The majority of my posts are related to music, and this most recent post is no different. Music is the ultimate time machine. It can take us to places that very few other things (emotionally) can. What were you doing in September 2000? If you were around, I was starting University, having just recovered from […]
Slowly Learning Life Is Okay
Almost exactly a year ago, as our family holiday in Spain was drawing to a close, I did what I always seem to do: I pondered the future. Where would I be in twelve months? Would things look or feel any different? Classic overthinker move. It’s such a human thing—this compulsion to squint into the […]
Dropping out of the MCU
This is an extremely painful post to write. Yet I feel I need to record the moment I took an enforced step back from popular culture. I wish I could say the hiatus is for a specific period but the reality is the break length is unknown. It is clear to all that I am not […]
Retiring Posts
This is something I feel I never would have to do, but sometimes you have to take a step back and take stock. Several hundred posts have been retired. However please note this is purely a temporary situation. I shall go back and review each post individually and then decide if it can be republished […]
Premature Whamageddon
I had hoped to last until the middle of December. I was not expecting miracles of reaching the 23rd of December and only then hearing the 1984 classic on the radio or some PA system. It is therefore, with great regret and a heavy heart I report on Saturday 2nd December at approximately 14:35 local […]
The Watershed Venue
Do you believe in fate? Do you believe that a film released 32 years ago could predict my future? I am here to tell you the universe works in mysterious ways. The film in question is Buddy’s Song released in 1991. The same year as Doctor Hollywood featuring my all-time favourite actor Canada born, American-raised […]
Once In A Lifetime
Let me take you back to the week before the August Bank Holiday over 12 years ago. It is 8:30am on Friday 21st August 2009 and I am walking around the North Terminal at Gatwick Airport. Waiting to board my 10:25am Easyjet flight to Valencia. By pure coincidence, it happens the weekend before the European […]
The Unwelcome Mistress
While exchanging WA messages with a colleague, prior to the official start of the lockdown period, she described the current pandemic sweeping the globe, as an unwelcome mistress. A beautifully poetic way to describe COVID-19, as it had adversely affected her friend’s summer wedding plans. I suppose postponed nuptials is a minor inconvenience compared to […]
My Kind Of Town
Can a single location have a major influence on your life? Perhaps your hometown or your place of birth? Or where your parents were born or where you grew up? Where you spent your formative years during the summer exploring, discovering, living a relatively carefree existence. It is a strange fact that the English county […]
Late To The Party
For various reasons, we decided to not publicize Michelle’s pregnancy. These are private moments we wanted to keep to ourselves. In this modern world of oversharing, over-analysis and endless opinions, we felt some reassurance in the power of silence. I became a proud father to Logan Tegala thirteen minutes past midnight on Wednesday 17th October […]