I escaped the city smog last week and ran away to Cambridge. What the countryside can do for perspective is glorious and something we/I too often neglect. Here are some songs that stood out to me this week… Pocket Sun – Never mind. Pocket Sun, a five-piece musical UK based band impressed me with this transcendent... Continue Reading →
Where do I start on this one? A lot has happened since the last instalment of the Post Lockdown Mixtape. Time has shunted by at pace and there's barely been time for a stock take. Next Monday this blog officially begins to transition into other realms and avenues. It will be the big day, the... Continue Reading →
Writing has taken the back seat a little as a new obsession takes hold. I am totally obsessed with booking gigs now! I mean, it’s not the worst obsession in the world – but it’s a very tricky one to control. I’m addicted.. as soon as one is pencilled in, I begin squirrelling away on... Continue Reading →
It's been a while since I opened the laptop lid and decided to portion some time to a 'post' lockdown mixtape. I've been doing a lot of internal mulling and musing over the past few weeks so naturally public mutterings on The Sound Sniffer have fallen by the wayside a little. Lately, I've had to... Continue Reading →
I've had a week of socialising this week - out for dinner, went to gigs, spoke to friends. It was basically a holiday week without boarding a plane, packing a bag or actually going anywhere. I think people forget to go on holidays where they live. We all associate holidays with travel but this week... Continue Reading →
Been busy recently - actually I've been busy since April - mad busy for my own standards. Today I feel like maybe I've been a little too busy... Tired but restless - languid yet alert. It's a reflective Sunday evening here in my room and a monologue is just what the doctor ordered. These Lockdown... Continue Reading →
Back to the monologue - back to what I enjoy the most about this blog. Welcome to episode thirty seven of The 'Post' Lockdown Mixtape - the feature that keeps rolling and rolling. Although there is a wedding happening downstairs in the venue right now, I've got a window of time to draft this piece.... Continue Reading →
Slightly rebranded but the idea is the same. It may not be called The Lockdown Mixtape anymore but there was no chance in hell that this feature could be scrapped. I've invested too much time into these mixtapes, they became my go-to thing during 2020 and they are coming back after a brief hiatus. What's... Continue Reading →
