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Zobitour

May 3rd, 2026 · Comments Off on Zobitour · Life, Music

I can’t believe that I wrote my little monthly summary of April 2026 and missed out the major event of going up to that London to see Les Négresses Vertes! I saw LNV a few times in London back in the day, but the last time must be more than 30 years ago. I knew […]

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Random List #6

September 17th, 2025 · Comments Off on Random List #6 · Music

The other night I caught a bit of the Iron Maiden documentary on TV. This is the one where Bruce was flying the plan from city to city in his short-sleeved pilot shirt, and then changing to less sober outfits to belt out the hits in wherever they ended up. This is not a concert […]

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Random List #4 & #5

August 11th, 2025 · Comments Off on Random List #4 & #5 · Life, Music

Despite all my initial intentions, I have bought replacements of quite a few albums that I lost when I foolishly offloaded all my vinyl before a house move. Some of them I was very pleased to get again, not because they were brilliant, but because they were brilliant to me, or they had special memories […]

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Random List #3 (Bad LP Covers)

April 11th, 2025 · Comments Off on Random List #3 (Bad LP Covers) · Life, Music

This is a list of some LPs that I own with covers that I consider to be bad. In all cases these are covers that just do not suit the music within, do not meet the quality of the music within, or just do not have the high production values of the records they contain. […]

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Random List #1

February 4th, 2025 · Comments Off on Random List #1 · Life, Music

Since I re-started buying vinyl I have found myself buying LPs by artists that I had previously overlooked to a greater or lesser extent. For example, I used to have a 10CC single (Good Morning Judge) but that was it. Now I have 5 LPs. Even more extreme is Al Stewart. I used to have […]

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2024 – Caroline

January 20th, 2025 · Comments Off on 2024 – Caroline · Life, Music

Yet again I spent a lot more time listening to old music than to new music. My routine now is that I will listen to at least one side of an LP while doing the puzzles in The Times after lunch instead of the radio, and during working hours I have been a lot more […]

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The usual suspects

January 4th, 2025 · Comments Off on The usual suspects · Music

During my motorbike rides to second-hand record shops this week I picked up two classics. The sort of record that nobody gets excited about because it is almost assumed everybody already has it. In fact they are both records that I used to have before I got rid of all my vinyl 20+ years ago. […]

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December 2024

January 2nd, 2025 · Comments Off on December 2024 · Life, Music

December was busy, as Decembers so often are, and fairly eventful. Jayne left her job and returned to her previous one, which I am quite happy about. I will see a lot more of her now because the hours are more sociable, with more rest days and she doesn’t have to factor in long commutes. […]

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Merry War (Xmas is Over)

December 29th, 2024 · Comments Off on Merry War (Xmas is Over) · Life, Music

Jayne was back at work today. My plan had been to go out for a little ride somewhere, but I was feeling a bit bunged up and the weather a tad miserable, so I decided to stay huddled indoors and pack Christmas up for the year.

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Festive playlist strife

December 3rd, 2024 · Comments Off on Festive playlist strife · Life, Music

On Sunday I went up to the loft to bring Christmas down. Personally I couldn’t really care whether the house is decorated or not and if I lived on my own I am pretty sure I wouldn’t bother, but Jayne loves all that stuff and would have had the decs up halfway through November if […]

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