Let's get this show back on the road!

Ok, so you know the drill:- blah blah exams blah blah final essays blah blah no time etc. Thankfully they are all out of the way now - academia coming to a close! Still, that gives me more time to write for this blog - I've got a nice lineup of gigs, albums reviews and general random claptrap to (hopefully) entertain you!

So here... we... GO!

Rising zombie like from the grave...

Yeah I know, I know. It's been a long time. I'm not gonna try and make excuses - but I'm back now! My new years resolution is to get this thing back up and running! Lots to catch up on and lots to do! To start with, and to get me back used to writing again, I'm putting up 3 mini reviews of some of my favourite albums of 2009. And after that? We'll see what happens!

But for now, sit back and enjoy!

J

And tonight we'll start it all again...

Urgh, man, what happened? Last thing I remember there was this old dude, and he was offering me candy, and then it all kinda gets hazy for about... 3 months. Anyways, I am back once again, victorious in the face of essays and fit and ready once again to fight the good fight in the name of good music and bad jokes. So, without any further delay, let's get down to business!

J

a notice

as you've probably noticed, I haven't really been updating this blog in recent weeks. Blame lies in uni essays - I'm getting near the deadline for my MA essays, which has left me with very little free-time to work on this. So yeah, I doubt I'll get much done in the next month or so. If I get some free time, I'll try to put up some more entries, but most probably I'll be resurrecting it in June when the deadlines have come and gone.

Sorry,

J

A quick note...

Having just got back from seeing the Presidents of the USA, I have an announcement to make. Ok you ready?

If you're tall, please don't stand at the front of gigs.

Thank you for your attention on this grave matter. Full review of the Presidents gig coming soon as I've regained my hearing.

J

Hello, and Welcome

Well hello there peoples of the internet. Guess I should probably do some introducing. My name's James, and I'm a musician cunningly disguised as a post-grad student. Been interested in this whole blogging malarky for a while, and finally got persuaded a while ago by a friend of mine to start one up myself, so here we are.


I do my own music, yeah, but i'm gonna try and stay as far away from that as possible. I'm not here to promote my own music - there be other avenues for that. No, I'm gonna talk about the music that interests me - gig and album reviews, general musings and anything that pops into my brain. Part of the reason for me starting this was to try and introduce people to music they wouldn't otherwise listen to - the sorts that don't make XFM and kinda fall by the wayside ready to be discovered. But don't worry, I'm not gonna go all indie-elitest on you. But if I can get some people listening to some new bands, then job done!

So, hello and welcome! Hope you'll enjoy the ride!

J