...in summary: it wasn't very good. (Apart from my holidays, and the odd bit of good culture).

1. What did you do in 2013 that you'd never done before?Had a job interview in a different country. Saw Kraftwerk live. Joined a Trade Union. Saw some performance art. Visited the Wellcome Collection. Visited Barcelona. Looked around Hackney Town Hall. ( Read more... )

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British Sea Power's cover of The Wurzels' 'I'm A Cider Drinker' is implausibly lovely. I'm tempted to drop it into my DJ set this Thursday. But I probably won't.

Hello, I've been asked to do some DJing.

Easter Thursday (March 20th), in the VIP area at XFM's The Remix Allnighter, SeOne Club, London Bridge ( Read more... )

Posting this on behalf of a company I'm vaguely involved with, in case anyone wants to go.

We have a brilliant free CV Workshop this Wednesday, 27 Feb, at 2pm, at our Shoreditch HQ, run by unicornjobs.com founder and FT columnist Heather McGregor. If you or anyone you know wants to come just email your name, phone number and the words 'CV 27 Feb ( Read more... )

Farewell then, TonyWithout you, I would never have (thrillingly) discovered New Order, never discovered that there was more to music than just what was in the charts, never made the decision to go to university in Manchester. I suppose in a peverse kind of way he was one of the most influential people in terms of the way my life actually panned out ( Read more... )

Well, everyone is doing it, so here's my thrillingly inconsequential review of 2006. Followed by my best albums and singles of the year. Because I can.

( memememememe )

It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here ( Read more... )

Well, that was enjoyable ( Read more... )