Guitar The One True Pick There are many who seek the One True Pick, and a smaller number who will claim to have found it.
Music 47% I’m proud that I can hold up a shrinkwrapped CD with a barcode on it and say, “That’s my album. I wrote that.”
Your Illustrious Host What’s going on? Observant listeners could be forgiven for wondering where the hell the Indigo Down lockdown video is that I promised you all last year.
Your Illustrious Host Hello you It's self-isolation day 113 here at Murray Mansions, and everything is wearing thin.
Thinks Please hold, caller... ...your call is important to us. But we are going through a number of things at the moment, and honestly haven't felt capable of blogging for a while.
Music 2011 AotY Retcon Small point of order – I have retroactively changed Clive's Album of the Year 2011.
Your Illustrious Host Dark mode Sometimes I post stuff on here that doesn't sound very happy, or not like I'm in a very good place.
Your Illustrious Host Dad In 1926 in the city of Liverpool there was born a boy, and today would have been his 92nd birthday...
Your Illustrious Host The Gin Diesel Many years ago, I came up with an excellent name for a cocktail – the "Gin Diesel".
Albums of the Years Albums of the Year, 1993-2013 recap So when I launched this blog, 3 years ago this month, it was mainly because I had discovered the wonder of the Raspberry Pi and wanted an excuse to buy one (that wasn't bitcoin mining) so a blog server seemed like a good idea.
Your Illustrious Host Prejudiced, but not proud Personally I think everyone is prejudiced to some degree. You can't help it, it's in the way people think. If I learn that someone who I've never met is a - let's pick something at random, sayyy... a Morris Dancer - the information I
Your Illustrious Host Remember, Remember... A friend just posted on Twitter "Remember, remember the 5th of November" and I immediately felt crushingly depressed. He doesn't know of course - why would he? - that 5th November 2012 was the day my Dad died. I remember clearly waking