Modern Life Isn't Rubbish

Where Have All The B-Sides Gone?

Hello there,

By means of introduction, welcome to what is a spankingly new blog, written by a shockingly old person.

Well, I'm 34 anyway.

I'm from Bristol in England, famed for its top-quality footballing teams - and an old bridge.

I do boring things with computers.

Does anybody NOT do things with computers???

I don't really have a favourite style of music, it tends to be dictated to by my moods and my alcohol intake. Guitar, as I type.

Occasionally, these pages will feature my partner's blatherings about how good Eighties rock is and how much better Manchester / The North is than The South. Probably.

So don't blame the impending poodle rock on me.

I'll allow her to introduce herself in due course...

So, why am I doing this?

I felt compelled to put this together, having written random comments on several Hype Machine and elbo.ws -aggregated pages about what I would dearly love to see up on their pages next.

I am trying to cut out the middle man, so to speak and put that content up there myself.

I don't have any ambitious goals with this site, other than the hope that this will lead to a few wistful smiles and some unexpected aural pleasure from those that pop in from time to time (is regularly too much to hope for?) to have a look.

That new and old discover long-forgotten and unknown gems from my dusty archives is reward enough.

If world peace should occur due to these postings, that'd be good too, of course.

At the very least, I would hope it kills a bit of time for you as you go about the stuff you do.

What do you do?

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As I'm putting this together on impulse, I'm afraid I've got no cleverly composed master plan for the opening entry, other than a vague welcoming theme.

I do know that the next post will be Cuban-themed and the post after that will have a nautical slant.

Control yourselves now; you'll just have to wait, I'm afraid.

In the meantime, why don't you listen to:

Spiritualized - Come Together

The Kaiser Chiefs - Thank You Very Much

Ivor Cutler - Good Morning! How Are You? Shut Up!

Ian Dury - Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3

I will come back more prepared next time, honestly.

Hope you enjoy.

Links to:

Hype Machine

elbo.ws