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The Shard is a big, pointy, trash-building

I’ve written lots of genuinely deep and emotionally honest blogs lately. This isn’t going to be like that.

Drifting out of lockdown

During my first year of university, in those sweet halcyon days of yore, I was advised that I might benefit from a small course of therapy. Those weren’t the exact words used, mind you, it went more like ‘Lol Adam, you crazy’ but I got the message and was lucky enough to be at anContinue reading “Drifting out of lockdown”

New Music for Lockdown 14 – Lady Lady by Masego

For three days in a row I’ve written about different types of rock and was losing track of what this was all about. This “project” for want of a better word was not just about me listening to new music but expanding the music that I listen to. And for that reason I spent theContinue reading “New Music for Lockdown 14 – Lady Lady by Masego”

New Music for Lockdown 13 – Tales from the Kingdom of Fife by Gloryhammer

Why do fantasy metal bands all have names that sound like fantasy metal bands? Nightwish, Amberian Dawn, Elvenking, Secret Sphere, and now we can add Gloryhammer to the list, joining Warhammer and Hammerfall in the subsection of metal bands names after hardware and abstract nouns. I was recommended this album by a man whose beardContinue reading “New Music for Lockdown 13 – Tales from the Kingdom of Fife by Gloryhammer”