Welcome to Day 2 of #15Daysof30Lists - where we continue on through my lists of 30 favourite things in the run up to my 30th birthday. This is a little something for you, the readers, to get to know me a bit better through the medium of lists, but also for me to find out … Continue reading #15Daysof30Lists: Day 2
Happy Sunday everyone - hope your weekends have all been good! It's our fifth anniversary today since we went online as well so happy 5th anniversary to your favourite corner of the web and mine. Soooo...it may not have escaped your notice that the blog's been a bit quieter over the last couple of weeks. … Continue reading #15Daysof30Lists: Day 1
ARTIST: Friendly Fires SONG: Silhouettes SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Firstly, we want you to count the number of indie bands that were launched about ten years ago. Now count how many of them are actually still worth a collective damn. That'd be about three, maybe four at a push, … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Friendly Fires – ‘Silhouettes’
Deconstructing the sights and sounds of the UK charts twenty years ago, this is our weekly series of posts we like to call The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: a fledgling Scottish indie rock act make the grade to the big leagues via an iconic Glastonbury performance... Some bands and artists really are the … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 32)
If you're needing a gentle midweek reminder of some of the amazing good things happening in the world, you've come to the right place, for this is this week's installment of The Good News Week. Although today is a good one just by default because my lovely big sister Mairi celebrates her birthday today, so … Continue reading The Good News Week (07/08/2019)
Welcome to our first new installment of #TweetHeeHee for August on the blog. And whether you're relaxing with some holiday time, or if you're working while the sun shines, we've got some guaranteed laughs to start your week right from all the funniest bits we could find on social media in the last seven days... … Continue reading #TweetHeeHee (05/08/2019)
Taking you back to the sights and sounds of a time when a fresh faced Dermot O'Leary hosted T4 on Sunday mornings, when the London Eye was erected on the South Bank and when twittering was a noise that birds made, this is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: the first member of one … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 31)
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