Category Archives: music

Ray Cooper is insane

By 6000 | 6000 | March 26, 2010

Seriously. We actually had a good time at the Elton John gig last night. No, I’m not a fan of his music, but I have huge respect for his musical ability and his understated showmanship. You don’t last in any business as long as he has without being damn good at it – and he is. [...]

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Damp grass beckons

By 6000 | 6000 | March 25, 2010

Quick one from me today as I have to go and lie in a moist field while being aurally assaulted this evening. This on top of having a miserable cold and sore throat. That’ll help, then. Those of you familiar with the Cape Town calendar and my musical tastes will have already worked out where I’m going for [...]

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Fifth Amendment – Testing Audio Player

By 6000 | 6000 | March 6, 2010

Greetings from sunny South Africa, where, having utilised a couple of 737′s and my 3-year old son to help me, I successfully turned the front garden into the horticultural version of Ground Zero, It’s a job I’d been meaning to tackle for ages, so with the alcohol (really, who uses mercury anymore?) hitting a heady 33°C, this [...]

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This too shall pass

By 6000 | 6000 | March 4, 2010

I recognise that this is going to be blogged ad nauseum over the next month, but I’m still going to throw a post up (geddit?) on here because I think it’s brilliant. Remember OK GO and their song Here It Goes Again back in 2006? No? How about if I ask whether you remember the [...]

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One way

By 6000 | 6000 | February 6, 2010

This was the song that graced most of my time at University in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I still get shivers down my spine when I hear it. If I had ever managed to compile a Top 10 of my favourite songs ever, this would probably be one of only three songs that would be a shoo-in. I [...]

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