The question is not if I am a Disney fan or not? It is more a case of when, in the timeline of my ‘history,’ the foundations were laid to bring me to Paris in early August 2026. There are numerous, but let me start with the simple case of the name. Putting the ‘baggage’ […]
Start Of The Summer Holidays
[Track Of The Day – Shakira – Zoo]Placeholder for a future blog post, but I really need to bring back this feature; it was abandoned when I started providing a semi-live listening history over on my last.fm. Obviously subject to me having access to data while out and about.
Code Red Emergency
What do you consider an emergency? For my family, for many years it was that Sky had stopped working and they would ring me – the eldest and only son in the family. Now, this is no longer an issue as they have normal terrestrial TV through an aerial but like most households the majority […]
It’s Now or Never
It is super rare for me to spend an afternoon with my eldest sibling (not elder – that is me remember!) and we planned an afternoon in the City so I had booked the afternoon off months ago. I was looking forward to the post-morning period of freedom. I pre-booked the train tickets (via TrainLine) […]
Micro Aggressions
I have to be very careful here but let me take you back to 1992. I was in Year 5 at Lansdowne County Middle School. Please note the system in Buckinghamshire was different then; we went to secondary school from Year 8, not Year 7. Therefore, I still had two years left. Since this occurred […]
Just Imagine… Imagine If It All Came True
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 […]
The Right Moment, The Perfect Song
In years past, I would have downloaded the new releases from the #NewMusicFriday playlist before leaving the house, departing (as I was today) for my work trip to the capital. The Uber had been pre-booked (Uber call the service ‘Reserve’) days before for super early 6:30am departure. Downloading them while still having access to my […]
My True GOAT
Who do we have to thank for being born when we were? We don’t thank ourselves (or our parents or grandparents) or should it be to some God that we were born when we were born? It is purely an accident of fate and destiny. What is fate and what is destiny? Fate often implies […]
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 […]
Thank You For The Music
Alongside my rather unhealthy obsession with E4 reality show Celebs Go Dating is the soundtrack. However, as noted previously it is almost impossible to use Shazam to identify songs due to their limited use or the highly entertaining commentary from Rob Beckett which is the stand-out feature of the show (across all twelve series – […]