a cancerous tumour in my oesophagus. Various scans confirmed the diagnosis and […]
Tags: Cancer·Medicine/Health
1970 – 25 or 6 to 4
February 1st, 2019 · Comments Off on 1970 – 25 or 6 to 4 · Music
At last we reach the 70’s, the best decade for music. That is only my opinion of course, but it is also a fact! The decade of prog, glam, reggae, soul, disco, blues rock, punk, krautrock, the start of rap, and much more. Of course in 1970 I was still only 8 and not really […]
Tags: 1962Onwards·Spotify
1969 – Sweet Caroline
February 1st, 2019 · Comments Off on 1969 – Sweet Caroline · Music
As the sixties come to a close, there were a few very catchy tunes in 1969 that I know I heard a lot on the radio. Sugar, Sugar by the Arches is one that we were all singing in the playground at primary school, and there was Boom Bang-a-Bang by Lulu and A boy Named […]
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