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Category: Music | c: 07 Jun 2011 13:33 | m: 08 Jun 2011 09:44

Y'know things that are all the rage? Blogs. Everyone has one; or at least had one before Facebook, Twitter and Google+ diluted the realtime pool.

Since I'm nu-old skool — and watching endless streams of people pretending they are the centre of the universe has no long-term value — I figured why not make a blog? The main difference here compared with other people's blogs is that instead of being limited to one topic, you get a little slice of everything all mashed up. 'Coz proper spelling is so last century.

Radio 1 late to the party (again)
07 June 2011 · 257 words (eats up about 2 mins)

Like their Big Weekend in Carlisle, Radio 1 think that bigging something up into the stratosphere makes it new and exciting. Once again, they demonstrate they are merely followers of fashion.

Glastonboring
14 April 2011 · 254 words (laps up about 2 mins)

The Glastonbury 2011 line-up has been announced amid a thunderous cacophony of silence. Yes, it’s that good.

Game show music [3 comments]
02 April 2011 · 1496 words (devours about 7 mins)

Though I code by day — and often by night — music is where my real passion lies. So when an opportunity comes along to write some music for TV it’s not something to turn down. Or is it? May I share a little story…

The march of Miss Goulding
01 February 2011 · 393 words (munches about 2 mins)

From seemingly nowhere, the UK pop market has delivered someone who can write their own songs. Who is this hitherto mythical creature and what’s she doing on my radio?

Beatboxing Google
03 December 2010 · 85 words (sucks up less than a minute)

If you thought Google Translate was simply an awesome translation engine, think again. It can haz beatbox.

The ratings factor
04 October 2010 · 292 words (munches about 2 mins)

The oxymoron of Reality Television is put under the Stef-o-scope and given a good grilling.

Look out, Stef. Bandit at 3 o'clock

Look out, Stef. Bandit at 3 o'clock