As the year comes to a close, here are my thoroughly researched predictions for 1993. These are based on a variety of news sources and memorandums from industry contacts. I am not a financial advisor and can accept no responsibility for any business investments made based on the following informations. 1. ‘Smart’ Hi-Fi’s Next yearContinueContinue reading “Five Predictions for 1993”
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What is Christmas?
As I write I’m surrounded by boxes. The same boxes that materialise in my lounge every year as November becomes December, then once again as December becomes January before disappearing out of sight and far out of mind for another 11 months. I’m talking of course about Christmas decorations. The belongings that have been withContinueContinue reading “What is Christmas?”
YATM Game Nite at Lighthouse, Poole
(L-R) John Jocham, me, TV’s Jake Moore and Zelda de Hollander Thanks once again to everyone who joined us for the 2nd You Are The Media GAME NITE! Despite the competitive nature of the event, it was such a lovely atmosphere and just what we needed at the end of a tough month in theContinueContinue reading “YATM Game Nite at Lighthouse, Poole”
Sunny Southsea Saturday
One of my Top 5 records of the year is Garageband Superstar by Lauran Hibberd (take a listen on Spotify). It was great to get to see her on the album tour Saturday night at Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth. I also enjoyed both of Lauran’s support bands, Viji and Daisy Brain. Before the gig SamContinueContinue reading “Sunny Southsea Saturday”
The inconvenience of opinion
I grew up without satellite or cable. The limitation of terrestrial TV inspired some odd viewing choices. Perhaps none as strange as the BBC’s viewer opinion show Points of View. For some context, I’ve looked into the dates. I can remember watching Anne Robinson present the show. According to the ever reliable source Wikipedia, Anne presented PointsContinueContinue reading “The inconvenience of opinion”
Schaeftember Fest
This week I attended two days of events hosted by You Are The Media, featuring visiting marketing author from the US, Mark Schaefer Mark has written nine books and is currently working on his tenth, which we were given an extensive preview of during each of his talks. But this wasn’t just a guest lecture. This was more ofContinueContinue reading “Schaeftember Fest”
Train Station: Reading ’09
I’ll confess to not having yet seen Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99, the Netflix documentary series that has inspired this article, but I’m familiar with the festival’s uncomfortable place in music history. I’ve also never been to a Woodstock event, the furthest from home I’ve travelled for a music festival was Groezrock in Belgium. I did howeverContinueContinue reading “Train Station: Reading ’09”
The good, the bad and the YATM
It was fun guest hosting You Are The Media ‘Good Bad’ today. Thank you to everyone who joined us and an extra high five for Jackie, Ryan, Jonathan, Ella and Mark for sharing the ups and downs from their week. I’m now passing the button onto Gus Bhandal who will be hosting this week’s session,ContinueContinue reading “The good, the bad and the YATM”
The tasty chaos of pizza marketing
In a previous article I wrote about finding alternatives to Amazon. As a result of reading it one of my LinkedIn connections DID buy something she’d usually order from Amazon elsewhere. Does this make me an influencer, or an activist? I’m going to see if I can get lightning to strike twice and influence you all to want pizza forContinueContinue reading “The tasty chaos of pizza marketing”
Pinball and Pale Waves
Back to Vinilo in Southampton for another in-store, this time it was Pale Waves, who just released their third album Unwanted on Friday. Fingers crossed for a good chart position for them later this week. Before their set I found an arcade right around the corner from Vinilo that has four pinball machines as partContinueContinue reading “Pinball and Pale Waves”
Binley Mega Chippy: Big catch or small fry?
I’d like to think I’m not becoming too cantankerous as my generation sails further out towards irrelevance island. I tried to approach NFTs with an open mind in my previous article. If there’s one thing that’s always irked me though it’s hysteria surrounding new trends. This isn’t a modern phenomenon, it’s timeless. The giddy height ofContinueContinue reading “Binley Mega Chippy: Big catch or small fry?”
A pint of NFT
This is the story of my unlikely entry point to NFTs (spoiler: they’re a right faff). I was talking with NFT champion, Josh Williams at a You Are The Media event and he suggested that a practical use of NFT, beyond owning expensive digital artworks, would be a more secure form of e-ticket. Q: “Stop the bus. What’s an NFT?”ContinueContinue reading “A pint of NFT”
Liam Toms 