Music
The sounds, the lyrics, the noise, the quiet, the stadium gigs, the basement gigs, the buskers, the voices, the instruments.
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From Napster to iPod to Music
I’ve had this post in draft since March 2021, no doubt triggered by an article about iPods or MP3s ‘back in the day’. As is the case with these things, I’ve recently stumbled across a few different posts which all harken back, and touch upon, some of my own thoughts that I never fully fleshed…
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Pianoforte
I’m sure I had full length trousers I could’ve worn – I know for certain I had a pair of dungarees at some point during the height of my Oor Wullie phase – but for some reason in my memories of cycling to my childhood piano lessons I’m always wearing shorts. Wheeling my big black…
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T in the Park
My feet hurt! Having spent the past two days, wandering round a field, stumbling over tonnes of discarded plastic pint glasses, inhaling enough second-hand hits to keep me high for a week, and only once almost kicking over someone’s line of coke… I have to declare that – T in the Park was fucking excellent.…
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T in the Park #11
Doesn’t seem like two weeks ago that I started to bore you all silly with this… dammit, hang on a second… (The only thing about sharing iTunes with my wife is the ‘shuffle’ mode which seems to prefer Wham! tracks to anything else). Right, where was I? Ohh yes, firstly big thanks to everyone who…
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T in the Park #10
Sunday on the Main Stage Final day of the festival, and here’s the artists appearing on the main stage (reverse order of appearance): Goldie Lookin Chain – never heard of them, so are they worth a gander? Scissor Sisters – No questions here. I WILL be catching them (Mike would never forgive me!) Franz Ferdinand…
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T in the Park #9
Saturday on the Main Stage On to the BIG names then, the ones who score chart hits and have the “true muso’s” frowning at them. So, in reverse order of appearance: Big Brovaz – I was intrigued by their first couple of singles but seem little more than a novelty act at the moment. The…