Yesterday evening marked the fulfilment of a ten-year dream, and one that I never thought would happen - Steve and I finally saw Peter Gabriel in concert. After ten years of listening to his songs every other day, we finally got to hear it live. And I am still absolutely blown away ( Read more... )

Last night we had a great home group at our place and then when everyone left Steve told me about a thread on one of his music forums about “songs that give you shivers”. You know the ones - the ones that are so good or so meaningful or so clever or all three that you get that great cold shiver down your back. He told me his list, and it had some ( Read more... )

I had an amazing music moment recently - such as I’ve not had for some time. It’s very rare for me to hear a song that stops me in my tracks, mouth open, astounded at how good it is. I was watching Shall We Dance (crap movie, don’t bother) and at the end of it there was a Peter Gabriel song that I’d never heard. Given that he’s my favourite ( Read more... )

For some reason I find myself almost obsessively interested in the outcome of today’s US Congressional elections. I’m not sure why, but it just seems that today will be the barometer of what America is really thinking as regards Bush. He's not part of the election, but sure as eggs it's all about him. I can kind of understand his re-election - ( Read more... )