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On Saturday we set off for the wilds of West Yorkshire for my birthday Out; we chose this area for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the fact that Show of Hands had obligingly scheduled a gig at Sheffield Cathedral.

We managed to leave the house by 11, by which time the postman had delivered my Merrell walking shoes bought from eBay, ( Read more... )

Richard Thompson, one of my three favourite live acts, in Southampton, on Thursday.

And Show of Hands, another, in Regents Park on Sunday (with ccomley and Liz WINOLJ).

Now, if only Paul Buchanan could be persuaded to play Bristol on Friday, my week would be complete ...

*fabulous*

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as just read in a CIX conf, and posted for the benefit of thunderbox

Heard on a Late Junction from a few weeks ago ( what on earth could it be? )

are you a fan of the bizarre in music? If so, I suggest you subscribe to Music for Maniacs.

this site was kindly drawn to my attention by thunderbox - all credit (or otherwise) to him.

seen on swisstone's journal first, but it's spreading ...

done with iTunes on Mac (obviously :)

how many songs
9969, 74.74Gb. We still have literally hundreds of vinyl albums to rip.

sort by artist
first: 4 Non Blondes
last: Yukata

sort by song title
first song: 13 - Lee Ritenour
last song: Zomby Woof - Frank Zappa

sort by timeshortest: Bright Noise ( Read more... )

shamelessly gacked from thunderbox (and what a splendid icon he has too), I give you the iTunes Signature Maker. Mac users only, I'm afraid, before you all rush to do it.

and here's mine ...