101 Songs

David Gray's 'Babylon' came up on my youtube algorithm last week.  If youtube had existed in 2000, 'Babylon' would proba...

 I tell you what I've been listening to this week and which is an altogether pleasant surprise - 'Help [2]'. 30-odd years since ...

Believe it or not, there was a rock band before there was  ALEX JAMES BRITPOP CLASSICAL!!!!!!!  and that band was called Blur. I had a thoug...

Having not read much for the previous couple of years, I determined, in summer of 2018, to read as many short novels as I could. Somehow or ...

I guess it's time to tell you the music I liked this year. Some years I write a big review of the year, because they are vast magnificen...

I have (re)watched The Beatles Anthology. I'm pretty certain, apart from clips that come up on YouTube, this is the first time I've ...

I'd been thinking about Ricky Hatton since he died, but not quite got to want I wanted to say, but now I think I might combine that with...