2006 was a weird time for music. It had been over half a decade since Napster brought about a major shake up of how we accessed and listened to music. The platforms that followed in Napster’s wake, with their varying levels of legality, felt a lot like sub par imitations or best guesses at theContinueContinue reading “20 years of Less Than Jake’s ‘In With The Out Crowd’”
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YATM ’26: We are so lucky to have all this.
I look at this photograph taken Wednesday evening and almost can’t believe the circumstances that led us all to here. This isn’t a company or a family per se, this is a collective of people who, in a big part due to timing and sheer luck I expect, found their way to You Are TheContinueContinue reading “YATM ’26: We are so lucky to have all this.”
This is the May
Ok, so ‘May the Fourth…’ was a week ago, but with The Mandalorian and Grogu just under two weeks away from heralding the return of Star Wars to cinemas (with a new film for the first time in seven years), I’m celebrating the saga all month. Over on the Collect Us All! Instagram page I’ve been sharing some items from myContinueContinue reading “This is the May”
The first 24 hours
With this month’s edition of 11 tracks, the total play length of all the playlists going back to February 2023 combined has hit 24 hours. I consider the sequencing for these mixtapes meticulously each month, but if you’d like to abandon all of that and just hit shuffle on a days worth of my favourite music fromContinueContinue reading “The first 24 hours”
Co-owners Annual Meeting at Vue
Employee ownership has given us the opportunity to do lots of things at Grapevine we might not have otherwise. It’s also opened a door to fun ideas. Tonight was the latest, holding this year’s Co-owner Meeting at our local cinema, which has just had a beautiful refit. As well as taking over a cinema screen,ContinueContinue reading “Co-owners Annual Meeting at Vue”
Time at the bar
I took a photo of this beer last Wednesday at Brewdog on Baldwin Street (one of their earliest opened pubs in 2012) as I had a feeling it might be my last visit there. Today’s news has confirmed this. Regardless of your views on Brewdog in 2026, or any of the years before now (trustContinueContinue reading “Time at the bar”
YATM Lunch Club Bristol
It was great to have You Are The Media Lunch Club back in Bristol this week for the first time since 2023. The long overdue event brought together friends old and new from across the south west, Wales and even Manchester (fair play Judith Rafferty!). A few of the usual suspects waiting for guests toContinueContinue reading “YATM Lunch Club Bristol”
Foundation year
Time is passing by fast. It’s been a year already since I became a Trustee of the Poole Museum Foundation. It’s been a fascinating experience so far, joining at a time when the museum was preparing to re-open following a £10m Lottery funded redevelopment. This gave time for our new board to settle into theContinueContinue reading “Foundation year”
The magic number
Three years ago I started compiling a monthly playlist of new and recent tracks I’d been enjoying – an 11 track ‘mixtape’. Originally these were to accompany a newsletter I was writing on LinkedIn (one has now long outlasted the other).I liked the idea that they were a modern equivalent to a magazine covermount CD and it scratched an itchContinueContinue reading “The magic number”
The EO adventure continues
Photo credit: Marta Handjieva It’s been a busy, but great start to 2026 for me on all things EO. Last week I was honoured to give a talk as part of the fantastic ‘at home’ recreation of November’s eoa Conference, put on by Jen and Jayne at Coda for their team.Mid month Daisy Biggs andContinueContinue reading “The EO adventure continues”
Looking back, moving forward.
It’s generally accepted that the end of a calendar year is the designated appropriate time for reflection, for looking back while we rest, to recharge the batteries and prepare to move forward when January is upon us. Then 1st January happens and you’re torn from the nostalgic slumber and post Christmas haze. It’s go time,ContinueContinue reading “Looking back, moving forward.”
2025 laid bare
Another year is in the books. It only feels like yesterday I was writing the same words about 2024. Time is marching on, tomorrow I’ll be able to say that next year (2027) I’ll be 40.So often I wonder when it was that I became a responsible adult. Back in the summer I spoke onContinueContinue reading “2025 laid bare”
Liam Toms 