I saw Frank Turner last Saturday with doublefourtime and I can honestly say it was one of the best gigs I've ever seen. I could see him every week, I swear. I got into him just under 2 years ago, just before we saw him support The Gaslight Anthem. Now I actually prefer him to them. I played Love, Ire & Song sooooo much in my car last year. I've seen him four ( Read more... )

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So it's all go this week on Coronation Street because there's a tram crash! There was an explosion in the bar under the viaduct, and then a tram fell off the mangled viaduct! Ashley Peacock is dead and I hope to god Molly is because she's really annoying.

Lots and lots of blog posts about it here, where I am a writer, albeit very sporadically ( Read more... )

I have this song stuck in my head, bless it

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The Move - Flowers in the Rain.

I can remember my dad singing this when I was a little girl.

The Kaiser Chiefs covered it on the Radio 1 40 years covers album thing (the one The View did Don't Look Back Into the sun for)

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such a cheerful little song.

So remember how doublefourtime and I were having a crazy gig weekend? Well it happened and it was good! So here, reviews of Dar Williams, Frank Turner, and Angus & Julia Stone: ( Read more... )

I like a lot of British TV Christmas specials but one of my favourites is the Fast Show one. It reminds me of watching it with Himself one Christmas, snuggled up :)

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The Suits You tailors go carol-singing!

This is one of my favourite Christmas songs, and one which I start singing around about November 4th, driving Himself crazy. However now it's December and I'm allowed to sing it!

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Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry.

So last year in October I was listening to a mix doublefourtime made and it had Dar Williams on it. I can't remember which track but I liked it and I emailed Sam saying:

Plz to make me a Dar Williams mix.

To which she replied:

Are you shitting me? I will and she is playing Sheffield Memorial Hall on the 22nd and I really want to go but I didn't think anyone ( Read more... )

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You should give me your address here still!

Advent Day 1So I'm going to try to do a post every day for advent, it'll be a mix of things - fic, songs, wishlists, etc. I don't know if I'll manage it but I'm really looking forward to Christmas this year, so who knows ( Read more... )