Songs In The Key Of : C

This week’s random meander through my music files throws up a bunch of interesting bands with an apparent fixation on the subjects of charm, chemicals, children and choices. It’s: Songs In The Key Of: C(h) Charm Of The Dangerous Minx – Filthy Boy Charmed Life – The Divine Comedy Chemotherapy – Call To Mind Chemtrails – Beck […]

Monthly : March

Reading long Dark Eden by Chris Beckett (Corvus) In SF they tell you that one of the great cliches is the Adam-and-Eve-on-a-new-planet story. You just don’t do it. Ever. Chris Beckett has, however, done exactly that, and Dark Eden is a simple, beautiful triumph of a book. His Adam and Eve are several generations dead, and […]

That time of year again: before Stag & Dagger 2012

This week has become an annual fixture for me. It’s the week before Stag & Dagger, and that means my working days are spent exclusively soundtracked by the bands taking part in the festival as I attempt to pull together an idea of who I want to be watching. It’ll all change on the day, […]