I have loved Doctor Who since I was small, at least since I was 5 years old. I will talk about its history up to, and after, its cancellation later. There is a mini publishing industry of books with fans talking about their experience of Who. Most of it is awful and very samey. ThisContinue reading “Now we gonna break this thang down for just a few seconds”
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You know you’re missing out on something
I was lent Namaste London to watch years ago as an example of a good Bollywood film. Quite apart from the hilarious scene where the male lead takes the female lead to see Charles and Camilla, pulling up outside Buckingham Place with them waving, I found the sporadic breaking into musical numbers totally off putting. Continue reading “You know you’re missing out on something”
I’ll Try Not To Sing Out of Key
The Wonder Years was an American sitcom (with dramatic elements) set in the late 60s and early 70s. It was the story of Kevin Arnold growing up in turbulent times. One of the signature things about the show was the use of contemporary music to ground it in the period. This made it difficult toContinue reading “I’ll Try Not To Sing Out of Key”
I hear a song blow again and again
When you’re an auditor you can have clients all over the place. Some big clients have audit teams there for months, Grant Thornton had mostly smaller jobs that would take a week or two. Somehow the firm ended up with jobs all over East Anglia, probably to do with low population density. We had aContinue reading “I hear a song blow again and again”
But do I really feel the way I feel?
Right at the end of my time at Grant Thornton the senior partner’s PA, Jan Hannaford, asked me for a favour. A client who lived the far side of Colchester from Ipswich Had won a prize at an event that was run at the Suffolk Show. She asked me to deliver it and save herContinue reading “But do I really feel the way I feel?”
We all have our sins
1993 was a good year for stag nights. In those days it was a stag night, not a weekend in Amsterdam or week in Prague, making the British look like thugs abroad and cavorting with prostitutes. The worst that happened to men in Brightlingsea was being chained naked outside the Swan pub. First was Dave’sContinue reading “We all have our sins”
Computer Love
Graham was the first person I knew who had a computer – a ZX Spectrum (I think it was that rather the ZX81). We played a game called Time Gate on it and it seemed amazing. The games were loaded from audio cassette. Our family’s first computer was a VIC 20. Neil had one andContinue reading “Computer Love”
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
It is John Bonney’s fault. Introducing me to a brilliant author who tanked his career so badly he stopped writing novels. For a while. He lent me Fevre Dream. A novel about 19th century vampires on a Mississippi riverboat. He was totally right, it is a great novel. It was before the Vampire explosion thatContinue reading “And I dreamed I saw the bombers”
Your magic it surrounds me
This is the track that I saw at the same time as the Offspring’s Pretty Fly (For a White Guy). I saw the video rather than just heard it. The video (see below features two groups riding through the desert to play rock, paper, scissors. One group is a band of Luchadors. Lucha Libre isContinue reading “Your magic it surrounds me”
These are the days it never rains but it pours
So should this be on the list? Queen and David Bowie. Bowie solo has done a huge number of better tracks (and will be featured near the top of the list). If I did not accept this track as being by Queen then they would not be on the list. It is on a QueenContinue reading “These are the days it never rains but it pours”
Five Miles Out 