Protected: Cassette Tape April 2022
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For Johnny PT
Tracklist withheld for the sake of surprise.
For Ella
Ella, I’m sorry I couldn’t contain myself. This grew into a 3-sided tape.Contents, artists and song titles withheld for the sake of surprise. I will never ask you questions like “Did you listen yet?” because life is busy enough. This tape is intended to be enjoyed as “time out”, not as a fulfillment of a […]
The Entirely Explicable Popularity of The Eagles’ Greatest Hits
Blockbusters: The Bestselling Albums Of All Time Cynicism is very easy. You risk very little by dismissing something as trash. Enthusiasm, on the other hand, is a risk, and an act of vulnerability. It only takes one sneer or a scoff to introduce humiliation into the equation. Cynicism is a defence mechanism used to minimise […]
Mixtape For K, Oct 18, 2021
Released on cassette for recipient Side A Side B
Protected: For Seb and Danny
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Rob and Sarah’s Wedding Mixtape
Two of my best friends got married last night and I was tasked with providing an hour of music for the reception party. This is the result. Steppenwolf – Magic Carpet Ride (intro: excerpt from the movie The Wild Angels) Prince – Kiss Fatboy Slim / Jefferson Airplane – Praise You / Somebody To Love […]
Protected: For Tom
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Vital Disconnect: Why The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights Will Outlive Us All
I’m not a betting man, but I’m willing to wager my left hand that fewer than 1% of the people reading this have heard of Thomas D’Urfey. I hadn’t either until I googled him four minutes ago, and I still had to check the spelling twice before I typed it above. He was a songwriter […]
Public Mixtape #8: Dead Hard Drive Blues
Recently my beloved long-suffering external hard drive packed in, thus deleting my entire collection of hoarded music and videos. This tape was made in the initial stages of rebuilding my digital libraries. As always, it’s some wobbly reflection of my current internal narratives. Some stroppy paranoid hip-hop, some celestial jazz, some spooky atmopsheric country, and […]
Lost and Safe 