Some downtime at home through the Christmas break and subsequent ‘cold snap’ gave me a welcome opportunity to catch up on all of the things I hadn’t made time for throughout a busy autumn and start to winter. I’ve been cataloguing Pez and other collections (learn more here), catching up on comics, saved articles, TVContinueContinue reading “The life and death of optimism II”
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Subscriber Series: Music + Memories (Volume One)
In Summer 2023, I welcomed subscribers to my mailing list by asking them “what’s a favourite song of yours and what are you reminded of when you hear it?”. Here’s a compilation of the responses I received. https://youtu.be/sBW8Vnp8BzU?si=e9fovAUoX9JwwPCb Alan Stevenson: “My favourite song is The Waterboys – The Whole of the Moon. It was originally releasedContinueContinue reading “Subscriber Series: Music + Memories (Volume One)”
January 2024 Mixtape
Tracklisting: 01. Pet Symmetry – Big Island02. Bad Suns – Lunar Shadows03. Middle Kids – Dramamine04. Scott Ruth – AFTERLIFE05. Windser – TV06. WHY NOT – GLEAM AND BARK07. The Gaslight Anthem – Little Fires08. Slotface, The Buoys – Fight Back Time09. Ducks Ltd. – The Main Thing10. Hovvdy – Jean11. Day Wave – AsContinueContinue reading “January 2024 Mixtape”
Gigs of 2023
Tuesday 31st January 2023: Coach Party at The Joiners, Southampton w/ Girl Scout and Fiona-Lee Sunday 12th February 2023: Carly Rae Jepsen at O2 Academy Bristol w/ Lewis OfMan Thursday 23rd February 2023: Will Varley at The Anvil, Bournemouth w/ Chloe Hawes Saturday 4th March 2023: The Go! Team at Engine Rooms, Southampton w/ BabaContinueContinue reading “Gigs of 2023”
A banner year for shows
Live music has been a big part of my life for 20 years. I wrote recently about my first gig in May 2003. It’s hard to believe now that in 2020 I didn’t go to a single show. When they started up again in Autumn 2021 I managed to squeeze a few in. Last yearContinueContinue reading “A banner year for shows”
My ‘Twin Suns’ moment
Had things played out differently, we would have been in cinemas this month for Star Wars’ return to the big screen, with director Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron. It’s fair to say we were living in an uncertain climate when the announcement of this film was made in December 2020. The project is currently dormant and wasn’tContinueContinue reading “My ‘Twin Suns’ moment”
December 2023 Mixtape
Tracklisting: 01. MisterWives – Trip Around The Sun02. Paramore, Remi Wolf – You First03. Master Peace, Georgia – I Might Be Fake04. Viji – Slip out quiet05. Petey – I Tried To Draw a Straight Line06. Softcult – Haunt You Still07. Holiday87 – Goodbye Eyes08. Everything Everything – Cold Reactor09. Charli xcx, Sam Smith -ContinueContinue reading “December 2023 Mixtape”
YATM Christmas Game Nite
https://vimeo.com/894107877 I was back at Foundry again on Friday for one more YATM event to close the year out, GAME NITE. I set this up in 2022, with Mark’s encouragement, as a social event with a focus. A quiz that’s more of a game show than standard pub fare. See it for yourself in theContinueContinue reading “YATM Christmas Game Nite”
YATM Lunch Club November 2023
The final You Are The Media lunch club of the year was expertly hosted by Lee Taylor, with a special guest, all the way from the other side of the planet, Trevor Young. I’ve really enjoyed the lunch clubs since they returned this year in July, back to their classic format, at the new venueContinueContinue reading “YATM Lunch Club November 2023”
A tale of two decades
It’s been great to reconnect with Bournemouth and Poole College this Autumn. Back in September I went along to Stuart Palmer’s conference event for the Digital and Creative Industries at Treehouse Digital and was delighted to be reunited with my former lecturers, Mike Bush and Rob Forrester. Last month I had a lot of funContinueContinue reading “A tale of two decades”
Dead Club serendipity
A strange thing happened to me on the train to the YATM x Espresso+ ‘MATEY’ event in Bath this month. I had a playlist of new and recent albums to listen to, one of which was Nothing But Thieves. I knew they were due to be playing a rescheduled gig in Bournemouth the following week,ContinueContinue reading “Dead Club serendipity”
November 2023 Mixtape
Tracklisting: 01. Green Day – The American Dream Is Killing Me02. blink-182 – TERRIFIED03. Ash – Double Dare04. Feeder – Playing With Fire05. HUNNY – sixteen stitches06. Sydney Sprague – smiley face07. Blondes – Best Friends08. Sum 41 – Landmines09. MxPx – Mountains To Climb10. Less Than Jake – Come Dancing11. Charli Adams – naContinueContinue reading “November 2023 Mixtape”
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