Songs In The Key Of Life ~ Stevie Wonder It was released in September 1976, and I was 15 years and eleven months old, and I owned it on the day of release. I had saved up money, waited impatiently, the release had been delayed while he remixed and fiddled.It was a double album, gatefold … Continue reading What’s your all-time favourite album
Tag: music
What is your favorite genre of music?
I don’t like these kinds of questions. The instant anybody asks me to name my top three albums, or favourite songs, I feel the pressure to narrow things down and how could I possibly restrict myself and what about all those I will have to leave out? If I had to, I would have to … Continue reading What is your favorite genre of music?
Whistling in the Dark
There is always a song in my head. I whistle and hum and sing a line from something. An old show tune, a current ear worm hit, a song I have always loved. Music is never far from my brain. I walk into a room, I turn on music, sit at my desk to write, … Continue reading Whistling in the Dark
On what subject(s) are you an authority?
Some of these questions accidentally steer you into belittling yourself. Not on purpose, I think it is just where the question leads you. I start off full of hope and I sit and think about the question and write and delete and write and delete. Eventually I resign myself to the fact that I can’t … Continue reading On what subject(s) are you an authority?
Open Journal #25
I understand that Christmas isn’t great for everyone, and maybe here we have a higher percentage of bah humbug than you might expect from your average crowd. We are swamped with adverts and hammered with the message of peace and goodwill until we want to kill with our bare hands, which is, you know, a … Continue reading Open Journal #25
What are you passionate about?
Music. All of it. Most of it Ok some of it. I could list what I like and what I don’t like. judgement would flow out of you. because music does that. It is a yay or a nay or a meh. If you like what I like then you relax, don’t do it. but … Continue reading What are you passionate about?
Open Journal #6
It has to be some music today, we are going to always come back to music, it walks with me through all of this abuse stuff. At moments of pain it soothes and allows me to centre myself. When I am heading into stressful moments i arrive with it and don’t remove it from my … Continue reading Open Journal #6