Happy birthday to my blog and a Merry Xmas to you
It always makes me laugh that the very first post on the very first version of this website went up on 24 December 2002 because I’d set myself the deadline of “Setting up and running my own blog by Christmas”…
Five songs from 2021 that you might enjoy
I haven’t done some big chart of the year etc etc but here are five songs from 2021 that I really enjoyed which you might not have heard, and I thought you might enjoy them. The Anchoress – Let It Hurt…
A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in December 2021
Nobody has asked for this. It is more for my benefit than yours, I guess. It’s a monthly series now. Links go to the artist website. Maybe your interest will be piqued by one of the reviews. Maybe you’ll scroll…
A one-line review of every #TimsTwitterListeningParty I joined September–November 2021
Nobody has asked for this. It is more for my benefit than yours. It’s a (usually) monthly series. I’ve marked LPs that I’d never heard the whole way through before with a 🆕 icon. The links (mostly) go to the…
Homebrew Electronica album raising money for Mind and Help Musicians
Very pleased to be able to say today that I’ve contributed a track to a new album from Kev Grosvenor Homebrew Electronica show. It is a fifty track compilation album for just £7, and it is raising money for mental…
A one-line review of every gig I’ve been to in November 2021
Nobody has asked for this. It is more for my benefit than yours, I guess. It’s a monthly series now. Links go to the artist website. Maybe your interest will be piqued by one of the reviews. Maybe you’ll scroll…
Friday Reading S12E07
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Martin Belam, covering journalism, media and technology, and other interesting nerdy things he found on the internet this week. It is now in its twelfth season. Sign up…
Friday Reading S12E06
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Martin Belam, covering journalism, media and technology, and other interesting nerdy things he found on the internet this week. It is now in its twelfth season. Sign up…
Thoughts on … Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks (1967 and 2021)
[This is the fifth in an occasional series where I ramble at length and without much focus about an old episode of Doctor Who what I have just watched on my tellybox. Lucky, lucky you. Previously: The Invasion, Dragonfire, The…
Friday Reading S12E05
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Martin Belam, covering journalism, media and technology, and other interesting nerdy things he found on the internet this week. It is now in its twelfth season. Sign up…