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One line thoughts of the day.

Today’s obscure piece of trivia. Although The Vatican Railway is Europe’s smallest railway system at just 300 yards in length, it still has more sets of points than you can find in Liechtenstein.

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

Is there a word for an earworm that’s a combination of two different songs? I’ve got one with the verse of Suede’s “I don’t know how to reach you” flips into the chorus of Karnataka’s “Tide to Fall”,

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

“The Big Snub Dept” on Genji Press is well worth a read. Can someone really be an artist unless their art manages to resonate with an audience?

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

Now that Terry Wogan is up there, Heaven can hold a Eurovision Song Contest with Lemmy as the British entry. Something that should have happened when the two of them were still on Earth.

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Tim Hall | 1 Comment

“If only they  realised that their favourite genre didn’t just stop when fashion moved on” – Comment from Paul E in this thread.

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Tim Hall | 1 Comment

David Bowie, Suede, Mantra Vega, Steven Wilson, Dream Theater, Megadeth. Can anyone remember so many high-profile releases in January?

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

Good to see Nellie Pitts honoured as one of the ten Women of the Year in Prog Magazine’s end-of-year reader’s poll. The people who do all the work behind the scenes to make music happen don’t get the credit they deserve.

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Tim Hall | 1 Comment

The publication of the RAIB report for the  Froxfield incident and the beginning of the court case of the Wootton Bassett near-miss is a reminder that both indicents put 750 lives at risk. They threw the book at West Coast Railways and the driver of “Tangmere”. What action will be taken against Eddie Stobart and their driver?

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

Music, films, games and books that just aren’t for you have a right to exist. Their existence doesn’t invalidate the stuff you like. The belief that everything is a zero-sum game is pervasive, but wrong.

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Tim Hall | 2 Comments

What was the last album you bought from an artist that was new to you, purely on the basis of a personal recommendation, without having heard it first?  Leave your answers in the comments.

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Tim Hall | 14 Comments