Let’s start the year as we mean to go on and get the first week notes post of 2013 out of the way. Blogging Yesterday I wrote a brief review of the year and started to catch up on classic albums. Other than that I haven’t written anything for three weeks. Health As expected, I… Continue reading Week Notes 1
Author: Dave Cross
Graceland
Still several weeks behind on the classic album front. But I wanted to leave this one until I cam back from my holiday in South Africa – it’s Paul Simon’s Graceland. Some Historical Context I’m not sure I can remember a time when I didn’t know this album. When it was released I was frequenting… Continue reading Graceland
Year Notes 2012
2012 was the first year that I tried writing weekly (although they often turned out to be fortnightly) “week notes” posts. This is a summary of what happened during the year. Blogging I’ve been a disastrous blogger this year. If you ignore the week notes and classic album posts I’ve written about thirty blog posts. I should… Continue reading Year Notes 2012
Week Notes 49 & 50
Another fortnightly “week notes”. This will probably be the last one of the year as I’ll be on holiday for the next two weeks. I’ll try to do a final round-up when I get back early in January. Blogging I wrote a blog post. It was about equal marriage. People seemed to like it. Some… Continue reading Week Notes 49 & 50
OK Computer
Attempting to get less behind on the classic albums… The next one is Radiohead’s OK Computer. Some Historical Context Like REM, I don’t really remember when I first heard Radiohead. I expect I was aware of things like “High and Dry” and “Creep” when they were released as I’m sure they both had lots of… Continue reading OK Computer
Equal Marriage
Over the last few days there has been a fair amount of heat and light coming out of the Tory party, generated by the discussion about equal marriage (or, as the tabloids like to describe it, “gay marriage”). We’ve know for ages that David Cameron is in favour of it and that a lot of… Continue reading Equal Marriage
Green
It seems that somehow I’ve got four weeks behind on the classic album write-ups. I’ll try to get through at least a couple today. The first one is REM’s Green. Some Historical Context I don’t remember when I first heard REM. I remember being aware of Document but I’m not sure how soon after its… Continue reading Green
Week Notes 47 & 48
As the year draws to an end I seem to have settled into a rhythm of fortnightly “week notes”. I’ll try to do better next year. Blogging One classic album review here (I’m now three albums behind on that!). But I’ve written four blog posts over on my Perl blog. Health My weight is still… Continue reading Week Notes 47 & 48
The Joshua Tree
Last week’s classic album (I’m still a week behind) was U2’s Joshua Tree. Some Historical Context I don’t remember listening really early U2. I remember liking New Years Day when it came out. But then Under a Blood Red Sky was released and everyone played it all the bloody time. I grew to hate it… Continue reading The Joshua Tree
Week Notes 45 & 46
Blogging Surprised at how quickly those last two weeks passed. But pleasantly surprised to see I’ve managed two blog posts in that time – even if they were both classic albums. Health Still not losing any weight. But that’s not really surprising as I’m not doing anywhere near as much exercise as I was. Currently… Continue reading Week Notes 45 & 46