Such A Digital Lifetime Ago. For this this post, not so much a physical journey, but more a mental one in remembering old sounds and school memories. This record reaching the heady heights of #13 in the UK charts in January 1980. Living By Numbers at youtube by the band New Musik with it's wonderfully diverse cross section of southern accents ranging from South and East London and some slightly more 'clipped British accents'. The track was pretty ahead of…

I recently took a winter visit to a place I haven't been to for at least 25 years up in North London N8 called Crouch End, I hopped the over ground train from Wanstead Park to Gospel Oak, I had to jump off at Blackhorse Road as the particular train I was on wasn't going as far as I wanted to, so I waited a couple of minutes, got the next one and jumped off at Crouch Hill station and…

As previously mentioned here I try as hard as I can to include and celebrate all sorts of music that I remember from my younger days and although not a Mod or Northern Soul kind of guy back in the day I did have some friends who were into that sound and I subsequently have a 'soft spot' for some old soul sounds. On a plus side it did open my eyes to another world, one of which I would…

So, on a slightly soggy day recently (and my, haven't there been a lot of wet and soggy days in the UK recently! And I suspect colder ones are to follow🙄) we popped up town on a bit of a whim to be honest, the missus had seen an immersive art experience called 'Delight' which explores South Korea in history and culture located around near Clink Street on Bankside around by other major attractions such as The Golden Hinde, The…

Well, this the last post of another year (sound that bugle private and salute it in!). It has been another year of ups and downs but, we made it this far to see another oncoming one (which is a blessing in itself!). I guess for this post I thought I’d share a round up of some of the things I enjoyed doing, places I went and sounds I listened to, starting with several different things Mrs Akin & I did…