G is for... Apr 18, 2019 I began to hear about this amazing acoustic player who plays percussion on his guitar while playing it, and sings at the same time.
2011 AotY Retcon Apr 05, 2019 Small point of order – I have retroactively changed Clive's Album of the Year 2011.
Dark mode Mar 20, 2019 Sometimes I post stuff on here that doesn't sound very happy, or not like I'm in a very good place.
Things American people refer to all the time as if everyone knows what they are, but anyone from outside North America doesn't... Oct 08, 2018 Half & half, Sweet & Low, Crisco, WTF?
Spontaneous fictions, x in an occasional series... Aug 21, 2018 Don’t start on them. You know they’ve been short staffed since that thing with Kenny.
Dad Jul 13, 2018 In 1926 in the city of Liverpool there was born a boy, and today would have been his 92nd birthday...
The Gin Diesel Jun 08, 2018 Many years ago, I came up with an excellent name for a cocktail – the "Gin Diesel".
What now? May 11, 2018 So yeah, observant listeners may have realised that I have now completed my task of picking an Album of the Year (plus runners-up where applicable) for every year from 2017 right back to the year of my birth, 1974.
Clive's Album of the Year, 2017 May 02, 2018 People have been banging on about how shit 2017 was… and they're not wrong… but hey, did everyone forget about 2016?
Clive's Album of the Year, 1974-1976 Jan 31, 2018 The end, or I suppose, the beginning. Back to 1974, the year of my birth.
Clive's Album of the Year, 1977-1980 Jan 30, 2018 On we go, come on come on, keep up, I haven't got all day, you know.
Clive's Album of the Year, 1981-1985 Jan 19, 2018 Right, I hadn't developed a real taste in music this far back, and a lot of what I've gotten into from these years is the back catalogues of a handful of bands...
Clive's Album of the Year, 1986 Nov 10, 2017 1986 was designated the International Year of Peace by the UN. Good-oh.
Clive's Album of the Year, 2016 Sep 20, 2017 Unnnnnngh. Whoo. Ummm… yeah. 2016. OK. Shit. Right. Let’s do this.
Clive's Album of the Year, 1987 Aug 03, 2017 I was at school with bad hair and short curly skin, choosing my subjects for GCSE, and in a deeply committed relationship with my ZX Spectrum.
Clive's Album of the Year, 1988 May 25, 2017 1988 was the year in the 20th century that had the most digits when written as Roman numerals: MCMLXXXVIII. So there's that.
Clive's Album of the Year, 1989 Apr 06, 2017 In 1989 I was fifteen, and for my birthday I got my first guitar and a year's worth of guitar lessons. Thank you eternally, Mum and Dad, RIP.
