Reading time: < 1 min Lineup announced. Tickets on sale tomorrow. One of my fav bands, the Foo Fighters are confirmed!! I missed them two years ago when they played Glasgow Green with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and was majorly hacked off. I promised myself I’d catch them next time they appeared in Scotland. Guess what. I’m on holiday…
Reading time: < 1 min Understandably, after last night’s movie, I took The Definitive Ray Charles into work with me today and have been enjoying re-listening to the songs that have been gathering dust on my CD rack for far too long. (Night Time Is) The Right Time (a particularly memorable performance in the movie) came blasting through the headphones…
Reading time: < 1 min Movie info from IMDB Movie reviews from Metacritic Just back from the cinema and have a head full of gospel R&B. The lifestory of Ray Charles is well reflected in his music, even if you don’t realise it, and his problems are well enough documented that the main storyline is no surprise. However to make…
Reading time: < 1 min Firstly thanks for the generous and kind words, they were very warmly received (I’ll won’t say anymore or I’ll get all gushy). It almost got as far as this but I’m a great believer in “don’t let the bastards grind you down” and so from here on I’ll just ignore them instead. It’s the small…
Reading time: 2 mins The Brit Awards have rolled around again and somehow the best single of the past twenty five years it Angels by Robbie Williams (as voted by Radio 2 listeners which I think says more about them than the state of pop music). I sincerely hope that is NOT the legacy we are offering our children!…
Reading time: < 1 min … I feel like just stopping. Ohh the temptation to leave that first sentence, sitting there alone, and hit that PUBLISH button is almost enough for me. But what then? A cry for help? A blogger in trouble? Apathy? Stress? Breakdown? Why? Why? Why? Or is it validation that is required. Please love me, please…