So very tricky to pick just five. On the plus side I can fill at least 3 or 4 years worth of Halloween Top 5s without the need to repeat myself! But for this year, here goes…. Like this?Read more… Recommended by The Ramblings of a Formerly Rock’n’Roll Mum

Just like with Bon Jovi last year, Sunday night was my first Europe live experience. Do not ask me why it took me so long to see both bands perform, I have no idea. A case of always being in the wrong place at the wrong time, one could say. Well, it certainly was well [...]

I took this photo of what is called the ‘Hardware’ of Nicko McBrain’s Premier drum kit – the one that he played on Iron Maiden’s most recent tour. He was just lurking around, as you do. They display the kits on mirrored stands and although the drum kit didn’t do as much for me as [...]

So dear reader, tickets have gone on sale this morning for the next Rolling Stones tour. Well I say “tour” but it is actually just two dates.  HOw can that be a tour?  And half of them didn’t even know about this until last week.  Or maybe they did but are just too senile to [...]

A few months ago, I heard Husband laughing heartily in his office, followed by “Hun, you HAVE to come and see this”, so I went in and watched what can only be described as  the video for one of the most sublime pop songs I’d ever heard. It had a catchy tune, a killer beat, [...]

Those Of you Who know me well will know my complete love for music. To judge the true value of a song and its meaning, I love to listen to it in the car – preferably on a lovely long drive. I guess that reminds me of many elements of my childhood for example when [...]

I had a small moment of utter bliss today. Actually about 40 minutes worth, and this despite the fact it involved being hot, sweaty and out of breath. Like this?Read more… Recommended by The Ramblings of a Formerly Rock’n’Roll Mum

I’m not one to go gooey over celebrities, A-list or otherwise. But I must admit to a having a huge soft spot for the nation’s favourite choirmaster, Gareth Malone. Ever since I first saw him on the tellybox in 2006, fronting the original series of The Choir, I’ve been his NUMBER ONE FAN. (And even [...]

Today was the 31st of December, ’95 grudgingly on the cusp of giving sway to ’96, the old year dying into an upgraded, more urgent version of itself. My record box, a green flight case gilded with ‘fragile’ stickers, was tightly packed with bass heavy techno, tech house, deep house, acid house, house, analogue rushing [...]

One of my earliest memories as a child is singing and dancing with my Mum to ‘Reet Petite’ by Jackie Wilson. It was re-released in the UK in 1986, so I can have been no older than two or three but I adored it and used to get really sad when the plasticine Jackie would [...]

I first came to Chicago in the fall of 1977. At the time I was looking for a job in broadcast news (Which turned out not to be, but that’s another story). I’m still not sure who told me about it, but I stayed at the Belden Stratford, an apartment-hotel in the middle of Lincoln [...]

Junior flyweight Britpop act Salad last night made chart history for reasons they would rather forget.  The re-release of their 1997 second album Ice Cream has become the first album to not sell a single copy in its first week. To add insult to injury there has been a report from within the record label [...]

Music. Okay, so even though I love music it’s not something I often blog about. I’m not really a fan of the things that most people my age are & I’ve come to the conclusion that I probably should have been born at some time in the mid forties so my prime could have coincided [...]

Sorry for the lack of Time Tunnel Tuesday’s  but let’s really get the word out that it is back!!! But what was the year? Like this?Read more… Recommended by Pinkoddy’s Blog

Hi guys, if you have any interest in EDM and dance music, check out my new blog Hotdrop.ed. Here is a taster of the sort of info and music you can expect. We are very new so, bare with us as we get everything sorted and improve on our user interface and content. Like this?Read [...]

tough list, just 5 songs, 5. Like this?Read more… Recommended by HPMcQ

Yey! Listography is back! *sounds fab linky klaxon* This time Kate is asking us to dig into the darkest recesses of our memories to drag up the first songs we listened to as kids. Like this?Read more… Recommended by Yellow Days

I’m totally addicted to Song Pop (my username is Glowstars if you’re playing too) and the 90s alternative playlist is taking me back to my early teen years. Although I’ve not heard Ash’s Oh Yeah on Song Pop yet it was one of my favourite songs of ’96. Like this?Read more… Recommended by Glowstars.net

One of my very favourite artists, Ben Taylor has his new record out in a few weeks. It’s called Listening. I’m quite excited about this, and so is my husband who is sick of hearing the same Ben Taylor songs over and over and over…. Like this?Read more… Recommended by Not As Advertised

I’m a bit of a Muse fan. I have been ever since I bought Origin of Symmetry at the tender age of 18. I love the fusion of classical, rock and electronica and Muse’s albums are guaranteed to be on my writing playlist, whatever I happen to be working on at the time. I first heard Survival [...]