Greetings, all. I promise I am not dead... and here is proof.I apologise profusely to all those of you (heh) who hang upon my every word, for my recent and prolonged absence. As much as I love this holy place, I got to the point where walking almost a mile through the blistering Scottish wind to sit in a static-heated bunker-like computer lab became just too much. I've also been busy. Moving house
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Someone asked what, apart from Bob Dylan's 'Shooting Star', is on my emergency in-car tape... strictly for times of hopelessness and trouble. Although I do not know the whole thing by heart, I will list a few tracks:Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled WaterTracy Chapman - Fast CarChris Isaac - Wicked GameJimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries MaryTrouble - Ray LaMontagne (there are not words to ...
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Nick Hornby once put together a list of 31 songs that had really, really touched his life, and a couple of years ago, he published them in a strange, rambling and wise little book. Having re-read this book recently, I started to get interested in certain songs, and how and why they touch people. My personal list of 31 songs will be unravelling itself over the next little while (if this does not...
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Over the past few days my sister has been staying with me, and we came round to talking about songs that have always 'been with us' - the songs that we heard in the womb, learning to walk, growing up. My father's record collection isn't that large, and yet it has influenced us both in our adult music tastes. We started playing all the songs we've known 'since forever,' and recalling all the m...
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It seems that a vast and previously unrealised void in my conciousness has been filled by my joining of MOG. I discovered this place by eaves-dropping on the comments-box of a friend's blog, and can't believe I didn't get my daft hippie ass to this place sooner. Long have I been in search of a place where I can rant about my strange andall-consuming taste for music to people who will actually...
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