I'm bored so here are my current top five albums of the year (in no particular order):

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Call it a coincidence that my last "Flashback Friday" CD was Crowded House, but after a lovely weekend, I woke up this morning to have shivers down my back, tears in my eyes and a lump in throat after reading this in the paper:

Pop Star in Suicide"The drummer with 80s band Crowded House has killed himself ( Read more... )

Well that was a nice Easter weekend! Kel and I decided to go somewhere different for a few days and so went to Cardiff for a night out at the Glee Club there! And very nice it was too!

The club in Cardiff is situated on Mermaid Quay and was less than a ten minute walk from the Holiday Express Inn where we had a room for the night. The quay is a ( Read more... )

Continuing the series of "Flashback Fridays" - listening to an old album on my discman to and from work in order to relive and enjoy once more the tracks and times of days long gone:

Flashback Friday Number 11 - "Whatever And Ever Amen" by Ben Folds Five


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I went to the Glee Club last night with duracell to see Feist. I approached the gig with an open mind as I didn't really know what to expect. I knew that she had provided vocals for Kings of Convenience and the few tracks that I had heard sounded very chilled out and mellow. I was looking forward to a nice gentle night of music and entertainment ( Read more... )

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As we all know, the Oscars are a complete joke. The wrong people get nominated, the wrong people win awards, it's all la-di-da and an absolute farce. Chris Rock (not one of my favourites I have to say) once slammed the Oscars for not recognising comedy and black actors and said that he had no reason to watch it, despite being in the industry ( Read more... )

I was really looking forward to the R.E.M. gig at the Birmingham NEC tomorrow until I read this here:

"US rock band REM have been forced to cancel concerts after bass player Mike Mills was taken to hospital suffering from "severe flu-like symptoms". The band were forced to cut short Monday night's show in Sheffield, and have cancelled Tuesday's ( Read more... )

Yesterday was absolutely amazing. I ventured down to the capital (that London) to see Kevin Spacey (you know who he is!), Steven Weber ("Leaving Las Vegas") and Mary Stuart Masterson ("Fried Green Tomatoes At Whistle Stop Cafe, "Benny And Joon") in "National Anthems" at Spacey's own Old Vic theatre.


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