Gossip: Paul Simon not pretentious, defends Garfunkel

Hex, lies and sellotape

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 writing #incomprehensible #twaddle u n me l8r lol @knickerlicker makes me long for a 'Shut up' button — 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. Yay, I've joined the SpaceFace / MyBook revolution.

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

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

Stef aspires to the giant weed

Stef aspires to the giant weed