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Maths!

24th September 202225th September 2022General

In a transparent (and very much appreciated) effort to elicit a post from me, my co-contributor to OME challenged me to list my top ten maths songs. Over a month ago. Possibly inspired by the

[Song/Video] Ash – A Life Less Ordinary

25th September 202025th September 2020Song, Video

Turns out that Ash have written two of my top… gonna go with 15 just in case I’ve forgotten some… top 15 pop songs of all time. And this is one of them. It’s just

[Video] The cover I never knew I wanted to hear

28th February 202028th February 2020Videoprince, radiohead

This one’s actually new to me, despite being 12 years old. I was looking for something else, and came across this gem. From a cursory reading of internet news stories it seems that there was

[Album] Imogen Heap – Speak for Yourself

19th February 202019th February 2020Albumbadly drawn boy, ben folds, chris moyles, dave matthews band, david ford, elliot smith, imogen heap, jami sieber, lemon jelly, matchbox twenty, radio 1, scott mills, singer songwriter, synth pop, the head and the heart, tubular bells, weezer

I’m about to write another piece on an album by artist where I have failed to explore the full catalogue of said artist. I think in many ways this is kind of consistent. I’m writing

[Album] Flick – The Perfect Kellulight

3rd February 202021st June 2021Albumash, columbia records, flick, marc bolan, radiohead, t.rex, whirling wheel

Another more obscure album, although to my knowledge not critically acclaimed. More’s the pity. Flick was a band started by brothers Oran and Trevor Thornton. When this album came out on Columbia Records, they were

[Video] Björk – Human Behaviour

23rd January 202023rd January 2020VideoBjörk, ITV Chart show, Michel Gondry, The Mighty Boosh

Came back to Björk’s debut album, Debut, recently and remembered how much I loved it, in particular this song.

[album] Kite – Kirsty MacColl

21st January 202021st January 2020AlbumJohnny Marr, Kirsty MacColl, The Smiths

Maybe it’s a generation thing, or maybe I live in a bubble, but I feel like a lot of people I talk to don’t really know who Kirsty MacColl is, despite knowing (and loving, usually)

[Album] Supergrass Is 10 – The Best Of 94-04

14th January 202024th April 2021AlbumHop Farm Festival, Neil Young, Supergrass

This is going to start out sounding less than complementary. Supergrass was never a band I’d have imagined going to see. Never crossed my mind. I’d enjoyed Alright, Pumping on your Stereo and Richard III

About time there was another one of these…

13th January 202014th January 2020General

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