The Tuesday Muse – Classic Albums.

I am currently working my way through the vast expanse (seriously, it’s bloody huge) of ‘classic’ albums that exist but I’ve never actually heard. i started with Radiohead’s ‘Pablo Honey’, Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ and Primal Scream’s ‘Screamadelica’, which all proved to be pretty damn good really, an awful lot better than I was expecting. Then I [...]

Glastonbury 2010 – Part Two.

This edition takes us into… Friday, and music (finally) properly starting! Saying “finally” suggests boredom – which, obviously it wasn’t – but it did get a little exhausting walking around the site in such heat.  It was all about water and suncream (unlike last year, and I did not wish to be so sunburnt this [...]

Mezzo Forte Monday, Pt 2.

The Meaning Of Music Did you know the playing time of ‘The Holy Bible’ (original 1994 release) is a mere 56 minutes and 17 seconds? ‘Ok Computer’ being 53:27, and ‘Rumours’ only 39:03. Looking further back, ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ ends at just past 30 minutes and ‘Elvis Presley’ only 28:03. Not that this is [...]

Celebrities and a World Crisis.

Given the recent devastation in Haiti, many stars, celebrities, and other famous people who are actually famous for something they are good at, took the opportunity to raise funds for the survivors of the quake. But, when watching ‘The Politics Show’ (I would like to stress there is nothing else on at this time..), it [...]