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One line thoughts of the day.

Trump vs Hilary vs. Bernie in the US election makes the teapot storms and Drama in Geek Culture looks as ridiculous and petty is it is. What does it matter if some game or novel is “problematic” when the stakes in the American election are so high?

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

I have spent part of Saturday morning reading the comments against The Guardian’s obituary of Keith Emerson and reporting trolls to the moderators. It rather confirms my belief that the media narrative surrounding Punk was the worst thing to happen in the entire history of British popular music.

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Tim Hall | 1 Comment

A question for readers of this blog, whether you’re one of the few that regularly comments or not. What would encourage you to leave more comemnts? Or, indeed, any comments?

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Tim Hall | 7 Comments

A shoutout on International Women’s Day to some of the inspirational female musicians whose work has featured on this blog over the years, including Chantel McGregor, Anne-Marie Helder, Anna Phoebe, Angela Gordon, Heidi Widdop, Sarah Dean, Diane Fox, Christina Booth, Olivia Sparnenn, Heather Findlay, Kim Seviour, Lisa Fury, Jane Setter , Rachel Cohen, Charlotte Evans, Vicky Johnson, Hayley Griffiths and everyone else I’ve missed.

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Tim Hall | 3 Comments

Congratulations to Karnataka for winning Best Album for the superb “Sectets of Angels” in this year’s CRS Awards, the prog-rock equivalent of The Hugos. The does not make The Guardian look good.

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

As you may have noticed, I’ve streamlined the front page of the website making it slightly less cluttered, and faster to lead. It now shows five featured and five recent posts across all categories. What do you think?

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Tim Hall | 2 Comments

#NowPlaying: Chrissie – Carriageworks – An instrumental albim of effects-laden violin and electronica, streaming from the artist’s website.

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

#NowPlaying: Jamie Williams & The Roots Collective: Live’n'Kickin’ at the Brasenose Arms.  Blues and Americana recorded at the Cropredy fringe in 2015.

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

It appears that the latest people to join the Out Campaign clown car are Doctor Death and vile former NME hack Tony Parsons. They join such luminaries as Iain Duncan-Smith, George Galloway and David Icke. With friends like those…

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

Has anyone got experiences (good or bad) of using Disqus as the commenting system on a WordPress blog?

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Tim Hall | 8 Comments