50 Albums: Session #1

Let me begin by saying that I am not sure how long these sorts of posts will continue, or whether they will continue in the same way as this. It depends how onerous it gets, really, and how much it conflicts with my studies. As always, let's see... Second: this proved more difficult than I…

The ‘Best’ Albums of 1978

Wowser! This has been one hell of a year. In preparing for this post I have listened to 132 albums, some several times. It's been a really rich year - I've picked ten, but on top of those there are a further 10-20 albums that I'd have happily included. As always I feel bound to…

10 Songs That Take Me Back to Planet X

I was rooting around my old CDs the other day - the CDs that live upstairs and are semi-forgotten. Amongst them I came across this: Forgive my awful photoshop skills. Also this was before Facebook and getting real Planet X pictures to use! Back when burning CDs was a thing - just under 20 years…