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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 like to travel about through London a lot, as I have mentioned before on here there are so many places to see and visit, some of them completely 'off the beaten track' and so many places I have yet to discover, one of the wonders of London is its mish mash of architecture ranging from the very old and listed to the more mundane looking concrete ugliness of post war Britain. All of it, in it's own way is…

Knocking this post out in respect for my family whom I love so dearly💖 (even though they don't read this blog), I respect them, love them and not sure what I would do without them (or sometimes even with them to be honest!)🤪. Anyhow PRIDE is here in London and wanted to celebrate! So in a joint celebration of love I dedicate this post to the family and to respect PRIDE, as per the title 'To Love Somebody', a track…

The Big One! So, towards the end of September it was our kid's big 18th Birthday, sadly on the actual day we were all poorly with Cold/Covid. We booked a restaurant when we all felt better a week later in Drury Lane in London, next door to where my wife worked many years ago for 'Centrepoint' a homeless charity helping young people getting back into a safe place and work/standing on their own two feet. The restaurant were always good…

Gee Mr Tracy & Other Quirky Norfolk Indie. Released 1986 on Backs Records. The band were from Norwich and consisted of Tom 'Brick' Smith and Vince 'Vince' Rogers, they appeared on Channel 4 UK music program called 'The Tube' back in the day and had quite a cult following. A Side - Lava Man! B Side - Mr. Unlucky More information on the band on: sofacom.co.uk norwichmusic.fandom.com The songs were always quirky, lo-fi electronic and lyrically seemed to be a…