Category Archive: Music

Sep
21

Great albums you may have never heard #6 – The Wicker Man OST

I guess that most people who come to read this post have seen the classic 1973 horror movie The Wicker Man.  It is a film which is in my top 10 favourite films of all time, and I don’t expect it to be going anywhere soon.  Written by Anthony Shaffer and directed by Robin Hardy, …

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Aug
13

Podcasts that I love – No. 1 – The Adam and Joe show

Finding radio DJs that you can bear listening to for more than a few minutes can be a challenge these days.  Did I say ‘these days’?  Perhaps I should have just missed off ‘these days’ altogether.  DJs are not really known for their ability to entertain beyond making asinine observations about Daily Mail stories, or …

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Apr
25

Great albums you may have never heard #5 – Potato land, Spirit

Ah, Summer.  The weather over this wonderful Bank Holiday Easter weekend has been absolutely scorching and I have been putting some time in, in the garden.  It’s the same every year – when I look at the state of the garden in January I wonder if we will ever be able to pull it round …

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Apr
05

Great albums you may have never heard # 4 – Vangelis, Blade Runner OST

Following on from my last album, ‘Chill Out’ by the KLF, I thought I would talk about another album which transports you to another place at the touch of a play button, or the drop of a needle if you are a vinyl geek. When most people hear the word ‘Vangelis’, it immediately brings up …

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Mar
31

Great albums you may have never heard #3 – KLF – Chill Out

There was a time in my life when, if I ever went anywhere and planned to stay overnight, I would pack a copy of the CD ‘Chill Out’ by the KLF.  What is more, I had this belief that it was in fact my duty to pass this CD on  to everyone who I forged …

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