Neeeew! Vlooooog! Pooooost! (In Two Parts)
The title of this post sung out like New Warm Skin. UPDATE: There’s a part two! Anyway… needed to purge. Contains swearing!
Category: personal
Taupo Trickle – First Impressions of The ‘Global’ Tour 2024
And so, the first gig of the ‘Global’ tour is under their belts. The atmosphere looked good. The weather, despite the image shared by Jim that Del Boy had taken from the stage may have shown overcast condition and a bit of moisture was hardly conducive to the absolute dumping that I experienced at Blenheim…
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It Was A Schlong, Schlong Time Ago…
Mister has reappeared in my dreams again! I can’t help but feel that with this one there was much more to it than had met the eye. The timeframe was the present day. I had come across footage on YouTube I’d never seen before. You know, we all end up down that YT ‘rabbit hole’…
Dreams, Dates and Global Dilemmas
I have been having some strange dreams of late. A few nights back I had a dream that I was with a friend. This friend I have never met in person and, of course, it was the music of Simple Minds that brought us together. I really admire this person greatly. She has such self-belief…
These Words
I received a message via my blog that was the most beautiful thing I have ever read. I am going to respect the person’s wishes to remain anonymous and their words to be private but, honestly…I can’t even begin to express how this message has affected me and touched me. Every time I question myself…
After This I’ll Get Back To The Writing
One last vlog post until… well, hopefully not until the end of the academic year at least. Sometimes I inexplicably like to waffle. Sorry about that. Once again, you don’t have to torture yourself by watching it. But if you do decide to, strap yourself in! Grab a drink and a snack. Just a word,…
The Best of 2023 – My Top Five Gigs
Hamish Hawk: Again, it really is of little surprise that Hamish is here on this list as well. He is the artist I saw live the most number of times this year, having ventured to six live events involving him and/or his band. First was on 16 February – my first time seeing him as…
The Best of 2023 – My Top Five Albums
Again, it will be of no surprise to anyone to see Hamish Hawk’s Angel Numbers in my Top 5 Albums of 2023. It was by far my most played album of the year. Both it and Hamish’s previous album, Heavy Elevator, have been on pretty solid rotation all through 2023. The penmanship in his songwriting…
The Best of 2023 – My Top 10 Tracks
Of course Spotify Wrapped doesn’t really show the true state of the music that I was enjoying, listening to and discovering in 2023. So, I have decided to compile my favourites of 2023, broken up in three posts that I will share over the next three days. First up: My Top 10 Tracks of 2023…
Merry Christmas!
To all those who have visited this blog in 2023 and for those of you who are regular visitors, thank you for your continued support. May you all have a wonderful Christmas with love from Priptona’s Simple Minds Space. Fa – la, la, la, la. La la la la la. Fa – la, la, la,…