2009 – The Goals For The Year

by | Jan 5, 2009 | zeitgeist

Now, you could argue that as my attempt at setting a set of public goals ended up with mostly failure in 2008, I should perhaps hold off on any bold pronouncements in 2009. Nay not so. The process is valid, even if I failed it.So, here they are, the 2009 goals –...

Desert Island C90 Challenge – My Tape

by | Dec 31, 2008 | zeitgeist

So, here it is, frozen in time at the end of 2008, my Desert Island C90. As ever, tomorrow’s will be as different as yesterday’s.This should have been a lot easier. Armed with a lot of data from last.fm I shouldn’t really have to think what I like...

2008 – Review of the Year

by | Dec 29, 2008 | zeitgeist

At the end of last year I wrote a list herein of things I’d like to accomplish this year. This is how badly I fared. 1 Great Photograph – FAIL I didn’t really manage it. There are a few that I really like but nothing anywhere near what I was hoping...

Desert Island C90

by | Dec 24, 2008 | meme, zeitgeist

Last New Year I had much fun putting together my list of best album tracks. So, to continue the ‘tradition’, I’m going for something similar this year. Inspired by my earlier (failed!) meme Desert Island Amazon Challenge I’m going to do a...

Dog Man Star

by | Nov 28, 2008 | zeitgeist

It seems strange to review an album when it is already over 14 years old. Yes, really. God, I’m old. But something is compelling me to do it. It is generally impossible to say that anything is a ‘favourite’. The concept simply doesn’t and...

Meanwhile in 1886…

by | Nov 17, 2008 | zeitgeist

As with all great butterflies, it doesn’t take much to send me off onto another flower. Wasn’t feeling too peaky last week, so the slightest suggestion from my Dad/Auntie that I should do some family tree digging had me off and running on a little bit of...