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Mix number 4
And now we hit the noughties, a decade that isn't over yet so this can't be definitive but takes in mostly what I have been listening to since I left University. I know there will be loads of bands I've missed out, but I think this encompasses my tastes over the last 8 years even if it has managed to miss out some rock/metal like Korn, Systems of a ( Read more... ) -
Mix number 3
This was the hardest mix to work out as the 90s was really my opening to music, with the explosion of Britpop, and my own explorations of what is out there. Up until 93 or 94 I was still listening to whatever my sister was, but with her heading off to University I needed to find my own outlet and that came through the Evening Session and John Peel ( Read more... ) -
Mix number 2
I was so uncool in the 80's, but you have to bare in mind I was only 12 when the decade ended, and most of my music came from my big sister (so blame her for the hair metal at least). I'm trying to think of something to say to go along with this but I'm just sooo ashamed, anyway enjoy(?) reading what I listened to in the 80s. This could quite ( Read more... ) -
Mix number 1
So here is the first mix, I was born in 1977 so I've tried to only include songs released in the 70's after this date, hence some of the songs are not the bands/artists best but fit into the right time frame. Obviously I wasn't listening to these songs at the time (I wasn't always cool you know), it was probably more likely Twinkle Twinkle, and Baa ( Read more... ) -
Mixology
I need to write about music don't I, argh I can't think of anything. OK I've got one or two themes scribbled down, but I really should make more notes when ideas are swimming around my little brain.
One idea which I hope can be passed around is the idea of making a different mix CD for every decade you have been alive in, whilst using as much music ( Read more... ) -
Axl talking about democracy, is it a joke?
Chinese Democracy finally came out this year with less warning and fanfare than I expected, although maybe that’s just over here on the other side of the world. At first I wasn’t too bothered and could happily have skipped listening to it, but after being offered a copy and speaking to a couple of my friends about it my interest peaked so I finally ( Read more... ) -
Non music item
From my sister ( Read more... ) -
As close to a Top 10 as you'll get
I can't do a proper top 10 list this year because the majority of my music collection is sitting either in a garage or on a hard drive in the North of Scotland, whilst I'm sat here thousands of miles away in Auckland, New Zealand. I can however point you in the direction of a few albums that do spring to mind as being worth listening to that were ( Read more... ) -
Who cares if it's 4 real
Music, what is ‘real’ and what is not? The age old question, burnt into the memory of people my age by the image of Richie Edwards cutting 4-real into his arm whilst talking to Steve Lamaq. It’s a question that’s been bugging me over the last week, pushed to the fore of my mind after seeing some music documentaries, including Strummer: The Future ( Read more... )