The music collection is building up. Rather later than much of the rest of the population, I have also now tried acquiring some more songs via iTunes. Recently I read a music journalist talking about converting his prized collection into digital format. Having it all neatly amassed, and no longer vinyl, or CD, to hold …
Category archives: Music and sound
80s revival moment
The tide has been stemmed. I no longer have to walk into a branch of, say, Accessorize, and feel like I’m back in my first school disco just because they’re playing Aha. Nor have I been frequenting 80s revival discos to get a fix of high energy pop. Truth be told, I haven’t been frequenting …
The soundtrack of my life
Mid-January appears to be a good time to do many things. Bump your car (18 Jan being day of most traffic accidents in the UK). Be depressed (24 January coming up for that one - evidently the day of the year that is most ‘difficult’ for people). Do your tax return (for the self-employed – I …
Crisp and even
Frost has stolen over even this mild coastal area of Edinburgh. Yesterday and today, the garden has been covered – and stayed covered nearly all day. The top of the shed was two tone at lunchtime, with one half normal colour, the other half still frosted over. For those trying to get some sense that …
Soundtrack of my life
It’s a quote isn’t it? Can’t remember where from. But Dan was kind enough to lend me his iPod when I had a work trip to London at the end of last week. This meant that I had the option of watching the scenery roll by while listening to whatever I fancied. Now Dan and …