For reasons unknown, I am feeling a little melancholy today… I always find that Skeeter Davis is absolutely marvellous listening material for these kind of days. She is, of course, most widely known for ‘The End Of The World’: … and a slightly rarer recording from 1963 In one of those strange twists of the […]
The Houghton Weavers
Today, I am really embracing my northern roots, and have spent most of the morning listening to an old favourite band of mine, The Houghton Weavers. The Houghton Weavers are an English folk music band formed in 1975 in Westhoughton, in the borough of Bolton in Lancashire, England. The current three band members are David […]
New Super Mario Bros Wii: Baaaa-Baaaa!
Greg and I are loving the latest Super Mario game to come out on the Wii, but – for me – the best thing has to be the music and the dancing Koopas! Nice little touch to see that the flowers and such also interact with the music. Aren’t those baaa-baaaa’s infectious?! I’ve already been […]
Top 10 Singles of 2009
The Official Charts Company have just released the ‘top 10’ singles of 2009 (based on units sold), which were as below: 1. Poker Face – Lady Gaga All together now…. “can’t read my, can’t read my, no you can’t read my Poker Face!” 2. I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas One of the best […]
Florence and the Machine and Billy Bragg – Fairytale of New York
My favourite Christmas song, and I think they’ve done a grand version of it – I especially liked the introduction of the harp to the piece. Recorded specially for Rob Da Bank’s Radio One show. Although it lacks the chemistry, passion and humour that is in the original, I think that, taken as a mellowed […]
Gari Wellingham 