Monthly Archives: July 2006

For some reason or another I have been fascintated this week by the phenomenon of the nickname. I have one, you have one, my Mum has one. Everyone has a nickname. Some people have nicknames based on a variation on … Continue reading →

When I was a chubby fifteen year old, in the true tradition of musical generation hopping, my dear friend Damian introduced me to the wonders of Van Halen. They were a band from Milwaukee, USA and had the best front … Continue reading →

Ok. If there’s one thing the current situation in the middle east has proven to me beyond a shadow of the doubt, it’s that TV news is not ‘news’. It’s a press release. A story with a spin.. Don’t believe … Continue reading →

Ok. Last retro post for a little while. Syd Barrett died this week. He was sixty. He was one of the guys who made me want to be a musician. He also suffered from mental illness. A sad tale. He … Continue reading →

Last night I went to the movies. After a bit of a discussion about the benefits of seeing Jack Black in Wrestling tights versus seeing Meryl Streep being Cruella DeVille again in Prada, with a side topic of how great … Continue reading →

Damn. xx

Recently, on completing the idol Auditions, I was led in to a discussion with my dear friend Grant. I was talking about the recent batch of hopeful singers, and how impressed I was with their quest for musical knowledge and … Continue reading →