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| January 11, 2020

I loved Rush so much I organised a coach to go from my town to the Royal Exhibition Hall in Edinburgh (Signals tour). I was young and naive. About six people turned up. The driver took us but must have taken pity because I don’t remember much trouble over payment.

11 Comments

| January 8, 2020

I see someone’s trying to start a boycott of the Mail/Sun etc again. People buy those rags because they like the contents. What’s the point of boycotting something you wouldn’t buy anyway?

| December 27, 2019

This is really very good despite the garish cover.

A Hidden Landscape Once a Week: The Unruly Curiosity of the British Music Press from the '60s to the '80s... by those who made it happen.

| December 25, 2019

I was a bit dubious about wireless ear buds but the Cambridge Audio ones are really good. Good sound and comfortable in the ears.

| December 25, 2019

I became a gin drinker this year. Does it come with age? Cheers!

Small bottles of various gins

| December 17, 2019

The Christmas present list is all ticked off again. I didn’t manage to avoid the big online retailer like planned but I’m determined to use them less in the new year. It feels a bit clinical and cynical buying all your presents from that particular place.

| November 8, 2019

Alice Cooper said on the radio that people in rock bands don’t make the effort to be stars anymore. I think he’s right. Most modern bands look like they just walked off the street and don’t project any bigger than life image. The idea of the "star" is exclusive to pop music now.