After reading about a project by The Larson House, I put the names of 52 bands/artists in a pickle jar. Each week I listen to one in the hope of finding new favourites and eventually, the leap home. This week was the turn of the thinking woman's crumpet, Guy Garvey, and his sticky wicket band, [...]
Music Jar – Week 6
Inspired by The Larson House, I am picking a band or artist I certainly should know a hell of a lot better out of a pickle jar and listening to their back catalogue for a week. This week, it was the turn of sexy Parisians, Nouvelle Vague. I didn't think I knew the new and [...]
Music Jar – Week 5
This week, I pulled LA rock duo, Best Coast from the pickle jar. I dedicated seven days to them, which as luck would have it, ended with the release of their new album, Always Tomorrow. What I Knew Before: I knew there were two of them. I knew that they were a band who were around [...]
Music Jar – Week 4
No two weeks are the same, whether you work as a bailiff or if you've put fifty-two slips of paper in a pickle jar. This week, I am the latter, and I picked Kiwi goth kid sister, Lorde. What I Knew Before: I was familiar with Lorde. I had listened to Pure Heroine, seen her [...]
Music Jar – Week 3
Every week, I open up a pickle jar, take out a slip of paper and listen to that artist. This week it was the turn of Brighton Rock rockers, Black Honey. What I Knew Before: I knew the two words separately, but I don't believe I had seem them working together. What I Know Now: [...]
Music Jar – Week 2
Each week, a different artist comes out of the jar and I listen to them solidly. This week it was the turn of duelling guitar aficionados, Thin Lizzy. What I Knew Before: My dad had Jailbreak on vinyl when I was a kid so I knew those songs better than I knew how to spell [...]
Music Jar – Week 1
Each week, I pull a new artist from the jar and listen to their stuff. This week it was the turn of stomp-feet extraordinaries, The Lumineers. What I Knew Before: They played at some point during a Glastonbury I was at. I was on a massive comedown and someone told me the lead singer had [...]
The Music Jar.
I can't claim this idea as my own, as much as I would like to. It originally came from The Larson House and even finding that can be placed at Jazmine's feet. My Spotify artist of the decade was The Beatles. There's nothing wrong with that but I know I am missing out on listening [...]
My big commitment.
In 2019, I committed myself in a way that I had never done before. I paid in advance for a Odeon Limitless card for the year. This meant that I could watch as many films as possible for one fixed fee. I don't know if it's of any interest to anyone else but I watched: [...]
Top 10 of 2019.
I've had an incredible year. To think that the Fyre Festival documentary came out this year means it really has been a wild ride. I didn't have to resort to anything of the sort to make a deal with Evian but here are the ten best things that have happened to me in no real [...]
